Clemens von Ramin

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Clemens von Ramin (born January 28, 1967 in Hamburg ) is a German reciter, speaker and film actor.

life and work

Clemens von Ramin grew up in a musically and humanistic family home. He first practiced the profession of sound engineer , later he did voice and speech training with Ingrid Sanne and dubbing training in the CBS studios, both in Hamburg . Ramin is a speaker of audio books and documentaries, actor and reciter of self-conceived readings and stage programs.

Since autumn 2016 he can be seen in Günter Grass'  Blechtrommel  as a reading with percussion music, together with Ulrike Folkerts as speaker and the drummer Stefan Weinzierl .

In addition to his main activities as a reader and speaker as well as an interpreter of audio books, Ramin also works as a film actor.

Audiobooks (selection)

Programs (selection)

  • Mendelssohn - A portrait in words and music - On the 200th birthday of one of the most important German composers, the reciter Clemens von Ramin and musicians of the Duo Kalinowsky are helping to rediscover his legacy, his personality, his letters and his music with a unique program. The profundity, beauty and extremes of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's fascinating life are presented in a captivating dialogue between word and music. Music by Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn, Robert and Clara Schumann - rare works for viola and piano that have been specially arranged by musicians for this program.
  • In Search of Happiness - A literary journey in search of happiness. One finds it in a summer morning, the other in the arms of his loved one, another behind the helm of his sailing ship and yet another ... Clemens von Ramin has put together a literary foray into poetry and prose in search of happiness. Is there maybe even a very simple recipe?
  • The garnet bracelet - Alexander I. Kuprin - The garnet bracelet tells the story of a secret love between a middle-class young man and Princess Vera Nikolaevna Schein. The great Russian author Alexander Kuprin sends his greatest declaration of love to the princess in this dense and varied story based on a Beethoven sonata. The upper-class atmosphere of pre-revolutionary Russia combined with the majestic beauty of Beethoven's piano composition makes this evening's combination of literature and music so unique. Let yourself be taken on a moving journey in search of true love (reading / concert grand).
  • Longing for home - "It's not good not to have a home." Lyrical-musical evening with Clemens v. Ramin and Ekaterina Doubkova. Homeland and homeland stories, love and loss of homeland, but also disdain for homeland belong to the great themes of literature - from Schiller, Heine, Fallersleben to contemporary authors. Clemens von Ramin has put together a program of stories and poems from this. The Russian pianist Ekaterina Doubkova accompanies this moving theme evening in an atmospheric way
  • Lady Day - The Life of Billie Holiday Reading & Concert. She was one of the most important jazz singers of the 20th century. Your story a roller coaster ride. The actor and editor Clemens von Ramin and the exceptional singer Juliano Rossi tell impressively and entertainingly from the life of this great artist. A life marked by racial hatred, drug addiction, prostitution, success and loss.
  • Casanova - A foray through the memoirs of a man whose attitude to life is fascinating to this day, who enjoys and describes life and love in his own way - with clever, powerful and soft tones.
  • Voltaire and Frederick the Great - The correspondence between two of the greatest personalities of their century describes the legendary friendship of these men. Frederick the Great and Voltaire corresponded in letters, billets and occasional poems for 42 years. About 800 of these French-written letters have survived. They reflect the souls, the ambitions of both people and became cultural history.
  • Thomas Mann - the great work in fine parts: a reading with texts from the novels Buddenbrooks , the confessions of the impostor Felix Krull , Joseph and his brothers and the novels.
  • Christmas - poetry and prose at Christmas time: cheerful and contemplative, serious and thoughtful from Astrid Lindgren to Charles Dickens .
  • The seasons - poems, ballads and prose from classical and contemporary literature, coordinated with the four seasons - with musical accompaniment, e.g. B. by the flute and piano.
  • Joachim Ringelnatz - Turning to existence with a smile and a wink: gymnast poems, children's poems, Kuddeldaddeldu - what the Ringelnatz heart desires.

Movies selection

  • 1999: Adelheid and her murderers - Director: Klaus M. Rohne (TV series)
  • 1999: Two aces and a king - director: Bernd Fischerauer
  • 2001: Planet of the Cannibals - Director: Hans C. Blumenberg
  • 2001: In the middle of life - Director: Bernd Fischerauer
  • 2001: Alphateam - Director: Schultze jr.
  • 2001: Rescue pilot - Director: Thomas Jakob
  • 2002: The uprising - Director: Hans C. Blumenberg
  • 2002: The Duo - In the Wrong Life - Director: Connie Walter
  • 2004: The Last Battle - Director: Hans C. Blumenberg
  • 2004: Die Rettungsflieger - Director: Thomas Nikel (TV series)
  • 2005: Doppelspiel - Director: KM Rohne
  • 2006: Automatic death - Director: Niki von Stein
  • 2007: To the matter of Lena - Director: Bernd Fischerauer
  • 2008: Die Gustloff - Director: Joseph Vilsmaier
  • 2008: The Woman from the Sea - Director: Niki von Stein

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Reader , Die Welt, September 29, 2013
  2. ^ "Clemens von Ramin is a reader by profession" , Hamburger Abendblatt from October 20, 2015
  3. ↑ "from Ramin congratulated Kästner, Musil and Twain" , Focus Online from October 23, 2017
  4. ↑ Ulrike Folkerts reads Grass to musical accompaniment , Kölnische Rundschau from 13 July 2017
personal data
SURNAME Ramin, Clemens von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German reciter / speaker and film actor
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg