Elke Martens

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Elke Martens , b. Gierth, (born February 5, 1956 in Dresden ) is a German pop singer , lyricist, actress and presenter .

Life

Elke Martens, daughter of a teacher, grew up in Saxony and first studied art education and German , later dance music with a major in singing at the Dresden University of Music .

She achieved her first successes live with her rock band Megaphon . Because of their cheeky lyrics and provocative appearances, their permission to play was revoked in 1980 . As a rule, public appearances were not allowed in the GDR without this permission, which was tantamount to a professional ban that was only lifted after six months. During her training at the Music Academy, she played theater at the Studiobühne Dresden for five years. In the TV show Sprungbrett with Hartmut Schulze-Gerlach alias Muck, a TV show from the GDR with young artists, she drew attention. In 1981 she worked - still under her maiden name Elke Gierth - at the side of the GDR star Dean Reed in the feature film Sing, Cowboy, sing along. Elke Martens also wrote the German dialogue version for this film. She tells this in the 2007 book by Frank-Burkhard Habel Dean Reed - The True Story .

After the problems with her rock band, she started a new career with harmless hits. In the spring of 1989 the breakthrough came in the television show Bong with its title In the Name of Love , which was also awarded the Silver Bong . Numerous television appearances followed, including in the program Ein Kessel Buntes .

turn

After the political turnaround in autumn 1989, she was able to quickly make a name for herself in West Germany with the success of the single Heimlich von Dir geschäumte . Numerous television and radio appearances followed, including at the RTL-MusikCafé and at the German Schlagerparade of the Südwestfunk . In 1996 she made 65 television appearances. In 1994 Elke Martens took part in the German Schlager Festival with the title Seven Days of Longing and reached 8th place. The same thing happened to her at the 1999 Schlager Festival , where she also took 8th place with He is not like you . Her first successful title (all lyrics: Elke Martens) was composed by her ex-husband Wilfried Peetz , a singer and band leader with whom she has worked successfully even after the separation. Authors such as Hanne Haller , Bernd Sichter , Rainer Pietsch and Joachim Heider also wrote titles for them. Elke Martens writes texts for other colleagues, including Kathrin and Peter , Olaf Berger and Ina-Maria Federowski .

In addition to her work as a singer, Elke Martens also moderates television and gala events as well as public radio programs, such as B. especially on New Year's Eve at the side of Tom Pauls and Diether Krebs .

She also paints in her free time. She has had exhibitions in several cities. In 2006 Elke Martens appeared together with the cabaret artist Gabi Decker at a charity event .

The last German-language album, Gib 'dir ne Chance , was released in May 2007. In addition to the CD, it contains a DVD on which all the songs have been converted into video clips. Elke Martens played in the musical Elixier by Tobias Künzel ( Die Prinzen ) at the Comedy Dresden in 2008 . In 2009 her album Love and Tears was released - Elke Martens sings international successes , including with Scott McKenzie's hit San Francisco . Elke Martens celebrated her 30th professional anniversary in 2010.

In 2011 Elke Martens suffered a stroke. Several months after the illness she found her way back to the stage and published the single I'm back on it .

Private life

Elke Martens lives in Potsdam and was married to radio presenter Jürgen Jürgens from 2008 until his death in May 2018 .

Discography

Albums
  • 1993: Once very close
  • 1994: It's Christmas time
  • 1995: If I were a seagull
  • 1997: Share my dreams with me
  • 1999: I want to fly with you
  • 2007: give yourself a chance
  • 2009: Love & Tears
  • 2010: pure love - my greatest hits
  • 2013: I wish ... My most beautiful songs for Advent
  • 2014: again

Web links