• Pianist, Guitarist, Vocalist, Producer and Composer STEPHAN OBERHOFF is enjoying a multi-faceted career in Los Angeles, CA. Initially, Stephan came to the US in 1991 to study Jazz at the prestiguous GROVE SCHOOL of Music in Van Nuys, California. Needless to say, the planned original 1-year period of musical sabbatical and break from cranking out commercials and documentary film scores expanded into Stephan's -now 17 year- stay in L.A. During the earlier segment of his career in germany as a composer and producer of numerous TV commercials and Documentary film scores, he became Co-recipient of several Commercial and Documentary Awards:
• 1991 1 Hit RTL Funkspot Hitparade for the "BAHLSEN" commercial, written, performed and produced at his own studio.
• 1992 Full Length Documentary Filmscore "THE OLEOSTREAM" Soundtrack-
Film receives numerous Gold & Silver Awards
• 1993 Full Length Documentary Filmscore "BERLIN SINFONIE", again Gold & Silver Awards
• 1993 BRENDA RUSSELL, begins touring as keyboardist for the next 14 years, from 2001 on working as Brenda's Musical Director...
• "MERCI, DASS ES DICH GIBT", one of the longest-running and most popular german commercials for MERCI Chocolate GmbH, on air continuously since 1992, reaching more than 8 countries! (And is still going as of 2007)
• 1994 DIANA ROSS "Take Me Higher"
Arrangement/orchestration/synth/ engineering with Brenda Russell on "Let Somebody Know"
• 1996 BRENDA RUSSELL Japan Tour on Keyboards (5 week tour across the nation's capital cities)
• 1999 BRENDA RUSSELL "Paris Rain"
Co-produced groundbreaking CD for Hidden Beach Rcds. w. Brenda Russell
• 2002 STEPHAN OBERHOFF "Conversations With My Father", Eclectic Contemporary Jazz record with a star-studded lineup of Guest Players released....
• 2003 MELISSA MANCHESTER "When I Look Down That Road" Album hits Top 20 in U.S. and Canada, co-produced w. Kevin DeRemer
• 2004 Extended Study of Keyboard harmony and Improvisation with (amongst others,) Prof. Dario Galante in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...
• 2004 BRENDA RUSSELL "Between The Sun And The Moon" Title cut co-produced with Brenda Russell....
• 2006 BARRY MOSLEY "Jazz Time" Released a Beautiful and Intimate Trio Recording Produced and Engineered at FCP studios, featuring Barry Mosley (valve tb) Cliff Hugo (bs) and Stephan (piano)
• 2007 MELISSA MANCHESTER ONGOING U.S. Tour supporting the above CD...still continuing FROM SEPT 2004 through 08/2007 !!
• 2007 BRENDA RUSSELL CONCERT TOUR SERIES (check Date Section for Updates)
• 2007 SURROUND SOUND PRODUCTION and MIX for 3 Feature Songs in "LAND BEFORE TIME", now in its 13th incarnation....people know this series literally around the globe..! I have been on board since series 6
