Sandra Kreisler

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Sandra Kreisler (born November 9, 1961 in Munich ) is an actress, sings literary chansons , publishes articles in various free publications, works as a chanson interpretation coach and as a speaker in Vienna and Berlin .

Life

Sandra Kreisler is the daughter of Georg Kreisler's third marriage to Topsy Küppers . She also has a brother (Alexander, * 1960) and a half-brother (Thomas, 1942–2006) from her father's first marriage to Philine Hollaender, Friedrich Hollaender's daughter . She is a US citizen, has lived in Berlin (previously Vienna) since 2005 and has a second home in Switzerland.

Movie and TV

She starred in numerous films and TV series in the USA, England, Italy, Germany and Austria. She has worked with well-known film directors such as Damiano Damiani ( RAI / 2nd Unitel), Dan Curtis (ABC International), Claus Peter Witt ( ZDF / Wolfgang Rademann ), Peter Patzak and Susanne Zanke ( ORF ). Kreisler worked in this area together with colleagues such as Ben Kingsley , Sir John Gielgud , Jane Seymour , Robert Mitchum , Caterina Valente , Klaus Wildbolz , Julia Stemberger and many others.

Numerous appearances in German TV shows ( Fliege , Nachtcafé , Böttinger , Mitternachtsspitzen etc.), since 1994, apart from film productions, exclusively musical work, mainly as a solo artist.

As a spokeswoman

Sandra Kreisler describes her work as a spokeswoman as "renting voice" (self-definition). Since 1982 she has been a regular speaker in radio broadcasts (mainly in the Ö1 program of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation), for commercials and as a dubbing voice .

Theater and music

Between 1983 and 1994, Sandra Kreisler played at Viennese theaters such as the Theater in der Josefstadt , Gruppe 80, various city theaters in the Austrian federal states and numerous small and touring theaters. Here she often played serious pieces ( Bauer , Bruckner, Chekhov , Euripides etc.) but also comedies, musical revues or cabaret programs.

Appearances and tours in Germany, USA, Czech Republic, Poland, Spain, Switzerland followed. Her aim is to get literary chanson out of the "cabaret corner" and to anchor it again as an independent and modern art form in people's minds.

Sandra Kreisler and her partner Roger Stein , who is responsible for the text and music, and occasionally three musicians (violin, cello, drums) have been on the road since 2006 . Their music combines elements of classical chamber music with those of pop, rock and even hip-hop metrics. Musically she describes herself as " Diseuse ". She sells her CDs through the trade (distribution: BrokenSilence), the Internet (all download portals and website) and at appearances. In addition to her stage work, she also works as a stage coach and freelance teaches "AWS" acting while singing, the American version of "chanson and song interpretation".

Documents

  • Stephan Göritz: We have a raven sitting by the kitchen stove - Sandra Kreisler's liberations , a portrait on Deutschlandfunk on January 28, 2004 at 9:05 pm
  • On Holy Saturday 2005 she could be seen together with Roger Stein on WDR and heard on WDR 5 , where she presented songs from her next CD, which represent a crossover between literary chanson and hip-hop .
  • March 19, 2006 Talk on the Nordwestradio on the occasion of the awarding of the Lale Andersen Prize for Sandra Kreisler's chanson interpretations, among other things by instrumentations that are unusual for chansons, such as a string quartet.

Works

CDs

  • Songs (1998)
  • Sandra Kreisler & the Open Mind Quartet (live recording, 2001)
  • Kreisler sings Kreisler - The Unknown Chansons by Georg Kreisler (2004)
  • Kreisler & Stein (Wortfront) - Tail Replacement (Maxi-Single, 2005)
  • Word Front - Songs of a Postmodern Asshole (2006) ( Extraction : ZeiT )
  • Word Front - Penetrant Contemplative (2008)
  • Wortfront - Starting from the beginning (2008)
  • Word Front - Free Range Heart (2010)

Books

Projects

  • Campaign "Germany is looking for the shitty guy of the year" (2009)

Awards

Web links

Commons : Sandra Kreisler  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ biography
  2. ↑ Sandra Kreisler. In: Andrea von Treuenfeld: Heirs of the Holocaust. Life between silence and memory. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2017, ISBN 978-3-641-20867-7 , p. 134ff.
    Georg Kreisler: But they didn't find me. Posthumous edition of previously unpublished texts and photos. Atrium-Verlag, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3855353675 .
  3. ↑ Voice rental
  4. ↑ Information on the campaign ( Memento from March 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ^ Lale Andersen Prize
  6. ↑ Best list - Published on August 15, 2006 on Schallplattenkritik.de ( Memento from January 3, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Kreisler, Sandra
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actress and singer
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich