Biography

Peter Igelhoff soon turned out to be a talented composer of light music and he composed more than 1000 song in his career, countless sound carriers were published.

In 1969 he was honored in Austria with the title "professor".

First public appearances followed from 1936 in Berlin where he often played piano.

Some of his songs (he wrote over a thousand) such as "Wir machen Musik" (from the film of the same name), "Der Onkel Doktor hat gesagt", "Dieses Lied hat keinen Text" or "Delirium" can still charm and surprise, for it is fortunate that he made many recordings which a new generation is beginning to discover, recordings which pay tribute to his compelling musicality and dry sense of humour.

In the 1930s he moved to Amsterdam and later in 1935 to Berlin where he became extremely busy in film and recording studio work with a group including fellow composer-pianist Georg Haentzschel (1907-1992).