Key-Thomas Märkl (born May 19, 1963) is a German-Japanese violinist and music educator.
Biography
Märkl began learning the violin at the age of five with his father,
Josef Märkl. His brother
Jun Märkl
Jun Märkl (born 11 February 1959 in Munich) is a German conductor.
Biography
One of three children born to a Japanese pianist mother and a German violinist father, Märkl studied piano and the violin as a youth. Beginning in 1978 at the Musikhoc ...
is a noted conductor.
Among his solo recordings are Stradivaris Gift (Monarda), The Secret Box (Zimmermann Frankfurt) Stringsong (Latham Music).
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He is married to the writer, composer and producer
Kim Märkl
Kim Märkl (born July 22, 1961) is an American composer, writer and clarinetist.
Biography
Born in Cleveland, Ohio she began her musical training with Angelo Fortini. He as well as her father, who is a drummer and devoted to jazz, considerabl ...
.
Pedagogue
Key Märkl is currently holding the position of Assistant to
Ingolf Turban
Ingolf Turban (born 17 March 1964) is a German violinist.
Life
Born in Munich, Turban's mother was a pianist, his father a music-loving physician, his sister Dietlinde an actress. At the age of 12 he was accepted into the violin class of in M ...
at the
Conservatory for Music in Munich, as well as giving Master Classes in Japan.
References
Japanese violinists
German male violinists
1963 births
Living people
21st-century violinists
21st-century German male musicians
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