Farid (magician)

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Farid (* 1981 in Hagen ) is a German magician with Persian roots.

Life

Farid was born in Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia , his family comes from Iran . After graduating from high school , he first studied law at the University of Bochum , but dropped out prematurely. He first came into contact with magic at the age of six through his Persian grandfather. He gained his first stage experience at the age of 15.

Career

Farid was the first German-Iranian magician to be officially signed as a magician by Sony BMG in 2007 . He gained fame in 2008 primarily through his participation in the first season of the casting show The next Uri Geller (ProSieben), which was designed as a mystery broadcast , in which he took second place. This was followed by various appearances as a talk show guest on programs such as TV total (ProSieben), Johannes B. Kerner , Markus Lanz (both ZDF ), Krömer - Die internationale Show (ARD) or Inas Nacht (NDR). He then appeared mainly as an illusionist and deceit artist in his own television shows Streetmagic with Farid on ProSieben and Mystified on MTV . In 2011 he toured Germany with Inside Magic - Become part of the show and was a special guest on the casting show Das Supertalent on RTL . In the same year the Trickkasten Farid - His coolest magic tricks appeared in Verlag Kosmos , followed in 2012 by the book You don't look through me - The Secret of Magic by Verlag Droemer Knaur . Since January 2018 he has hosted his own program on the German pay broadcaster Sky . In spring 2019, Farid toured with his True Magic. Echte Illusions -Tour in Germany and Switzerland and will continue his tour in 2020. In the ProSieben prime-time show “FARIDs Magische 13”, the illusionist Farid presented his thirteen personal highlights of the art of magic on an adventurous road trip. He traveled to z. B. to Hungary, to the birthplace of the legendary escape artist Houdini and met the best magicians in the world in the capital of magic, Las Vegas. He gets prominent guests (Stefanie Heinzmann, Rebecca Mir, Collien Ulmen-Fernandes, Marco Reus, Pietro Lombardi, Lukas Podolski, Oliver Pocher) to get involved with his inexplicable magic and amazed them with his amazing tricks. From the impressive minimal work of art to the effective grand illusion.

TV appearances (excerpt)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ WR : Interview: The cool magician from Hagen
  2. ^ MDR : Broadcast "Hier ab vier" , from October 6, 2011
  3. ↑ WP : aMentalist Farid: With the MTV show the (magic) circle closes , from August 19, 2008
  4. ↑ Gießener Allgemeine Zeitung : Magician Farid is the master of illusions
  5. ↑ farid.tv
  6. ^ Farid - Magic unplugged. Retrieved January 5, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Farid
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German magician
DATE OF BIRTH 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Hagen