Bernd opinion

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Bernd Opinioner (born September 30, 1944 in Meiningen ) is a German songwriter.

Life

In collaboration with Ralph Siegel , he created numerous hits such as Ein bitchen Frieden ( Nicole ), Dschinghis Khan ( Dschinghis Khan ) and Theater ( Katja Ebstein ), which were also successful at the Grand Prix Eurovision . He has worked for a great many German-speaking interpreters; Exceptions are Howard Carpendale and Udo Juergens , whose songs mostly come from the pen of opinioner's school friend Michael Kunze .

Other pseudonyms used by Bernd opinion are John O'Flynn, Jim Leary, O. Pinion and Gunter Johansen.

Also with producer David Brandes , opinion writer was successful. Acts like E-Rotic and Vanilla Ninja benefited from his lyrics. Together with Sebastian Pobot and Don Gray, opinioner was also part of the producer team of singer and actress Laura Schneider , who landed a top 10 hit at the end of 1999 with the title Immer wieder . In the summer of 2004, the successful producer grabbed Jack White back on the skills Bernd My Ungers: I'm in Love Again by Ira Losco was written by him.

He also wrote Run & Hide by Gracia and A Miracle of Love by Nicole Süßmilch and Marco Matias ; the finalist title of the German preliminary decision for the ESC 2005 . Even at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 , opinion was represented with two titles. In addition to the German contribution Run & Hide , the Swiss contribution Cool Vibes by Vanilla Ninja came from him. Both songs were composed by David Brandes. There was also a fruitful artist relationship with the successful singer and composer Hanne Haller . Opinion wrote nine lyrics for Baur's album Passion , including the song When the Last Tear's Been Dried , which was released as a single .

Between 1986 and 2010 he took part in the Grand Prix of Folk Music with a total of 12 different compositions . This makes him - alongside Hanneliese Kreißl-Wurth and Carlo Brunner - the only composer who was represented as a composer for the entire duration of the competition, which took place annually and was discontinued in 2010. In 1986 he wrote the text of Nella Martinetti's winning title Bella Musica .

Opinion is a doctor of agricultural sciences . He began his professional career as a research assistant in the agricultural department of the Munich Ifo Institute for Economic Research .

Opinion wrote a total of over 4600 titles, which, however, as a rule, he never hears and would often not recognize. He sees himself as a craftsman who delivers a text to a melody within half a day.

Commenter plays golf in his free time and lives in Grünwald near Munich.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Peter-Philipp Schmitt: Sing my little song with me. faz.net, September 30, 2014, accessed September 30, 2014
  2. Composers overview Grand Prix of Folk Music on "hitparade.ch"
  3. Information on the muellermusicgroup.com page , accessed on September 29, 2014
  4. ^ Stefan Niggemeier : Bernd Opinion . Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . May 23, 2002. Retrieved November 3, 2009.

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