About The Speaker
Ingo Frenzel
Ingo Ludwig Frenzel studied at the Berlin University of the Arts and the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music Berlin, specializing in composition, piano and conducting. He composes music for series, TV and feature films, including productions such as "Goethe!" (2011), "Lollipop Monster" (2011), "Der Medicus" (2013) and "Schachnovelle" (2021). The 2007 film "Spielzeugland" by Jochen Alexander Freydank was particularly successful, winning the Oscar for Best Short Film for 2009 and numerous other awards. At the 2015 Berlinale, Frenzel was awarded the European Composer Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) prize in the Best Orchestral Score category for the music to the film "Der Medicus". Outside of film, Frenzel has also worked for the Deutsche Staatsoper (Orpheus 2011), the Volksbühne Berlin (Johnny Chicago with Kurt Krömer), the Residenztheater Munich and the Bregenz Festival of the Vienna Philharmonic, among others.