ABOUT

Olaf Taranczewski is a composer, producer, and pianist working across film, television, and experimental music. In 2015, he won the German Film Music Award for his score to Till Nowak's Dissonance, which also received the award for best film music at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival. The film premiered at the Berlinale and went on to win more than 40 international awards.

His recent and notable film credits include the score for the HBO feature Mi America, the ZDF drama Schweigeminute, and the award-winning documentary Anne Perry – Interiors, for which he won Best Music in a German Film at Filmfest Lünen. Since 2011, Taranczewski has been a regular composer for major German television programs, including the Grimme Prize-nominated Frontal 21 and Satirischer Jahresrückblick (ZDF).

Taranczewski re-arranged the orchestral works Materials and Lost for Academy Award winner Volker Bertelmann (Hauschka), performed at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and the Volksbühne Berlin. He has also written music for large-scale installations, such as the façade projection Hommage/Collage for the Genius Loci Festival, and for theater productions from Theater Magdeburg to the Ludwigsburg Festival.

As a jazz pianist and recording artist, he has released a series of acclaimed albums, including Interiors (2019), When I Was (2021), and LOM (2024) via Hey!blau Records. In his trio FOC, alongside Frank Zerban and Chris Ross (Wolfmother), he explores the intersection of prepared piano and electronic ambient music. His commercial portfolio includes international campaigns for brands like Polaroid and Panasonic, earning a Gold Questar Award in New York.

Olaf Taranczewski currently serves as Tenured Professor of Producing at the University of Music Trossingen, specializing in Jazz and Pop. He leads seminars on analog synthesis and film scoring, while overseeing international collaborations such as the short film project with Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.