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How much do you really know about Nils Frahm? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

Frahm recorded his breakthrough album 'Felt' entirely on a broken grand piano.

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To avoid disturbing neighbors, he used felt mutes and a damaged piano, creating the album's signature intimate, muted sound.

2.

His father was a famous jazz saxophonist who toured with Miles Davis.

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Frahm's father, Klaus Frahm, was a photographer and architect, not a musician; his mother was a music teacher.

3.

Frahm composed the entire soundtrack for the Oscar-winning film 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'.

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That score was by Alexandre Desplat; Frahm has contributed to films like 'Victoria' and 'The Last Vermeer', but not that one.

4.

He started his music career as a classical pianist trained from age five.

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Frahm actually began with piano lessons at age six, but his early training was in classical and later jazz; he didn't debut as a classical prodigy.

5.

He once performed a 3-hour improvised concert in total darkness for a blind audience.

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In 2012, Frahm played a pitch-black show at Berlin's Radialsystem, relying solely on sound to connect with visually impaired listeners.

6.

He has never performed a live concert outside of Europe.

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Frahm has toured globally, including major US venues like Coachella and Radio City Music Hall, and performed in Asia and Australia.

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Nils Frahm is also a renowned audio engineer who designed his own microphone preamps.

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He built custom preamps and modified tape machines, and even co-designed the 'Felt' microphone with Neumann for his signature sound.

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Nils Frahm once built a functioning pipe organ inside his Berlin studio.

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Frahm installed a custom pipe organ in his Funkhaus studio, using it on albums like 'Spaces' and 'All Melody'.

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