Ben Vatter
Ben Vatter (born 1971 in Bern ) is a Swiss music teacher and choir director who is also active as a comedian and songwriter on Bärndütsch .
biography
Ben Vatter comes from a musical family. His mother is a piano teacher, his father an active cellist. Vatter attended the Bern Jazz School and studied higher education. He teaches at the Berner Gymnasium Kirchenfeld . He is also active as a comedian with songs written and arranged by himself in Bern German. In his song Uf der Suechi nach ere Bratwurscht (In Search of a Bratwurst), he ironically ironizes the desperation of Bernese German. He published a Mani Matter songbook . The six-part TV series choir on parole of the Swiss television worked a group of male residents of the youth center Aarburg and female adolescents from a Bernese school under his leadership as "mutigster choirmaster Switzerland".
He also puts rhyme schemes for his songs on the Internet.
Publications (selection)
- as publisher: Mani Matter song book. With illustrations by Silvan Zurbriggen. 2nd edition (first edition 2015). Zytglogge, Basel 2016
- with Anja Vatter, Matthias Vatter (eds.): Word subjects Flüech & Schlämperlige. 2nd Edition. vatter & vatter, Berlin 2016.
- with Anja Vatter, Matthias Vatter (ed.): Wortfächer Ybbürgereti Usländer. 2nd Edition. vatter & vatter, Berlin 2016.
Web links
- Ben Vatter's website
- Ben Vatter. Gvätterle on La Cappella
- Mani Matter Medley on YouTube (Choir of the Thunerseespiele )
- Sound samples: Uf der Suechi nach ere Bratwurscht ; Cord ; Chinese ( rhyme scheme & rhymes ) on YouTube
Individual references and footnotes
- ↑ Uf der Suechi nach ere Bratwurscht on YouTube.
- ↑ Choir on probation: Parts 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 on YouTube.
- ↑ Biographical information comes mostly from the television series.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dad, Ben |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss music teacher, choir director, comedian and songwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern |