Botschinsky was born in
Copenhagen, and had a background in
classical music. His father played
bassoon professionally. He began on trumpet aged 11. At 14, he studied at the
Royal Danish Conservatorium. In 1956, he joined
Ib Glindemann's big band, where he remained through 1959; he also performed with visiting American musicians around this time, such as
Oscar Pettiford,
Stan Getz,
Dexter Gordon,
Lee Konitz,
Ben Webster, and
Kenny Dorham. From 1963 to 1964,. he studied at the
Manhattan School of Music. From 1964, he played with the
Danish Radio Big Band. While with
Danmarks Radio, he worked as a conductor and arranger. He was the conductor for several editions of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix and conducted all of Denmark's entries in the
Eurovision Song Contest from 1979 to 1983. In 1985, Botschinsky relocated to
Hamburg, Germany, where he worked with
Peter Herbolzheimer and the European Trumpet Summit in addition to his own ensembles. He founded his own label, M.A. Music, with his sister Jette Botschinsky and Marion Kaempfert in 1987, though he also recorded for
Storyville,
Stunt, and Telefunken. He worked as a sideman with
Kenny Dorham,
George Gruntz,
Nils Lindberg,
Bjarne Rostvold, and
Sahib Shihab. ==Discography==