Friedrich Kalpenstein
Friedrich Kalpenstein (born August 14, 1971 in Freising , Upper Bavaria ) is a German author , composer , songwriter and singer .
biography
Friedrich Kalpenstein was born in Freising and went to school there. He completed his training as a dental technician and then worked as a sales representative for dental products.
Today he lives with his wife Petra near Freising in the Ampertal in Upper Bavaria .
Career as an author
He found his way to the author through his son, for whom he spontaneously invented bedtime stories before falling asleep. When his son found one of these stories so beautiful that he wanted to hear it again, he was embarrassed that he could no longer repeat it. He resolved to write down his stories for his son in the future. The children's books Träum 'mir eine Freund and Dreams with Enrico were published in 2014.
At the end of 2013, the debut novel I am single, Kalimera, was released . This novel was first published in self- publishing. The Ink & Feder publishing house became aware of Kalpenstein as an author and in 2015 "Herbert - Ich bin Single, Kalimera" was published there (revised and with a new cover artwork) as the prelude to the novel series "Herbert - Held des Alltags" . The series comprises the further novels as champagne and men Holiday also in 2015 published, followed by Alpine Griller 2017 and peak dreamer and professional bungler , both from the year 2018. With island hippies appears the seventh part of the series in October of 2019. The Herbert series was published as an e-book , paperback (through the Verlag Ink & Feather ) and also as audio books (read by Robert Frank , produced by Audible Studios ).
In addition to the Herbert series , Friedrich Kalpenstein published other novels. In 2016 his work Life is not a two-line story , in 2017 you achieved your goal and in 2018 group therapy . These novels were also published as e-books, paperbacks and audio books. Life is not a two-line story was read in by the audio book speaker Richard Barenberg , you have achieved your goal through Matthias Keller and Robert Frank in group therapy . These audio book titles were also produced by Audible Studios.
Collaboration with other authors
Friedrich Kalpenstein wrote together with the authors Johanna Danninger , Frieda Lamberti , Greta Milán and Emily Bold on the 5-part series Hearts on Fire . A story about a Munich fire station. The titles were published through 2019 by Montlake Romance , an imprint of Amazon Publishing . The titles in the order of publication are Jonah written by Johanna Danninger, Erik by Frieda Lamberti, Vincent by Greta Milán, Marie by Friedrich Kalpenstein and Leo by Emily Bold.
Career as a singer Ben Valdern
Kalpenstein performed as a lead singer and keyboard player in a dance and show band even before his career as an author. For the novel group therapy he used the pseudonym of his protagonist Ben Valdern for studio recordings and performances. For the audio book (read by Robert Frank, produced by Audible Studios) he wrote, produced and sang five songs in the Farm Studios in Freising . In the audio book, the songs are played parallel to the content of the novel when Ben Valdern appears on stage. The background vocals in all Valdern songs come from the singer Bine Heller from Freising.
With the publication of the audio book, the songs were also released on CD , MP3 download and in the stream . Music videos were also produced for the title song group therapy and the song Frei .
In March 2019, Ben Valdern released his single entitled Ticket to Eternity . The single ( Stream Release ) comprises five tracks and contains the song of the same name in English as radio edit , extended mix and the instrumental version as well as the same title in German ticket for eternity in radio edit and extended mix with a total playing time of 28 minutes , 19 seconds. Like the EP Group Therapy , this single was produced by Farm Studios in Freising, with Bine Heller for the backing vocals. The English translation of the song was done by Kate Northrop .
