Composer
Thomas Zaufke
This composer for stage, film, and television has written the music for numerous musicals, including »Babytalk«, »Grimm!«, »Elternabend«, »Letterland« and »Kopfkino« (the film version of which was awarded as »Best Musical« at the New York Film Festival). His works created in collaboration with Henry Mason ‒ »Der Hase mit den Bernsteinaugen« (based on Edmund de Waal’s bestselling book of the same name) and »Die Königinnen« (centered on Mary Stuart and Elizabeth I) ‒ won awards in various categories at the »German Musical Theater Awards« in 2019 and 2024, respectively, including honors for »Best Music« and »Best Musical«.
Thomas Zaufke has composed works for institutions such as the Neuköllner Oper, Berlin’s GRIPS Theater, Oper Leipzig, Oper Graz, Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, Landestheater Linz and the Wiener Musikverein. In addition, he has written songs and chansons for prominent performers including Ina Müller, Gayle Tufts, Tim Fischer, Irmgard Knef and Daniela Ziegler. He also composed the opening music for the 50th »Goldene Kamera« awards ceremony, broadcast on ZDF. In 2022, he was honored with the »Paul Abraham Prize« from the GEMA Foundation in recognition of his exceptional artistic achievements in the field of popular musical theater.