Burkhard Jahn

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Burkhard Jahn (photo by Maja Beck)

Burkhard Jahn (born April 24, 1948 in Hildesheim ) is a German actor , director and author .

Life

After studying German, journalism and art history in Hamburg and at the drama school there, Burkhard Jahn was engaged in stages in German-speaking countries (including Staatstheater Saarbrücken , Theater Bonn , Schauspielhaus Bochum , Hamburger Kammerspiele ) and has leading and title roles such as Hamlet , Oedipus and Michael Kohlhaas embodies. Jahn also appeared in television series and worked as a speaker for 3sat and Swiss television. He was responsible for concept development, scripts and directing at various Zurich film companies. He was also the director and artistic director of the theater in the Cristallerie in Wadgassen near Saarbrücken and was part of the management team of the Swiss musical Space Dream . Directors Jahn has worked with include Joachim Preen , Hans Neuenfels , Wilfried Minks , Hans-Joachim Heyse , Peter Beauvais , August Everding , Wilhelm Engelhardt , Wolfgang Liebeneiner , Gerhard Klingenberg and Klaus Rohrmoser .

In addition to his acting work, Jahn is also active as a writer. He has mainly written poetry, short stories and short stories as well as stage texts and scripts for documentaries, especially city portraits, etc. a. for Regio TV / CH. Under the pseudonym "Roberto Linnarz" ​​he published both theater texts and columnar articles, including a. in the Zurich 'Weltwoche'.

Since 2007 Jahn has appeared with readings and recitations of his own and other texts, e. Sometimes with musical accompaniment.

Burkhard Jahn lives with his wife, the Swiss actress Sylvia Silva, near Zurich.

Theater engagements

  • 1970–1971: assistant director at the Hamburg State Opera
  • 1972–1975: Ulm Theater as an actor
  • 1975–1976: Schauspielhaus Bochum as an actor
  • 1976–1978: Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern as an actor and director
  • 1978–1980: Saarbrücken State Theater as an actor and director
  • 1980–1981: stages of the city of Bonn as an actor
  • 1983–1984: Theater Osnabrück as actor and director
  • 1981, 1985, 1989, 1991: each a leading role at the Landesbühne Hannover
  • 1982–1983: Schlosstheater Moers, title role Philoktet ( Heiner Müller )
  • 1984–1986: Jagsthausen Castle Festival as an actor
  • 1989–1992: Artistic director of the theater in the Cristallerie, Wadgassen near Saarbrücken
  • 1989: Hamburger Kammerspiele as an actor (Astrow) in Uncle Wanja
  • 1982–1996: Various leading and title roles on tours
  • 1995–2000: First acting coach, later artistic director (director in residence) at the Space Dream Musical Theater, Baden near Zurich

Filmography

  • 1971: Don't turn around, the golem is going around (Director: Peter Beauvais )
  • 1972: We 13 are 17
  • 1974: Tatort Schöne Belinda (Director: Theo Mezger)
  • 2001: The Rosenheim Cops , Episode 6: Firebird
  • 2007: RSI The Language of the Dead, Part 6: Race with Death
  • 2013: The Sun Temple Drama, DOK film (as sect leader Jo di Mambro)

Productions (selection)

  • 1997: Space Dream (Berlin version), musical theater in Hangar II, Tempelhof Airport, Berlin
  • 1997–2000: Space Dream (as Director in residence), Baden near Zurich
  • 2004: La machine reve ( Tinguely opera ) by Matthias Heep , world premiere at Museum Tinguely as part of the festival “les muséiques”, Basel 2004, recorded and broadcast several times by telebasel
  • 2004: witch hunt (Arthur Miller), Tittmoning Castle Festival
  • 2005: witch hunt, Salzach Festival Laufen
  • 2012: Nest for a star, Nuri Theater Zurich
  • 2012 Terra Brasilis - Music and Literature from Brazil with Enio Mendes jr. and Burkhard Jahn, world premiere in the cinema and venue “Aalass” in Zofingen, further guest performances in Switzerland
  • Further productions: Urfaust , Threepenny Opera and Minna von Barnhelm at the theater in the Cristallerie; The exception and the rule ( Bertolt Brecht ), Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern; Body Building ( Bodo Kirchhoff ), Saarbrücken State Theater; King Ubu ( Alfred Jarry ), Osnabrück Theater

Awards as an author

  • 1987: 4th Fachingen Culture Prize for the story 'A Letter to Goethe'
  • 1997: 2nd prize in the First Bern Poetry Competition

Fonts

  • Requiem for AR Arnshaugk Verlag, Neustadt an der Orla 2018, ISBN 978-3-944064-99-4
  • The way to the Sarca. Novel. Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz, Weitra 2017. ISBN 978-3-99028-569-5
  • Sky blue November. Poems. Arnshaugk Verlag, Neustadt an der Orla 2015, ISBN 978-3-944064-38-3
  • Zenani . (art-) musical (under the pseudonym 'Roberto Linnarz'), JS Production, 2000
  • Blackout. Narrative , in: 'drafts', Zurich 4/2010
  • A letter to Goethe , 4th Fachingen Kulturpreis 1987, published there
  • Various poetry publications in anthologies, u. a. in Edition L. 1988–1992, essays and articles in edited volumes, newspapers and periodicals

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personal data
SURNAME Jahn, Burkhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor, director and author
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Hildesheim