Prof. Karl Gottfried Brunotte a composer and music philosopher  was born in Frankfurt am Main on June 2, 1958.

Brunotte's musical education included studies in piano, organ, harpsichord, violin, viola, recorder, voice, conducting and composition.

Extensive studies with renowned teachers, including H. W. Zimmermann, L. Hoffmann-Erbrecht, H. P. Haller, G. M. Koenig and K.-H. Stockhausen are part of Brunotte's background, as well as the cultivation of ancient languages and advocacy of socio-cultural values. From 1974-1977, he held the cantorship at the Christuskirche in Bad Homburg, his hometown.

From 1982-1985 Brunotte was a lecturer at the University of Music and Performing Arts. In 1986 he received an honorary professorship and was a guest lecturer at the International Summer Courses for New Music in Darmstadt from 1980-1986. Brunotte's oeuvre currently comprises about 300 pieces of the most diverse instrumentation.

Karl Gottfried Brunotte describes himself as a consistent avant-gardist and so it is not surprising that Brunotte's music is composed for specialists of New Music. Even in supposedly small pieces, such as Tangenten for piano (composed at the age of 17),

the performer encounters passages that are technically and musically difficult to execute. Works with extended notation add to the difficulty of Brunotte's compositions finding their way into concert halls.

In spite of the problems that become apparent on first reading of the pieces, every piece of Brunotte's is worth working on, for he succeeds in what is seldom accomplished in new music, captivating performers and audiences alike.