Bernd Handel

Bernd Händel - Carnival in Franconia 2016

Bernhard John Händel (born October 29, 1956 in Nuremberg ) is a German hand-made speaker , voice imitator , moderator and entertainer . Since 2006 he has been chairman of the Fastnacht television show in Franconia .

Career

Bernd Handel is the son of Willi Handel, who was very popular with Karl Vogt between 1958 and 1988 as the Franconian dialect duo Peterlesboum . The trained wholesale and foreign trade merchant Bernd Händel has been on the stage since 1974. He first began his career as an artist at the KK Buchnesia Nuremberg Carnival Society , of which he was the meeting president from 1978 to 1993. Due to his ability to imitate German dialects, he found parody and in 1982 presented his first small parody program “Die Bonner Runde”. In doing so, he embarked on a path that he finally made into a career in 1988 and which would lead him all over Germany. In the TV show session Fastnacht in Franconia , he performed, among other things, with his star role “New Year's Eve Capone”.

In 2006, Handel replaced Detlef Wagenthaler , the long-time moderator of Carnival in Franconia , who resigned after 14 years for health reasons. Bernd Händel was unanimously chosen from 30 candidates by the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation - Studio Franken and the Fastnacht-Verband Franken .

Bernd Handel also works as a spokesperson for radio and commercials in German recording studios . All the great politicians from Willy Brandt to Franz Josef Strauss to Gerhard Schröder and Edmund Stoiber are part of his repertoire as voice imitators . In total, he has over 30 voices, including Hans Moser .

Honors

• 2016: Golden Nuremberg funnels of the Nuremberg funnel carnival society eV 1909
• 2019: Bavarian Order of Merit

Web links

Commons : Bernd Handel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Bernd Handel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• official homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Website Bernd Händel , portrait.