Bernd Aust
Bernd Aust (born January 30, 1945 in Dresden ) is a German rock musician and concert organizer . He plays the saxophone , flute and keyboard . He gained fame with the Dresden rock band electra , of which he was a member from the time it was founded in 1969 until it was dissolved in 2015.
Life
Aust began playing the accordion when he was twelve . However, he completed an apprenticeship as a toolmaker . Since he played the clarinet as a hobby from the age of 18 , he applied to study at the Carl Maria von Weber Academy of Music in Dresden and was accepted. He studied saxophone and took his state examination as a musician in 1969 .
In the same year he founded the band electra with some fellow students , of which he has been the leader ever since. From 1974 he also studied composition (distance learning). As one of the main songwriters he composed band classics such as Tritt ein den Dom and The Sistine Madonna .
In 1989 he recorded the song "We are the twelfth man" on behalf of the city of Dresden and on the occasion of the GDR championship title of SG Dynamo Dresden, which is still the official anthem of the club and can be heard before every game in the stadium.
After the political turning point in the GDR, Aust began working as a concert organizer and signed his first contract with Jethro Tull in 1991 . Since 1994 he and his son have owned Bernd Aust KulturManagement GmbH , one of the most important concert organizers in the city of Dresden, and running the old slaughterhouse and the young guard in the Great Garden . He is also the second chairman of the Semper Opernball e. V. , organizer of the Dresden Opera Ball .
Aust lives in Dresden and has two sons, including the concert organizer Rodney Aust.
From 1994 to 1999 Aust was for the constituency association Free citizens Dresden member of the Dresden city council.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Jürgen Balitzki: Electra. Lift. Stern Combo Meißen: Stories from the Saxon three . Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 978-3896023230 , p. 113
- ^ A b c Lars Hiller: A meal with ... Bernd Aust. Prince Dresden , 2009, accessed on September 16, 2011 .
- ↑ Semper Opera Ball e. V. - Organization. www.semperopernball.de, accessed on October 19, 2011 .
- ^ Chronicle of the Free Citizens of Dresden , accessed on February 3, 2016.
literature
- Jürgen Balitzki: Electra. Lift. Stern Combo Meißen: Stories from the Saxon three . Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 978-3896023230 .
- HP Hofmann: Beat Lexicon. Performers, authors, technical terms. VEB Lied der Zeit Musikverlag, Berlin 1977, pp. 64, 92f.
- Jan Wielgohs : Aust, Bernd . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Web links
- www.aust-konzerte.com , official website of Bernd Aust Kulturmanagement GmbH
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aust, Bernd |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rock musician and concert promoter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 30, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |