Michael Heupel

1989 release ** Heupel studied flute at the Cologne University of Music. From 1980 to 1985, he was a member of the multimedia group Boury. Since 1984, he has also performed as a soloist with his own compositions. He has toured Asia, Africa, and Latin America with Norbert Stein's Pata Masters. He has been a member of many of Norbert Stein's Pata projects for many years. In a duo with Xu Fengxia, he played bass flute and subcontrabass flute. In 1990, he founded his own quartet. He has also worked with musicians such as Markus Stockhausen, Christoph Haberer (including JazzFest Berlin), Christopher Dell, Christian Ramond, Jeff Cascaro, Stefan Bauer, in the James Choice Orchestra, and the group Flautomania (with Christian Torkewitz, Christian von Kaphengst, and Andreas Molino). He has recorded four diverse duo CDs with guitarist Uwe Kropinski. He has also worked as a session musician with Die Fantastischen Vier (Unplugged) and Unheilig (Unplugged).