Arno Koester

Arno Köster as stage presenter at the TFF Rudolstadt 2014

Arno Köster (* 1964 in Mannheim ) is a German journalist , author and presenter . Since 2009 Köster has been working for the Udo Lindenberg Foundation as a member of the board of trustees and project manager.

Life

Arno Köster grew up in Mannheim. After graduating from high school, Köster studied Politics, Middle and New History and Philosophy in Heidelberg from 1988 to 1991 .

From 1993 Köster built up the radio station Energy Sachsen . In 1996 he founded the company "East Tools Media" in Leipzig, with which he looks after Udo Lindenberg , among others . He is considered a long-time friend and colleague of Lindenberg. Since 2009 he has also been responsible for public relations and fundraising for the Udo Lindenberg Foundation and organizes its panic prize competitions.

Prior to that, Köster worked for various public and private radio stations in Germany, such as DT64 , Energy Sachsen, MDR Sputnik and SWR1 .

He is the owner and managing director of the media company Easttoolsmedia in Leipzig .

Köster is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Hück Learning Foundation .

He was portrayed by Lene Hoffmann and Volly Tanner with his Water is right foundation and the Udo-Lindenberg-Stiftung in the book City Talks from Leipzig published by Gmeiner Verlag in 2014 .

Private

Arno Köster is at home in Leipzig . He is the father of a son and a daughter who are both adults.

Works

• Literature by and about Arno Köster in the catalog of the German National Library
• Arno Köster: Hope for Kenya - the Udo Lindenberg Foundation in Africa . Residenz Verlag, Salzburg and Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-7017-3472-6 , p. 246 .
• Neigelnah - freedom that I mean . The Julia Neigel autobiography, noted by Arno Köster. A) as a book: Gütersloh 2012, ISBN 978-3-579-06653-0 and B) as an audio book: Gütersloh 2012, ISBN 978-3-641-09547-5 .
• Foundation House of the History of the Federal Republic of Germany : Don't panic. Udo Lindenberg's colorful republic accompanying publication for the exhibition in the House of History of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn, April 30 to May 29, 2005. With four live songs on CD. Authors: Ingo Grabowsky, Arno Köster, Ralph Larmann, editor: Martin L. Hofmann. Bonn 2005, ISBN 3-937086-07-2 .
• The robbery of the prince at Altenburg . Audio book based on a text by Otto Werner Förster. With Maja Chrenko, Arno Köster, Axel Thielmann. Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-86189-913-2 .
• The bear on the high seat . Audio book. Animal stories read by Fred Delmare , Axel Thielmann and Arno Köster. Leipzig 2002, ISBN 3-86189-909-4 .
• Udo Lindenberg in his own words With prefaces by Nina Hagen and Fritz Rau . Heidelberg 1998, ISBN 3-930378-20-5 .

Web links

Commons : Arno Köster  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Volly Tanner: Interview with Arno Köster: Udo loves the Leipzig audience - book author and journalist Arno Köster, as a member of the board of trustees of the Udo Lindenberg Foundation, is very closely involved with the legendary musician. Ahoy he told us about his foundation work and why Lindenberg likes Leipzig so much. Ahoi Leipzig , pdf edition, 2/2020, February 2020, page 32. Retrieved on February 3, 2020 . 

Individual evidence

1. ^ Andreas Debski: Neue Debattier-Runde takes on political books in Leipzig . In: Leipziger Volkszeitung . June 11, 2014, ISSN  0232-3222 , p. 4 .
2. ↑ https://www.udo-lindenberg-stiftung.de/stiftung/ - accessed on February 4, 2019
3. ↑ Mark Daniel: Ex- "Prinzen" manager and media specialist take care of a cappella music . In: Leipziger Volkszeitung . April 9, 2003, ISSN  0232-3222 , p. 21 .
4. ↑ Hey there . In: Berliner Zeitung . June 15, 2014, ISSN  0947-174X , p. 14 .
5. ↑ Panic complicit at their best . In: Thuringian General . November 22, 2011, p. 17 ( online ).
6. ↑ Olaf Lorch-Gerstenmeier: Boxing and learning in one place . In: Pforzheimer Zeitung . No. 173 , July 30, 2014, p. 20 ( wordpress.com [PDF]).