Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.10, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Nicolas Mischke Composition, Performance and Arrangement ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.nicolasmischke.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Music Directing in Karlsruhe](https://www.nicolasmischke.com/2019/11/23/musical-directing-in-karlsruhe/) - In 2019, I got my first chance to take the role of the music director in musical theatre. At the Kammertheater Karlsruhe, the play "Love is..." was in development and I was offered to take on the responsibility of arranging and rehearsing the songs with the cast. In just 5 weeks, I arranged the songs - [Music Directing for "FAME"](https://www.nicolasmischke.com/2025/09/03/music-directing-for-fame/) - Following "Kein Pardon", I joined "FAME - The Musical", the next production at FirstStage Hamburg as music director. - [Last Christmas Miracle Tour 2](https://www.nicolasmischke.com/2025/12/01/last-christmas-miracle-tour-2/) - Following 2024's success, "Last Christmas Miracle" started its second run in December 2025. Throughout 26 shows, Germany and Switzerland got their fair share of Christmas spirit! - [Music Directing for Hape Kerkeling's "Kein Pardon"](https://www.nicolasmischke.com/2025/06/14/musical-directing-for-hape-kerkelings-kein-pardon/) - In May 2025, I musically directed the new production of Hape Kerkeling's "Kein Pardon" at the First Stage Theater in Hamburg!It was the final production of Stage School's freshly baked graduates and together with Franziska Kuropka's (Director) and Sven Niemeyer's (Choreography) work, it developed into a great show! The musical is based on the film - [Award winning](https://www.nicolasmischke.com/2023/02/12/award-winning/) - While I was doing my preparatory course in "Advanced Film Scoring and Production" in Bonn, our class was introduced to a number of directors from the U.S. in Spring 2022, studying abroad in Germany for a few months and writing, directing, shooting and producing their own short documentaries. We had a short matchmaking with presentations - [Last Christmas Miracle Tour](https://www.nicolasmischke.com/2025/02/01/last-christmas-miracle-tour/) - #In December 2024, "Last Christmas Miracle", a musical production by Kammertheater Karlsruhe based on the movie from the 90s, went on tour. With a lot of careful preparation and a very short and intense rehearsal period, we created a beautiful and rich-sounding production. In preparation for this new version of the musical, I rearranged all - [ROSE Simulation](https://www.nicolasmischke.com/2019/03/16/rose-simulation/) - Back in 2019, I landed my first professional gig with a small local company in Germany, ROSE Simulation. ROSE offers computer simulation software to train Air Traffic Controllers at various airports throughout the world. For the product video of their main product, they asked me to compose original music.Since they like orchestral music very much, - [Silent Film Festival Karlsruhe 2022](https://www.nicolasmischke.com/2022/01/29/silent-film-festival-karlsruhe-2022/) - Silent Film Festival and Scholarship In May 2021, my university professor in Scoring for Film at the University of Music Karlsruhe approached me with the opportunity to claim a scholarship from the Riemschneider-Stiftung Karlsruhe to score and showcase six silent short films at the Silent Film Festival Karlsruhe 2021 with a co-student. Together, we chose - [ROSE Simulation 2.0](https://www.nicolasmischke.com/2023/01/01/rose-simulation-2-0/) - My second gig with ROSE Simulation and getting hired as an in-house composer After my very first professional composition gig with ROSE back in 2019, we started a new project for a short product video for fair displays. In August 2022, I composed the original music to their new showcase of the pushback simulator "CHARIOT" - [Berlin International Film Scoring Competition 2023](https://www.nicolasmischke.com/2023/01/30/berlin-international-film-scoring-competition-2023/) - In January 2023, I participated in the BIFSC 2023, scoring a 6min animated short film. After about a great deal of consideration on how to score this film, I chose an approach I felt familiar with from the anime's I had watched so far. In this regard my score took a quite pop-y and band-style - [Screen Composer Academy](https://www.nicolasmischke.com/2023/07/28/screen-composer-academy/) - In July 2023 I visited the Summer program of the "Screen Composer Academy" in Athens. In three and a half weeks we had master classes in composition, orchestration, score preparation, MIDI programming and storytelling. With 16 students from 10 different countries, we got to learn from important figures of the industry and film scoring schooling - [Film Scoring Academy of Europe](https://www.nicolasmischke.com/2024/06/27/film-scoring-academy-of-europe/) - From September 2023 until August 2024, I have been studying Scoring for Film and Contemporary Media at FSAE. This one-year program was packed with recordings and lectures about all the important parts of being a successful media composer. During the 15 different recording sessions, I was able to build a huge and valuable portfolio to - [Spitfire Audio Scoring Competition 2022](https://www.nicolasmischke.com/2022/08/19/spitfire-audio-scoring-competition-2022/) - In August 2022 I had the opportunity to take part in the 2022 Spitfire Audio Scoring Competition. This time it was a 1:45min excerpt from Episode 5 Season 1 of Bridgerton... 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