Piet Klocke

Piet Klocke born Peter Klocke December 20 1948 in Essen is a German musician cabaret artist author and actor After graduating from high school Piet Klocke studiedamong other subjectspsychology pedagogy German studies and philosophy before turning his attention to music and later the theater After a period as a guitarist in various funk and soul bands in Amsterdam he worked as an actor at the Städtische Bühnen Essen Municipal Theaters of Essen in the early 1980s subsequently founding the avantgarde music theater ensemble Kamikaze Orkester There he developed his wellknown artistic persona the absentminded Professor SchmittHindemitha character characterized by absurd leaps of thought unfinished sentences and improvisational monologues In addition to his stage work Klocke participated in various musical projects including the bands Gesundes Volksempfinden The Tanzdiele and Die Tanzdiebe Furthermore he composed music for numerous film and television productions including the films Der Leibwächter and Peng Du bist tot by Adolf Winkelmann As a cabaret artist he gained widespread public recognition primarily through television programs such as RTL Samstag Nacht and 7 Tage 7 Köpfe His artistic role models include Werner Finck and Loriot Klocke also appeared regularly as an actor in film productions including Das fliegende Klassenzimmer Der Räuber Hotzenplotz and the short film Mondmann Alongside his stage shows and readings he has been releasing his own music and spokenword productions since the 1990s In 2025 he performed alongside Horst Evers in the program Lies meinen Text For 2026 he announced the stage program Wo bitte soll das alles nur as well as the musically accompanied reading series Am Hofe König Crimsons