Markus Kupferblum

Markus Kupferblum
Born (1964-06-12) 12 June 1964
Vienna, Austria
Occupation stage director, actor, clown
Years active 1984–present
Website http://kupferblum.com/

Markus Kupferblum (born 12 June 1964) is an Austrian theatre and opera director, playwright and clown. He founded the first Austrian Fringe Opera Company "Totales Theater" in Vienna and is an expert in Commedia dell'arte and mask theatre.[1]

He studied at the University of Vienna, at the School of Philippe Gaulier and Monika Pagneux in Paris and the New York University. He was assistant to Antoine Vitez and Achim Freyer.

Since 2013 he is the founder and director of the interdisciplinary music theatre ensemble "Schlüterwerke" in Vienna.

He has directed and shown productions in France, Austria, Germany, England, Spain, Belgium, the United States of America, Korea, Armenia, Lebanon, Iran, Israel, Russia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Peru, Turkey, Switzerland, and Italy.

He was awarded the "1. Prix de l'Humour" at the Avignon Festival in 1993 and is known for working across the genres of opera, circus, theatre, and film and exploring unusual performance spaces for his productions.

In 2007 he received the "Nestroy Award" for the best German-speaking fringe production for his play "The Abandoned Dido".[2]

In 2012 he founded the "European Theatre Day of Tolerance" which is commemorated on every 1st February. On this occasion a Memorandum for peace and tolerance is being read before the performances of almost 1.000 theaters throughout Europe and beyond.

In 2013 he published his book "The birth of curiosity - the history of the Commedia dell Arte as political revolutionary popular theatre" at the Editor "Facultas, Vienna University Press"

He was teaching acting, directing and creative writing e.g. at the University of Vienna, the Max Reinhardt Seminar. University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA, Michigan University, Ann Arbor, USA, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, USA, Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt, Theaterakademie August Everding München, Escuela Nacional del Teatro de Bolivia, and others.

Since 2018 he is Senior Lecturer at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, where he is teaching opera directing and drama for singers.

He is member of the International P.E.N. Club.

Notes

  1. ↑ Neundlinger, Helmut (2007). "Story of a Clown". DATUM (in German). Vienna: Verein zur Förderung des Qualitätsjournalismus (07–08). Archived from the original on 2007-07-07. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
  2. ↑ "Nestroy-Preis 2007" (in German). ORF Vienna. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
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