Anders Koppel

Danish composer and musician Anders Koppel (b. 1947) was born in Copenhagen. He played the piano as a child with his father, composer Herman D. Koppel, and later clarinet with several television and concert appearances. Koppel is a co-founder in 1967 of the rock group Savage Rose. From 1976 to 2012, he was a member of the trio Bazaar. Koppel has composed music for eight ballets for the New Danish Dance Theatre and music for more than 150 movies, 50 theatrical plays and 3 musicals. He has also composed more than 90 works for classical ensembles, chamber music and 20 concertos, among them two saxophone concertos and four marimba concertos. Anders Koppel has twice received the Danish film award Robert for best film score (1994 and 1996).