born in 1975, father german, mother icelandic. studied jazz-piano at the conservatories in cologne and paris with hans lüdemann, john taylor, bill dobbins, daniel humair and francois theberge. in 2000 member of the european youth jazz orchestra. received the cologne jazz award in 2003. leads his own trio, last cd "le grand lustucru - lars duppler trio plays kurt weill", the 70s-sound-electro-project "la tempete" and prepares a german-icelandic project called "rætur". published three cds with the nils wülker group (two of them on sony music), the cds "lamentation" and "eurotrash" with the frank sackenheim quintett and two cds with his former project "palindrome 6tet" (jazzhausmusik). played several jazz festivals s.a. jazz baltica, leverkusener jazztage, jazzfestival aalen, jazz festival novi sad, montreux jazz festival. concerts in different countrys, s.a. iceland, russia, kasachstan, kirgistan, china, united states, belgium, netherlands, luxemburg, france, denmark, turkey. played or recorded with john ruocco, keith copeland, dominic miller, joachim kühn, wolfgang muthspiel, torun eriksen. appearance on most german major radio- and several tv-stations. 2006 resident at the cité internationale des arts in paris, holding a scholarship of ministry of culture. 2008 project "alliance urbaine", CD released on EAR TREAT music. 2008 tour of kasachstan and kirgistan commissioned by goethe institut almaty, 2009 tour of russia commissioned by goethe institut moscow. 2011 new project "raetur", jazz/rock/quartett playing icelandic songs.
