Michael Hoppé Explained

Michael Hoppé
Birth Date:1944
Birth Place:Cairo, Egypt[1]

Michael Hoppé is an English musician, composer, and record producer. In the early 1980s, he was head of A&R for PolyGram Records and signed new-age artists including Vangelis, Jean Michel Jarre, and Kitaro as well as resigning ABBA and the Who.

Biography

Hoppé lives in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. He is the grandson of Emil Otto Hoppé, and many of his albums feature Emil's photography.[2]

Michael Hoppé was a senior executive at PolyGram.[3] In 1984, Hoppé left PolyGram to focus on composing, published by his company Chordially Yours Music, and working as a music consultant for InterConnection Resources in Los Angeles. His discography contains more than 30 new age and classical albums. Hoppe says his music is best described as heart music and is often used for healing and meditation. In 2003, his album Solace was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Age Album.[4] The Yearning was named "CD of the Year" by CD Review. His music has been featured in film and television such as The Sopranos, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Misunderstood starring Gene Hackman, Michael Moore's Sicko, and the multi award-winning short film Nous Deux Encore, featured on his album Tapestry. Hoppe's next release Grace (2013) featured work by his daughter, the photographer Rebecca Hoppe. She also designed the cover for Serenity (2014), a collection of improvisations for viola, performed by Harold Moses, and keyboards. Nightingale (2015) features the Italian folk singer Giuditta Scorcelletti and her husband producer/guitarist Alessandro Boingi, with lyrics by David George. AMISTAD (2018) featured performances by musician friends he met mostly in his new home in Mexico. They are Pedro Cartas (violin), Joe Powers (harmonica), Dan Nicholas (guitar), Billy White (guitar)and David Mendoza-Diaz (violin), and Alfredo Muro (guitar)

In 2019, Triope, a classical trio in Korea released The Most Beloved Melodies of Michael Hoppe CD arranged by Sehwan Park, and performed by Jiyoung Yun (violin) and Youngmin Kim (cello) with Sehwan Park (piano).

Discography

with Prague Symphony, Martin Tillman, Heidi Fielding, Dwain Briggs, Kenton Youngstrom, Harold Moses, Eugene Fodor, Andrea Bauer, and Vangelis.

"Prayer for Peace" narrated and written by Jane Goodall

Artwork by Michael Hoppe"Tell Death I Am Not Here" choral work with poetry by Lilly Peter.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Interview with Michael Hoppé, September 2003 . mainlypiano.com . 11 June 2021.
  2. Web site: Billboard. 12 July 1997.
  3. Book: Cooper . Robert . Sawaf . Ayman . Executive E. Q. . 1 April 1998 . Penguin . 978-0-399-52404-2 . 140 .
  4. Web site: Michael Hoppe . GRAMMY.com . 10 September 2019 . en . 4 June 2019.

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