Bernward Koch

Bernward Koch (born January 23, 1957 in Siegen) is a German composer, pianist and keyboardist. Additionally, he plays percussion, bass, and guitar. His music mainly evokes a soothing and calming style, with a clearly reco- gnizable melody from the piano, enriched with keyboards, flute, guitar and percussion. His first release, 1989's FLOWING, was successful from the start, especially in the United States: Hit song: "Ever Returning". The second album LAGUNA DE LA VERA achieved top positions on the Billboard New Age Chart. Kochs tracks contributed to several US-Benefit compilations among others together with Sting, Bonnie Raitt, Al Jarreau, Ottmar Liebert, Dave Grusin, Dave Stewart. The song "Touched by Love" from the WALKING THROUGH CLOUDS album appears on a compilation in Belgium/Luxembourg by Universal Music Group together with Ennio Morricone, Tony Bennett and Lang Lang. The Weber State University in Ogden, Utah recommends his music as anti stress. Many airlines around the world apply his "music against fear of fly- ing". The track "Childhood Hour", a piece from his permanent hit album WALKING THOUGH CLOUDS, was used in the award-winning movie “Sha- niko” with Melissa Goad in 2008.