Hans-Eckardt Wenzel

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Hans-Eckardt Wenzel (born July 31, 1955 in Kropstädt near Wittenberg ) is a German songwriter , self - taught multi-instrumentalist , author , director and composer . On posters, albums and concert announcements he only uses his last name Wenzel as his stage name.

Life

The son of an art educator grew up with four sisters in Wittenberg, where he went to Melanchthon high school and pursued his musical and literary inclinations at an early age. His sister is the actress Claudia Wenzel . From 1976 to 1981 he studied cultural studies and aesthetics at the Humboldt University in Berlin and founded the “Liedertheater Karls Enkel ” in 1976 , which was closed in 1985.

Since 1981 he has been working as a freelance writer, singer, actor and director. From 1979 to the end of the 1990s he worked closely with the actor, singer and author Steffen Mensching , with whom he put together and performed numerous stage programs, mostly clown pieces that were mostly profoundly philosophical, such as the song theater “Hammer = Rehwü” in 1982 (together with Karl's grandchildren , the folk band Wacholder and Beckert & Schulz ) which was banned in some regions or the pre- and post- turnaround pieces “Neues aus der Da Da eR ” (1982), “Altes aus der Da Da eR” (1989) and "Da Da Last eR from the" (as Da Da Last eR from the 1990 made into a movie).

In September 1989, Wenzel was a main author of the resolution of rock musicians and songwriters , with which numerous musicians demanded changes in the GDR .

Wenzel made his debut as a soloist in 1986 with the LP Stirb mit mir a piece , which shortly afterwards received the GDR record award Golden Amiga in the chanson category . On this LP and several following albums (especially Lied am Rand and Vier Uhr Morgen ) he attracted attention as an interpreter of songs by Theodor Kramer . In 2002 he was again awarded the German Cabaret Prize for his translations and interpretations of the work of the folk singer Woody Guthrie . He is a member of the PEN Center Germany .

In 2003, Woody Guthrie's daughter, Nora Guthrie , invited Wenzel to New York; At her request, he translated her father's texts into German and set unpublished works to music. The result is called Ticky Tock - Wenzel sings Woody Guthrie. In September 2006 Wenzel went on a tour through Germany with Arlo Guthrie , and in 2011 he performed songs with him on a summer evening .

On October 26, 2007, Wenzel's studio album Believe it or not, was released. In 2009 Wenzel released the CD Masken - Wenzel sings Christoph Hein and König von Honolulu - along with two other productions . In 2010 and 2011, Wenzel and Arlo Guthrie went on tour together again and presented the 2010 CD Every 100 Years - Arlo Guthrie & Wenzel live at the Wartburg. Wenzel's thirtieth album Kamille und Mohn, with which Wenzel topped the list of songs for months , was released in 2010. At the Leipzig Book Fair 2011, Wenzel's new volume of poetry Since I am by the sea, the audio book of the same name was published as a double CD in June 2011. This was followed by a DVD production from the annual KAMP Open Air with Wenzel & Band and guests, as well as a live CD WOODY100 on the occasion of Woody Guthrie's 100th birthday. This included Tom Morello and Billy Bragg . For this, Wenzel was awarded the 2012 annual song best list. The CD Widersteh, as long as you can was released on February 15, 2013. With this CD, Wenzel was also number 1 on the list of best songs and received the annual award of the list of best songs in 2013. Together with the writer Christoph Hein , Wenzel published the audio book in March 2013 Homer's first book - Corrections. At the beginning of 2014 a Spanish-language CD, La guitarra al hombro, and the special edition Kleine Insel, dedicated to the refugees of this world, were released for the first time .

In February 2014 Wenzel was on tour with his band in Cuba and Nicaragua , u. a. at the Festival International de Poesía de Granada . On December 5, 2014, the CD Viva la poesía , which was partly recorded in Havana , was released. The songs are - contrary to their title suggests - in German.

Hans-Eckardt Wenzel lives and works in Berlin and in his retreat in Kamp in Western Pomerania and has four children.

