Charles Kálmán
Charles Kálmán ; and Charles Kalman (* 17th November 1929 in Vienna as Karl Emmerich Kalman ; † 22. February 2015 in Munich ) was an Austrian film and stage composer . Like his father Emmerich Kálmán, he wrote operettas , but was more oriented towards musicals . The literary chanson was another field of activity Kálmán, he also appeared as an actor, for example in Helmut Dietl's series Kir Royal .
Live and act
Kálmán grew up in exile in France and the United States after being expelled as part of the annexation of Austria in 1938. He studied piano and composition at the Riverdale School of Music in New York and at Columbia University . His stage debut was the revue Babe in the Woods. At the Conservatoire de Paris was one among others Jean Rivier his teachers. From the 1950s onwards, he turned to upscale light music. The interpreters of his chansons included, for example, Margot Werner , Evelyn Künneke , Harald Juhnke and Ute Lemper . In the 1980s and 1990s he also wrote the film music for productions by Wolf Gremm , Douglas Wolfsperger and Radu Gabrea .
Kálmán last lived in Munich and Italy. On the occasion of his 85th birthday in December 2014, he received the Golden Merit Award of the State of Vienna .
Works
- Arizona Lady (Bern, 1954; started by his father)
- Revue operetta We travel around the world , 1955
- Alfie, music tabloid comedy for Harald Juhnke
- QuasiModo (composition with Thomas E. Killinger and Siegfried Türpe), musical, world premiere in 1988
- Dryads Kiss (The Kiss of the Dryad), musical, first performed in 2002
Filmography (selection)
movie theater
- 1980: Fabian
- 1981: After midnight
- 1984: Sigi, the street sweeper
- 1985: tears in Florence
- 1986: gravel
- 1993: Rosenemil
watch TV
- 1983: No row house for Robin Hood
- 1983: Behind the door
- 1986: Deadly love
- 1986: Kir Royal (episode 6) (as an actor)
- 1987: Vicky and Nicky
literature
- Wolfgang Dosch & Stefan Frey : A final grand seigneur of (entertainment) music. Charles Kalman on his 80th birthday. in Zs. “Zwischenwelt. Literature, Resistance, Exile. ”Ed. Theodor Kramer Gesellschaft 26th vol. No. 3/4, Dec. 2009, p. 36f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Charles Kálmán in the catalog of the German National Library
- Charles Kálmán in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Interview and portrait - on film music weblog
- Composer Charles Kalman died at the age of 85. Obituary in: Der Standard from February 23, 2015
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary for Charles Kálmán in: Salzburg 24
- ↑ a b see Helmut Dietl, Patrick Süskind A bissel what is always possible: Munich stories - Monaco Franze - Kir Royal , Munich 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kálmán, Charles |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kalman, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian film and stage composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 17, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 2015 |
| Place of death | Munich |