Chris Shermer

Chris Shermer (* 1972 as Chris Schermer ) is an Austrian - Australian composer , singer and guitarist .

Shermer was born as the son of the Australian Annabelle Wood and the Austrian Gernot Schermer and grew up alternately in London , Zell am See and Australia after their parents divorced . At the age of eleven he became the Austrian national breakdance champion and won numerous competitions afterwards. Afterwards he learned to play the guitar himself. Guitar workshops with Peter Ratzenbeck , Michael Langer and Hans Theessink followed .

Shermer studied guitar at the “London Guitar Institute”, jazz singing at the Vienna Conservatory and also at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz with Mark Murphy , Sheila Jordan , Michele Hendricks , Jay Clayton and Ines Reiger . Fran Lubahn trained in classical singing.

He gained his first experience as a street musician in Australia, Europe and the USA. Shermer recorded his first album, "Sweet Sinse", when he was 17 years old. The album "Behind The Shades", published on ZAK Music, soon followed. He recorded the third album "Songs from the Cellar" with Joe Harpf, Wolfram Derschmidt and Harry Tanschek. In this formation they played in the band "Chris Shermer and the FonK".

In 1999 he received a scholarship from the Bühnenwerkstatt Graz and the Stella Academy Hamburg. His last album "Diamonds from Demons" was released in 2009. Chris Shermer had his biggest YouTube hit in the summer of 2013 with his single Pinzgaua Rastaman .

Web links

Web presence
Chris Schermer at Discogs (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Shermer, Chris
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schermer, Chris (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austro-Australian composer, singer and guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH	1972