Awards

  • 1978 Johannes R. Becher Prize
  • 1987 Golden Amiga (LP Die with me a piece )
  • 1989/1990 Heinrich Heine Prize from the Ministry of Culture of the GDR
  • 1991 German Cabaret Prize - Promotional Prize of the City of Mainz , together with Steffen Mensching
  • 1994 German Record Critics' Prize
  • 1995 German Cabaret Prize: Main Prize, together with Steffen Mensching
  • 2000 Prize of the German Record Critics for Beautiful Lies
  • 2001 Prize of the German Record Critics for buffoon and other poor sausages - a Hanns Eisler - Collage
  • 2001 German song award for the song class meeting
  • 2002 German Cabaret Prize
  • 2002 Prize of the German Record Critics for the CD Green Light
  • 2002 Honorary antenna of the Belgian Radio
  • 2003 German Record Critics' Prize for Ticky Tock Wenzel sings Woody Guthrie
  • 2003 German Ruth , World Music Prize of the Rudolstadt Festival
  • 2005 German Record Critics' Prize for the CD Himmelfahrt
  • 2005 German Song Prize for the song You will come (CD Himmelfahrt )
  • 2006 Prize of the German Record Critics for the CD Vier Uhr Früh
  • 2007 Prize of the German Record Critics for the CD Never Believe What I Sing
  • 2008 German Song Prize for the song Tausend Tode (CD Never Believe What I Sing )
  • 2013 German song award of the best song list
  • 2014 CD of the year of the best songs list

Discography / CD

  • 1986 Die With Me A Piece - Love Songs (LP)
  • 1988 travel pictures (LP)
  • 1992 The sailors say goodbye to communism (with Steffen Mensching)
  • 1995 full moon
  • 1996 Poor little handyman (with Steffen Mensching)
  • 1997 Lied am Rand - Wenzel sings Theodor Kramer
  • 1998 Sad in Seville
  • 1999 Beautiful Lies ( Contrary Music )
  • 2001 Hans Wurst and other poor sausages ( Hanns Eisler collage) (Conträr Musik)
  • 2001 Grünes Licht (double CD) (Conträr Musik)
  • 2003 Ticky Tock - Wenzel sings Woody Guthrie (English & German version) (contrary music)
  • 2004 Die with me a piece (reissue) (Conträr Musik)
  • 2005 Ascension (Conträr Musik)
  • 2005 07/31/55 (limited special edition for 50th birthday)
  • 2005 Wenzel sings Mascha's children's songs (contrary to music)
  • 2005 Winterstimmen (with Silke Marchfeld and Calmus Ensemble) (Conträr Musik)
  • 2006 Four o'clock in the morning - Wenzel sings Theodor Kramer Vol. II (contrary music)
  • 2006 Together (Limited Special CD) (with Arlo Guthrie)
  • 2007 Never Believe What I Sing (Conträr)
  • 2008 Street ballad: Wenzel sings Henriette Haill (Sailor Blue)
  • 2008 Schöner Lügen ( vinyl edition limited to 516 copies ) (LP)
  • 2008 The Little Sea Diary (composer Michael Vogt, with the brass ensemble trumpets in Troia ) (sailor blue )
  • 2008 Wenzel: Solo: Live (double CD) (Sailor Blue)
  • 2009 Masks: Wenzel sings Christoph Hein (sailor blue)
  • 2009 King of Honolulu (Sailor Blue)
  • 2010 Every 100 Years - Live on the Wartburg (Wenzel & Arlo Guthrie) (Sailor Blue)
  • 2010 chamomile and poppy seeds (including a newly set text by Theodor Kramer )
  • 2011 Since I've been at the sea (double CD) (sailor blue)
  • 2011 Back to Paradise (Sailor Blue)
  • 2012 Woody 100 (Wenzel & Band with Tom Morello and Billy Bragg on the occasion of Woody Guthrie's 100th birthday) (Sailor blue)
  • 2012 Kamp Open Air 2011 (DVD, video from the concert) (Sailor Blue)
  • 2013 resist as long as you can (sailor blue)
  • 2013 Homer's first book - corrections (double CD) audio book together with Christoph Hein
  • 2014 Kleine Insel (Dedicated to the refugees of this world) (Sailor blue)
  • 2014 La Guitarra Al Hombro (Spanish-language adaptations: Carlos Ampié Loría) (Sailor Blue & Editorial ANAMÁ Managua, Nicaragua)
  • 2014 Viva la poesía (recorded in Havana, German-speaking) (sailor blue)
  • 2015 Stars glow - Wenzel sings Johannes R. Becher (sailor blue)
  • 2015 Self-portrait 1981 bonus edition (demo recordings for the LP "Stirb mit mir ein Stück" from 1984; including four songs that did not make it onto the LP) (Sailor Blue)
  • 2016 anniversary concert - Wenzel & guests live in the Admiralspalast (CD, DVD and book) (Sailor Blue)
  • 2016 If We Wait (Sailor Blue)
  • 2017 I sit there and eat Klops (sailor blue)
  • 2018 Where is the end of this world (sailor blue)
  • 2019 Journey of Life (Sailor Blue)

