Christoph Weiherer

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Christoph Weiherer in the theater at Fraunhofer at the poets' table (Munich, 2013)
"Der Weiherer" at an appearance in 2013

Christoph Weiherer (born March 19, 1980 in Burghausen ) is a Bavarian songwriter . He sings about socially and socially critical topics and performs them on the guitar and harmonica .

Career

Christoph Weiherer is a trained chemical laboratory assistant . In 1999 he founded the songwriting duo Canis Lupus together with his friend Christian Brams . In October 2000 they recorded the 2001 album . This was originally only intended to be used as a promo CD . At the end of 2001, the duo broke up again.

Weiherer has appeared alone as a singer-songwriter since the beginning of 2002. He has included some of Canis Lupus' songs in his solo repertoire. In October 2002 Weiherer's first solo album Fährmann was released , with which he already attracted attention. Until 2003 he toured Germany and Austria with his program Bavarian Liedermaching .

In 2004 Weiherer was nominated for the German Folk Prize in the “Newcomer” category. In the same year his second studio album Scheiß da Hund was released . Weiherer continued to play concerts and festival appearances in German-speaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) with great public success and considerable reviews. In 2005 he also appeared in the opening act for Hans Söllner and the band Fink . Also in 2005 he received the advancement award of the song best list .

Weiherer made it to the pre-final of the protest song contest three times with the songs Eia sissdem (2004), Und nimma auf (2005) and Undda Drugg (2010) .

In June 2006 his first live CD Wia Nix was released , which is a recording of his concert on March 11, 2006 in Passau .

Since April 2008 Weiherer has also performed the "Wechselhaare" program together with Michael Dietmayr . In the same year he was awarded the Hoyschrecke jury prize. Weiherer's fourth album was released on January 30th, 2009 scheiße schrein! , 2011 offline and 2013 A Liad, a Freiheit and a Watschn .

In April 2015 Weiherer performed with a band for the first time and initially for a one-off concert. He brought the "Weiherer und die Dobrindts" chapel into being especially for this occasion. In 2016 he received the Hanns Seidel Foundation's young talent award .

style

Weiherer makes no secret of being influenced by the young Hans Söllner . Like him, Weiherer celebrates grievances in society, politics and interpersonal matters. He sings exclusively in the Bavarian dialect . Weiherer does not limit himself to singing about serious things, but also has cheerful, humorous topics (sometimes full of self-irony) in the repertoire.

Discography

  • 2002: Ferryman
  • 2004: Fuck that dog
  • 2006: Wia Nix (Live)
  • 2009: scream shit!
  • 2011: Offline (Live)
  • 2013: A Liad, a Freiheit und a Watschn (Live)
  • 2015: Best of Greatest Hits (Weiherer and the Dobrindts)
  • 2019: In principle out of protest

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Awarding of the young talent award for young songwriters in Kloster Banz for the 30th Times as part of the "songs". Press release, Hanns Seidel Foundation, June 30, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Weiherer, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lower Bavarian songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Burghausen