Volker Bertelmann aka Hauschka is a pianist and contemporary composer from Duesseldorf. In this portrait he reveals his way of working, speaks about his approach to improvisation and tells of his experiences as a live musician. The film was produced by Christian Kruse (direction), Jonathan Lang (camera), Marcus Reineboth (sound) and Lukas Truniger (post-production) as part of the core module Music and AV Production, supervised by Prof. Manfred Waffender.