Literary works

  • Poetry album 193. Poems. New Life Publishing House, Berlin 1981.
  • Song of the wild poppies. Poems. Mitteldeutscher Verlag , Leipzig 1982.
  • Request to extend the month of August. Poems. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Leipzig 1987.
  • Travel pictures. Prose. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Leipzig 1989.
  • Wenzel & Mensching: The very last from the DaDaeR / dog comedy. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Leipzig 1991. (Textbooks of the plays by the clown duo Wenzel / Mensching)
  • Malinche. Legends of love and betrayal. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Leipzig 1992.
  • I like the long hair. Songbook. Buschfunk Verlag, Berlin 1998. (First publication of the most important songs in a handy sheet music format)
  • The sailors say goodbye to communism. Eulenspiegel Verlag, Berlin 1999. (Textbooks of the plays by the clown duo Wenzel / Mensching)
  • A hundred songs. Volume I. Sailor blue, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-941155-06-0 . (First comprehensive songbook by Wenzel. Complete with sheet music and texts for a total of 105 songs)
  • Since I've been at the sea. Poems. Sailor Blue Verlag, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-941155-18-3 .
  • He sacado mi esperanza a lucir Matrosenblau Verlag, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-941155-40-4 . (German-Spanish volume of poetry by Hans-Eckardt Wenzel, Spanish translations by Carlos Ampié Loría)
  • The world behind the pictures. The lost Federal Republic in the films of Rainer Werner Fassbinder - An exchange of letters. Sailor Blue Verlag, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-941155-44-2 . (Correspondence between Antje Vollmer and Hans-Eckardt Wenzel)

literature

Documentaries

  • Hans-Eckardt Wenzel - singer, poet, world discoverer , film portrait about H.-E. Wenzel by Leonore Brandt, 30 min., MDR 2015

Web links

Commons : Hans-Eckardt Wenzel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans-Eckardt Wenzel - singer, poet, world discoverer - résumés , 30-minute film portrait by Leonore Brandt, mdr, accessed June 29, 2019
  2. ↑ 30 years ago the premiere of the Hammer = Rehwü in Dresden Article on liveundlustig.com
  3. ↑ Barbara Hammerschmidt, Bernd Lindner: Rock! Youth and Music in Germany. at google books , accessed on November 24, 2014
  4. ↑ Hans-Eckardt Wenzel article on lastfm.de
  5. ↑ Article on wenzel-im-netz.de ( Memento from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Dirk von Nayhauß: I am an occasion poet . Questions to life (163); Hans-Eckardt Wenzel on lyric psalms. In: chrismon . No. 11 , 2019, pp. 42–43 ( evangelisch.de [PDF; 8.9 MB ; accessed on December 28, 2019]).
  7. ↑ Report on www.Kulturwoche.at ( Memento from July 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Wenzel, Hans-Eckardt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wenceslaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German songwriter and poet
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Kropstädt near Wittenberg