Gankino Circus

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Gankino Circus
Gankino Circus at the Brass Wiesn 2015
Gankino Circus at the Brass Wiesn 2015
General information
origin Dietenhofen , Germany
founding 2007
Website www.gankinocircus.de
Current occupation
Ralf Wieland
Simon Schorndanner
Maximilian Eder
Johannes Sens

Gankino Circus is a Franconian folk band founded in Dietenhofen in 2007 .

history

The members of Gankino Circus have known each other from their childhood days, spent their school days together and played in the same marching band. From 2007, the artists began performing as street musicians. The band name comes from the Bulgarian dance Gankino of the same name. In 2010 they released their debut album Das Potpourri Des Herr Baron Von Gunzenhausen . Just one year later, the second album, For the First Time In Your City, follows . Gankino Circus are also successful nationwide. B. as support for the Finnish Humppa band Eläkeläiset on tour and were awarded the European folk music award Iron Eversteiner of the audience in 2012.

In summer 2013 and autumn 2014, Gankino Circus traveled to the Ukraine and to the German embassy in Sofia for concerts and workshops at the invitation of the Goethe Institute . With Franconian Boogaloo , the third album was released in 2014. As part of the 15th anniversary celebration of the language learning centers in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, Gankino Circus organized a tour in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan together with the Goethe Institute. The year 2017 and 2019 started with a cooperation with the Franconian cabaret artist Matthias Egersdörfer .

  • Gankino Circus, Live at the Brass Wiesn 2015

  • Johannes Sens

  • Simon Schorndanner

  • Ralf Wieland

  • (from left to right) Wieland, Schorndanner, Eder

  • Schorndanner, Eder, Sens

Discography

Albums

  • The Potpourri Of Herr Baron Von Gunzenhausen (2010; Nordic Notes / Best Entertainment)
  • First Time In Your Town (2011, Nordic Notes / Best Entertainment)
  • Franconian Boogaloo (2014, Nordic Notes / Best Entertainment)
  • The Last Of Their Kind (2017, Best Entertainment)

Awards

Rudolstadt Festival 2019

Web links

Commons : Gankino Circus  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Street music is our soul. In: "infranken.de". Retrieved September 8, 2015 .
  2. ↑ biography. In: "Laut.de". Retrieved September 8, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Iron Eversteiner Prize Winner. In: "malzhaus.de". Retrieved September 8, 2015 .
  4. ^ Gankino Circus. (No longer available online.) In: "artcoon-kuenstler.de". Archived from the original on September 28, 2015 ; accessed on September 8, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / artcon-kuenstler.de
  5. ^ Gankino Circus in Central Asia. In: "Goethe Institute". Retrieved September 8, 2015 .