born 21.01.1945 at Frankfurt/Oder,Germany.Raised in Hamburg, Rio de Janeiro and Berlin.
1960- 1968 musical education: studied composition and piano at Musikhochschule Berlin, Musikakademie in Vienna and Jazz - academy in Graz.
moved to Munich,Germany in 1968
composer of movie- and theater - music. Founding of Rockjazz-Trio “The Bridgeâ€
1970 1973 joint PASSPORT of Klaus Doldinger with Wolfgang Schmid (b) and Curt Cress (dr)
1975-77 producer, composer and arranger of 3 LP´s for Heidelinde Weis
1975 “Deutscher Schallplattenpreis†for Passport and as producer of Heidelinde Weis
1977 joint Band SNOWBALL with Roy Albrighton (voc.), Dave King (b) and Curt Cress (dr)
1979 Start of the projekt CUSCO with MICHAEL HOLM with the first LP 'Desert Island'
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1980 launch of the professional keyboard - studio D.I.Musikstudio GmbH with my wife Birgid
1982 half year lasting stay in Los Angeles with Georgio Moroder -
co-composing, arranging and programming for movie-projects like 'METROPOLIS' and 'SCARFACE'
1983 Production of Solo LP 'EXPEDITION EXTRA'
1985 Production of Solo LP 'METRONOMICS'
1993 Grammy-Nomination of the CUSCO - album 'Apurimac'
1984-1995 a lot of studiowork as arranger, composer and keyboarder for
a lot of different artists , see 'discography'
1996 start of composing for 32 sequences of famous tv series 'Der Bulle
von Tölz'
1997 Grammy-Nomination for 'Apurimac III' by CUSCO
1998 Production of Solo CD 'Colours of inner peace'
1999 Production of Solo-CD 'Breath in - Breath out'
2000 Production of 'Traumzeit - Zeittraum' with SWAN
2001 30 years anniversary PASSPORT, a couple of concerts with old
PASSPORT - personnel 'PASSPORT - CLASSIC'
2003 Grammy - Nomination for 'Inner journeys' of CUSCO
2006 concert - tour through germany with PASSPORT - CLASSIC to celebrate 70th birthday of Klaus Doldinger
2006 first Solo-pianoconcert, preparations for solo-concerts...
Here is my discography:
KRISTIAN SCHULTZE SOLO:
'Metronomics', 'Expedition Extra', 'Colours of inner peace', 'Breath in - Breath out'
SWAN: 'Traumzeit - Zeittraum'
DEMIS ROUSSOS: 'Attitudes'
JOY FLEMING: 'Vocals and keyboards only'
UDO LINDENBERG:
'Sister King-Kong', 'No panic', 'Rock-Revue Palast 1 and 2',
'Keule' , 'Odyssee' and more.
SNOWBALL:
'Defroster' , 'Cold heat' , 'Follow the white line'
CURT CRESS: 'Curt Cress Clan'
PATTY BRAVO: 'The Munich Sessions'
GIANNA NANNINI: 'Maschi e altri'
HUMPE SISTERS: 'Swimming with the sharks'
PARISH & TOPANO: 'The royal falcon'
Nicki, Audrey Landers, Pia Zadora, Anne Murray, Claus Ogermann,
Sandra Schwarzhaupt, Maggy Rylie, Juliane Werding, Claudia Jung,
Stefan Waggershausen, Marianne Rosenberg, Engelbert, David Hasselhoff,
Ronnie Jones, Tommi Piper, Vicky Leandros, Howard Carpendale,
Gitte, Peter Gorski Band, Hoffmann&Hoffmann, Claudja Barry, Bernie Paul,
Asha Putley, Amanda Lear, u.a.