Willi Bopp

Born in 1964 in Frankfurt. Studied biology and anthropology. Not yet finished.

Since 1989, sound technician at the Mousonturm of Frankfurt.

Then 1990 until 1995, chief of sound department at TAT of Frankfurt; and as part of this function, he was the sound designer responsible of productions realized by, among others, Michael Simon (Narrative Landscape, 1991), Wooster Group, Reza Abdoh, Ilka Doubek, Heiner Goebbels (Roman Dogs, Ou bien le débarquement désastreux, La Libération de Prométhée), Elke Lange, Christoph Nel, Jan Lauwers and Saburo Teshigawara.

Since 1995, independent sound designer for:

Heiner Goebbels, director and composer (Noir sur Blanc, La Reprise, Max Black, Même soir…, Surrogate Cities, Eisler Material Film, Hashirigaki, Oilfields, Eraritjaritjaka, Stifters Dinge);

Saburo Teshigawara, choreographer (I was real, Q“, White Clouds…, Absolute Zero, In-Edit, Luminous, Raj Packet 1 + 2);

Christian Möller, architect and artist in the field of new medias and interactive installations (Electro clips 1-3, Die begehbare Partituren, participation in various installations, for example Spiralhall of Tokyo, Schirn Kunsthalle FFM, etc.);

David Moss, percussionist and singer (Survival Songs, Cage solo Performances);

Wanda Golonka (Antigone, Oh happy days of Beckett);

André Wilms (S.Beckett Bunter Abend), Ottmar Hörl, visual artist (Gebrochenes Weiss, Wandzeichnung, Triptichon and other installations);

Charlotte Engelkes (Miss very Wagner) as well as for various theatre, music and cinema projects of many artists (Ensemble Modern, Ornette Colemann, Kai Eckhardt, Carol Robinson, Musik-Fabrik-Köln, Ensemble Remix Porto, among others).

He also contributed to great events such as the Expo Flambe in Hannovre (1999/2000), the KFK fifties, the IBM congress and Gala in Wien (2001), fashion shows with Issey Myake in Tokyo (1998), sound design at the opening ceremony of the Football World Championships 2006 in Munich, the pope visit and the families day in Valence (2006).

From 1999 to 2001, he was a teacher at Giessen University, at the Institute for Applied Theatre Studies, in the fields of sound design, sound and studio techniques.