KHOTIMSKI, Masha

Masha Khotimski was born in 1980 to Ukrainian production designers Oksana Medved Trachtenberg and Sergej Khotimski. She studied at the Nuremberg University of Music and the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich. She composed music even before graduating. She has created numerous compositions for documentaries and documentary series for Bavarian Radio , ORF, and 3sat . She has also composed new scores for several silent films, commissioned by the Munich Film Museum and ARTE. Her films "Salt of Svaneti" by Mikhail Kalatozov (commissioned by the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts) and "Jewish Happiness" by Alexander Granovsky premiered on ARTE in 2021 and 2022, respectively. These were followed by numerous performances, radio recordings, masterclasses, and guest appearances as a pianist, chamber musician, and composer.