Martin Lingnau composes musicals, filmscores and popsongs. Born 1971, he is the most successful composer of musical theatre of his generation in Germany with an audience of over 4 million attending his productions. Residing in Hamburg, Lingnau is a direct descendent of the poet Hoffman von Fallersleben. He completed his Kontaktstudiengang for pop music at the Academy of music and drama in Hamburg, participated in diverse master classes conducted by Alan Menken, James Lapine, Stephen Schwartz and others and has won diverse composition competitions. Until now Martin has composed 12 musicals which are being performed all over German speaking Europe, for example "Der Schuh des Manitu", "Swinging St. Pauli", "Das Orangenmädchen", "Villa Sonnenschein", "Heisse Ecke" and "Die 13 1/2 Leben des Käpt´n Blaubär". They have been decorated with prizes like the Live Entertainment Award and the World Event Award. In march 2011 the 1.000.000. visitor attended his musical "Heisse Ecke", which had it´s 2000th performance in may 2011. He composed and produced over 30 cds with his music. Also he created the music for international events like "Hamburg On Ice" or the Opening Ceremony of the Ski WM "GAP 2011", which was internationally broadcasted live. Martin also wrote the music of diverse tv-series and movies. His latest work, the Buena Vista production "Serengeti", opened at movie theatres in February 2011 and was immediately rated "outstanding valuable" by the FBW.