{"id":1065,"date":"2021-01-18T12:29:35","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T12:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukiennik.de\/?page_id=1065"},"modified":"2025-04-08T09:39:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T09:39:37","slug":"vita","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sukiennik.de\/en\/vita\/","title":{"rendered":"VITA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1065\" class=\"elementor elementor-1065\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e5bbd55 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5e5bbd55\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3bc6b8a1\" data-id=\"3bc6b8a1\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">VITA<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40f23488 elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-923 elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"40f23488\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sukiennik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Divider_transp.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sukiennik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Divider_transp.png 473w, https:\/\/sukiennik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Divider_transp-300x15.png 300w, https:\/\/sukiennik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Divider_transp-20x1.png 20w\" width=\"473\" height=\"24\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-234 lazyload\" alt=\"\"  sizes=\"(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"473\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/sukiennik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Divider_transp.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-234\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sukiennik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Divider_transp.png 473w, https:\/\/sukiennik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Divider_transp-300x15.png 300w, https:\/\/sukiennik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Divider_transp-20x1.png 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\"><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68d3f00e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68d3f00e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><i>\"It's nice to be able to surprise yourself while you're playing...<\/i>.\"<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37eec678 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37eec678\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Marcus Sukiennik is a true sound adventurer! As a pianist, composer and arranger, he roams the musical landscapes of the last centuries and checks out what our ears find so exciting today.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">At home in Cologne from 1993 to 2024 and now in charming Nettersheim in the Eifel region, the artist mixes classical music and jazz with traditional folk songs and a splash of pop.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">He conjures up classical melodies in a new guise and composes mainly for piano solo - sometimes also for entire jazz bands. He has been playing modern background music as a bar pianist in a wide variety of locations for over 25 years. As artistic director at the piano bar of the Excelsior Hotel Ernst in Cologne and at the Musical Dome, he gets people in the mood with his sheet music for the show Moulin Rouge.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56a9b9f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"56a9b9f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b6ca22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b6ca22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Between kicking, jazz and classical music<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15816548 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"15816548\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sukiennik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Divider_transp.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sukiennik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Divider_transp.png 473w, https:\/\/sukiennik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Divider_transp-300x15.png 300w, https:\/\/sukiennik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Divider_transp-20x1.png 20w\" width=\"473\" height=\"24\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-234 lazyload\" alt=\"\"  sizes=\"(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"473\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/sukiennik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Divider_transp.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-234\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sukiennik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Divider_transp.png 473w, https:\/\/sukiennik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Divider_transp-300x15.png 300w, https:\/\/sukiennik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Divider_transp-20x1.png 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\"><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de4a15a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de4a15a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Born in the Rhineland, he comes from a music-loving family. At the tender age of 8, he tapped his first keys and later founded a school band with his brother while developing his jazzy sound. But the young music lover had another passion: playing soccer. After some back and forth, the choice is made - and poof, music wins!<\/span><\/p><p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">From 1987, Marcus Sukiennik studied jazz and classical piano in Hilversum in the Netherlands with the masters Karel Boehlee, Henk Elkerbout and Rob Madna. Between 1997 and 2011, he also devoted himself to composing and arranging - mentored by film composer and conductor Jurre Haanstra at the Conservatorium in Amsterdam and by jazz pianist and WDR big band director Bill Dobbins at the Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik in Cologne.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d61c37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d61c37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4d231b2f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default 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aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"portraits and still life details for Marcus Sukiennik.\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/sukiennik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ca-2011-Marcus-Sukiennik-Studio-e1619699258595.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"ca 2011 Marcus Sukiennik\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/sukiennik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ca-2011-Marcus-Sukiennik-e1619699247152.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"ca 1987 photo zoom tape - Jerome Walker and Marcus Sukiennik\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/sukiennik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ca-1987-Foto-Zoomband-Jerome-Walker-und-Marcus-Sukiennik--scaled-e1619699300506.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"portraits and still life details for Marcus Sukiennik.\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/sukiennik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ca-2011-Marcus-Sukiennik-Schuhe-e1619699271680.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"ca 2000 Marcus_Sukiennik_Studio_A_Night_In_Tunesia\" style=\"background-image: 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elementor-element-92bdf61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-923 elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"92bdf61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sukiennik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Divider_transp.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sukiennik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Divider_transp.png 473w, https:\/\/sukiennik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Divider_transp-300x15.png 300w, https:\/\/sukiennik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Divider_transp-20x1.png 20w\" width=\"473\" height=\"24\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-234 lazyload\" alt=\"\"  sizes=\"(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"473\" height=\"24\" 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Sukiennik's artistic journey was given a turbo boost in the early 90s when he came across the Cologne pianist and composer Eckart Wilkens. The two had a lively exchange that allowed Sukiennik to delve deep into the world of classical piano literature and variation works. This sparked his passion for exploring the essence of music-making, beyond stylistic boundaries and forms of expression. As a piano magician, Sukiennik juggles a colorful palette of styles, but his pieces of music all radiate simplicity, clarity and emotion.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Sukiennik's creative output to date includes 7 albums, a few singles and 4 music books, all of which have been released on his own label Linie 21. His masterpieces include the big band project A Night In Tunesia Suite (2000), the piano solo album Atme Seele, heile (2016) and Beste Tage, performed live at LOFT Cologne in 2017.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">His compositions and arrangements have won him the VDM Award several times, and his releases have stormed the charts99. Marcus Sukiennik has taught at the University of Duisburg as a lecturer for combo and big band, taught music history at the VHS Cologne and has run his own piano school since 1993.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86c3729 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"86c3729\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa31e1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fa31e1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Selected projects<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c4f132 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5c4f132\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sukiennik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Divider_transp.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sukiennik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Divider_transp.png 473w, https:\/\/sukiennik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Divider_transp-300x15.png 300w, https:\/\/sukiennik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Divider_transp-20x1.png 20w\" width=\"473\" height=\"24\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-234 lazyload\" alt=\"\"  sizes=\"(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"473\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/sukiennik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Divider_transp.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-234\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sukiennik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Divider_transp.png 473w, https:\/\/sukiennik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Divider_transp-300x15.png 300w, https:\/\/sukiennik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Divider_transp-20x1.png 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\"><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a2b417 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a2b417\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>2010 to date:<\/strong> Pianist at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.excelsiorhotelernst.com\">Excelsior Hotel Ernst<\/a> Cologne, since 2015 artistic director <br \/><strong>2019 until today: <\/strong>Participation in baby and children's concerts in collaboration with Anja Leu, Andantino Musikvermittlung \u00a0<br \/><strong>2022-2025:<\/strong> Pianist at the Musical Dome, greeting before the show Moulin Rouge<br \/><strong>2022-<\/strong><strong>2024:<\/strong> Pianist at the Sheraton Pelikan Hotel Hanover<br \/><strong>2022<\/strong> <strong>-2023:<\/strong> Pianist in the ensemble Classic Light Cologne<br \/><strong>2021-2022:<\/strong> Participation as pianist of the Klezmer Concerts Cologne Academy Orchestra<br \/><strong>2009-2017:<\/strong> Pianist at the Steigenberger Grandhotel Petersberg<br \/><strong>2014-2016:<\/strong> Pianist at the WDR Funkhaus Cologne<br \/><strong>2000:<\/strong> Participation as pianist and composer at the MusikTriennale Cologne<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf7b742 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"cf7b742\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VITA \"It's nice when you can surprise yourself while playing.\" Marcus Sukiennik is a true sound adventurer! As a pianist, composer and arranger, he roams the musical landscapes of the past centuries and checks out what our ears find so exciting these days. 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