Edward Simoni

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Edward Simoni , bourgeois Edward Krok (born August 7, 1959 in Beuthen , Upper Silesia ), is a German-Polish pan flutist or multi-instrumentalist as well as composer and arranger .

Life

Edward, who grew up in Poland, began taking violin and piano lessons at the state music school in Bytom at the age of seven .

At the age of 14 he learned the flute . In addition to the piano, the flute also became his main instrument at the state music school in Königshütte (Chorzów) , Upper Silesia. Later he learned autodidactic the pan flute, with which he recorded several records. His first album earned him a gold record . Two of his albums have since been awarded gold and platinum respectively.

In 1991, Edward Simoni was the first instrumentalist on this show to appear in the ZDF hit parade in Berlin and took first place twice in a row with his own composition Pan-Träume .

In addition to James Last , Edward Simoni has worked with many international artists, including a. with the Russian harpist Tatjana Seyffert and the tenor Francisco Araiza from Mexico. Edward Simoni has also recorded duets with Christian Franke and harmonica player Michael Hirte . With the title Der Apfelbaum (in a duet with singer Christian Franke) Simoni reached the German single charts for the first time.

Edward Simoni's music can be assigned to Easy Listening and E, light and F music . In general, however, his musical development was influenced by classical and rock music , which gives him a broad musical spectrum, ranging from romantic to melodic techno .

Edward Simoni's role models who shaped his musical work include: a. the British flutist Ian Anderson ( Jethro Tull ), the American violinist Jerry Goodman , the Czech keyboardist Jan Hammer and the Greek keyboardist Vangelis . In addition, Edward Simoni has been musically inspired by the Polish band The Red Guitars (Czerwone Gitary) since his youth , especially by the melodic compositions of Seweryn Krajewski .

Honors

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Pan dreams
  DE 6th 
platinum
platinum
01/28/1991 (32 weeks)
  AT 24 
gold
gold
05/12/1991 (6 weeks)
Festive pan flute concert
  DE 20th 
gold
gold
10/28/1991 (17 weeks)
Pan romance
  DE 35 11/09/1992 (10 weeks)
Pan fantasies
  DE 40 December 6, 1993 (9 weeks)
Peace for all in the world
  DE 67 05.12.1994 (6 weeks)
His greatest pan flute hits
  DE 82 December 25, 1995 (5 weeks)
Life! (with Christian Franke )
  DE 30th 05/11/2012 (2 weeks)
  AT 41 05/11/2012 (1 week)
Singles
The apple tree (with Christian Franke)
  DE 45 11/25/2011 (2 weeks)

Albums

  • 1990 - Pan dreams (CH:goldgold)
  • 1991 - Festive pan flute concert
  • 1992 - Pan Romance
  • 1993 - Pan Fantasies
  • 1994 - Peace for all in the world
  • 1995 - His greatest pan flute hits
  • 1996 - Je t'aime
  • 1997 - Magic from afar
  • 1998 - Pan Magic
  • 1998 - songs to dream
  • 1999 - A Distant Melody (with Alexis)
  • 2000 - Jenny, little Jenny
  • 2001 - fire dancer
  • 2001 - The magic world of the panpipe
  • 2003 - like a flap of wings
  • 2003 - Pan Serenade
  • 2004 - recovered weightlessly (with Alexis)
  • 2005 - Pan world hits (including 2 tracks with tenor Francisco Araiza)
  • 2007 - Das Beste (including 2 titles with trumpeter Vlado Kumpan)
  • 2010 - All The Best - For You (including 3 titles by successful producer David Brandes )
  • 2012 - life! (with Christian Franke)
  • 2012 - world tour of melodies
  • 2014 - Melodies of my heart
  • 2016 - Ave Maria - The most beautiful sacred songs
  • 2016 - 25 years - The ultimate Best Of (incl. Duet with Andy Borg)
  • 2020 - world hits for millions

Edward Simoni's music is also featured on numerous samplers .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT
  2. ↑ Awards: DE AT CH
personal data
SURNAME Simoni, Edward
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Krok, Edward (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Polish pan flutist
DATE OF BIRTH 7th August 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Beuthen , Upper Silesia