Moritz Zopf Double-bass Römerstr. 27 28203 Bremen +49 176 700 19 735 moritztrifftpaul@gmx.de Studies: 2007-2009 Master program at Göteborg Musikhögskolan, Specialisation in Improvisation Played and studied with Andreas Axelsson, Anders Jormin, Thomas Jäderlund, Joel Wästberg, Jan Rådvik, Jan Alm, Harald Stenström, Gunilla Gårdfeldt Master thesis/artistic research: About the connection between my own body, my personality and my instrument, the doublebass. 2002-2007 University of the arts, Bremen, Diploma program in Jazz studies, Double-bass Diploma degree in 2007, Diploma thesis about A. Jormin Played and studied with Hubert Nuss, Detlev Beier, Martin Wind, Richie Beirach, Jochen Rückert, Billy Hart 2005-2006 University of Gothenborg, Sweden, Exchangestudent in Jazz program with Anders Jormin 2001-2002 University of Bremen, Teacher Training program in Music Since 1999, I work as a musician and composer. In 2005, when I came to Gothenborg for the first time, I started to work in the area of free improvised music. Since then I explore myself as a source and reason to make music. I have worked intensively on the question of how to connect myself to my instrument and to the music without being pretentious. I consciously avoid forcing my body into patterns of behaviour and question traditional ways of teaching – by saying that the body itself knows how to play music. I work as a teacher and freelance musician in Bremen. Prizes 2008 Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien, Stockholm, category: Jazz 2009 Martha von Sydow-Stiftelse, Göteborg