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'' b. 1936 -rrb- lone koppel -lrb- b. 1938 -rrb- '' ` ` brother '' ' : anders koppel -lrb- b. 1947 sisters -rrb- '' ' : therese koppel -lrb- herman d. koppel & vibeke koppel -lrb- : '' ' billie koppel -lrb- born 1972 -rrb- naja born rosa -lrb- born 1980 -rrb- 1968 -rrb- '' ` with annisette hansen thomas koppel
 thomas koppel
thomas koppel

thomas koppel -lrb- 27 april 1944 -- 25 february 2006 -rrb- was a versatile danish classical music and avant-garde popular composer and musician .
his father , herman david koppel -lrb- 1908-1998 -rrb- , a composer and pianist of jewish origin , fled the nazis with his family in 1943 .
thomas was born in a refugee camp in sweden .
the family moved to denmark and thomas studied at the royal danish academy of music with his father who was professor of piano .
like his father , thomas koppel became a classical pianist and composer .
he wrote string quartets , a piano concerto , operas , cantatas , a ballet , symphonies and other orchestral works .
at age 18 he completed his first opera `` the story of a mother '' , based on a tale by hans christian andersen .
koppel composed the score in 1971 for the ballet `` dødens triumf '' -lrb- triumph of death -rrb- which was danced naked at the royal danish theatre .
unlike his father , thomas koppel also composed and performed avant-garde popular music .
he founded the experimental rock group `` savage rose '' with his brother anders and sister lone .
in 1968 they added four more members including the singer annisette .
aside from rock , the group fused elements from classical music , jazz and rhythm and blues .
thomas koppel and annisette later became partners and married .
they were deeply committed to projects to promote peace and social justice and in 1996 moved to los angeles drawn by its cultural and social diversity , including the homeless .
koppel died unexpectedly on vacation in puerto rico .
one of his compositions is : visiones fugitives for piano & orchestra .
