Gerrit Kinkel (born December 27, 1984) is an Austrian

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and

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. He is the founder of Gerrit Kinkel Productions.

Musical career and personal life

Early life and education

Gerrit was born in

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and grew up in the countryside of

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, Austria. At the age of four, he began to play trumpet. A principal in the Austrian Army Band, he entered the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna at the age of nineteen as a classical performer and

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. In 2007 he was awarded an international scholarship from

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in Boston.

Gerrit Kinkel Productions

In 2009, Kinkel founded Gerrit Kinkel Productions, a boutique music production company based in

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. It specializes in custom music creation and licensing for media and film as well as record production and engineering. Gerrit Kinkel Productions just custom scored Google's new Emoji Ad. GKP's music and sound effects are a staple in a variety of trailers and motion picture advertising. Recent films include: '' Transformers: Age of Extinction'', '' Captain America: The Winter Soldier'', '' The Wolf of Wall Street'', and more. GKP collaborates on a variety of projects. Most recently

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Season 13 and

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. Other artist collaborations include

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Arturo Sandoval Arturo Sandoval (born November 6, 1949) is a Cuban-American jazz trumpeter, pianist, timbalero, and composer. While living in his native Cuba, Sandoval was influenced by jazz musicians Charlie Parker, Clifford Brown, and Dizzy Gillespie. In 1977 ...

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, Chris Mann,

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and more.

Awards

Music production and engineering

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* 2013 – Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album (Arturo Sandoval - Dear Diz Everyday I Think of You) – Winner * 2010 – Best Pop Instrumental Album (Chris Botti - Live in Boston) – Nominated

Latin Grammys The Latin Grammy Awards (stylized as Latin GRAMMYs) are awards presented by the Latin Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the Latin music industry. The Latin Grammy honors works recorded in Spanish or Portuguese from anyw ...

* 2012 – Best Engineered Album (Arturo Sandoval - Dear Diz Everyday I Think of You) – Winner * 2012 – Album Of The Year (Arturo Sandoval - Dear Diz Everyday I Think of You) – Nominated * 2012 – Best Jazz Album (Arturo Sandoval - Dear Diz Everyday I Think of You) – Winner * 2011 – Best Jazz Album (Arturo Sandoval - A Time for Love) – Winner * 2011 – Best Engineered Album (Arturo Sandoval - A Time for Love) – Nominated

Composition and sound design

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* 2013 – Best Action (GI Joe: Retaliation) – NOMINEE * 2013 – Best Animation / Family (Turbo) – NOMINEE * 2013 – Best Horror (The Last Exorcism Part II) – NOMINEE * 2013 – Best Horror (The Possession) – NOMINEE * 2012 – Best Thriller (The Grey) – WINNER * 2012 – Best Horror (The Devil Inside) – WINNER

Key Art Awards The Clio Entertainment Awards (formerly the Key Art Awards) is an awards program by Clio that recognizes "excellence in marketing and communications" across the entertainment industry—i.e., the industries of film, television, live entertainment ...

* 2013 – Best Sound Design (Evil Dead) – GOLD * 2013 – Best Sound Design (The Conjuring) – BRONZE * 2013 – Single Entry (The Conjuring) – SILVER * 2012 – Best Sound Design (Silent House) – BRONZE * 2012 – Best Sound Design (The Possession) – FINALIST

Naras Award

* 2009 –

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Award
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Notes

References

* *http://www.berklee.edu/news/2678/berklee-at-the-2010-latin-grammys * *http://www.linkedin.com/pub/gerrit-kinkel/13/999/961 *http://allmusic.com/artist/gerrit-kinkel-p1140490/credits *https://web.archive.org/web/20120108054138/http://rachelluttrell.com/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Kinkel, Gerrit Living people Austrian male composers Austrian composers 1984 births