Enno Poppe was born in 1969 in Hemer, Germany. He studied conducting and composition in Berlin (a.o. with Friedrich Goldmann and Gösta Neuwirth) and made further studies in sound synthesis and algorithmic composition at the Berlin Technical University and the ZKM Karlsruhe with Heinrich Taube. Educational stays led him to Paris in 1996 (Cité Internationale des Arts), scholarships to Stuttgart (Academy Schloss Solitude) and the Villa Serpentara in Olevano Romano. He has earned many honours, including the Berliner Senatsstipendium (1992, 1995, 1998), and received several prizes (amongst others the Boris-Blacher-Preis, Förderpreis der Ernst-von-Siemens-Musikstiftung and the Busoni-Preis). Commissions were given to him amongst others by Ensemble Modern, Klangforum Wien, the German Symphony Orchestra Berlin, the WDR, BR (musica viva) and DeutschlandRadio Berlin, and his works are performed internationally.
Enno Poppe is also active as pianist and conductor. Since 1989 he is both the artistic director and conductor of the ensemble mosaic, which specializes in new music.
Between 2002 and 2004 Poppe taught at the HfM "Hanns Eisler" Berlin, in 2004 at the Darmstädter Ferienkurse and 2007 also at the impuls-Academy in Graz.