Works
Novels (paperback / e-book)
Herbert series
- Volume 1: I'm Single, Kalimera - Ink & Feather 2015, ISBN 978-1503944121
- Volume 2: Like Champagne - Ink & Pen 2015, ISBN 978-1503946026
- Volume 3: Men's Vacation - Ink & Pen 2015, ISBN 978-1503950405
- Volume 4: Alpengriller - Ink & Pen 2017, ISBN 978-1477824627
- Volume 5: Summit Dreamers - Ink & Feather 2018, ISBN 978-1503900677
- Volume 6: Profipfuscher - Ink & Feather 2018, ISBN 978-2919803408
- Volume 7: Inselhippies - Ink & Pen 2019, ISBN 978-2496701333
Single novels
- Life is not a two-line text - Ink & Pen 2016, ISBN 978-1503936447
- You have achieved your goal - Ink & Pen 2017, ISBN 978-1611099232
- Group Therapy - Ink & Pen 2018, ISBN 978-2919800377
- Marie Volume 4 from the Hearts on Fire - Montlake Romance 2019 series, ISBN 978-2919804696
Children's books
- Dream me a friend - Selfpublishing 2014, ISBN 978-1502929846
- Dreams with Enrico - Selfpublishing 2014, only published as an e-book
- Once upon a time - New and Classic Fairy Tales - E-Book, Ink & Pen 2019
Audiobooks (download)
Herbert series
- 2015: - Volume 1: I am single, Kalimera - Audible Studios, read by Robert Frank , 5 hours and 43 minutes.
- 2015: - Volume 2: Like Champagne - Audible Studios, read by Robert Frank, 6 hours and 42 minutes.
- 2015: - Volume 3: Men's Vacation - Audible Studios, read by Robert Frank, 7 hours and 19 minutes.
- 2017: - Volume 4: Alpengriller - Audible Studios, read by Robert Frank, 8 hours and 40 minutes.
- 2018: - Volume 5: Summit Dreamers - Audible Studios, read by Robert Frank, 8 hours and 40 minutes.
- 2018: - Volume 6: Profipfuscher - Audible Studios, read by Robert Frank, 10 hours and 51 min.
- 2019: - Volume 7: Inselhippies - Audible Studios, read by Robert Frank from November 2019
Single audio books
- 2016: - Life is not a two-line story - Audible Studios, read by Richard Barenberg , 6 hours and 49 minutes.
- 2017: - You have reached your destination - Audible Studios, read by Matthias Keller , 6 hours and 59 minutes.
- 2018: - Group therapy - Audible Studios, read by Robert Frank , 8 hours and 6 min.
- 2019: - Wurstullen in Bali - Audible Studios, read by Simon Jäger , 27 min.
- 2019: - Once upon a time - New and classic fairy tales - Audible Studios, read by Stefan Kaminski , 4 hours and 5 minutes.
- 2019: - Marie Volume 4 from the Hearts on Fire series - Audible Studios, read by Robert Frank and Monika Disse, 7 hours and 46 minutes.
Music (CD / MP3 / Stream)
- 2018: - Friedrich Kalpenstein presents Ben Valdern - Group therapy - Farm Studios and Friedrich Kalpenstein, 18 min. 52 sec.
- 2019: - Ben Valdern - Ticket to Eternity - Farm Studios and Friedrich Kalpenstein, 28 min. 19 sec.
- 2019: - Ben Valdern - Tonight - Farm Studios and Friedrich Kalpenstein, 4 min. 01 sec.
Music videos
- 2018: - Ben Valdern - Group therapy - Director: Luca Kapitza
- 2018: - Ben Valdern - Frei - Director: Markus Kirsch
- 2019: - Ben Valdern - Tonight - Director: Friedrich Kalpenstein
Web links
- Literature by and about Friedrich Kalpenstein in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website of Friedrich Kalpenstein
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Mercury on Friedrich Kalpenstein. Report dated October 29, 2018. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
- ↑ Friedrich Kalpenstein at lovelybooks.de. Overview of authors from Lovelybooks.de on Friedrich Kalpenstein. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
- ↑ The Mercury on Ben Valdern and Farm Studios. Report dated January 14, 2018. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kalpenstein, Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Valdern, Ben (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author, composer, songwriter and singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Freising , Upper Bavaria |