Hans Werner Scharnowski
Hans Werner Scharnowski (* 1954 , spelling also: Hans-Werner Scharnowski ; also known as: Hansi Scharnowski ) is a German musician , arranger , producer and composer of Christian pop music .
life and work
Hans-Werner Scharnowski studied at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen and at the Hamburg University of Music and Theater .
Since the mid-1980s he has been arranging and producing well-known Christian artists such as Hella Heizmann , Beate Ling , Jörg Swoboda and Christian Löer . After Gerhard Schnitter and Johannes Nitsch , he became musical director of the Pro Christ evangelism in 2003 . He also conducted the Unforgotten Choir, composed of singers from the Jubilate Choir , the Wetzlar Choirs , the Wir-singen-für-Jesus-Choir and Singkreis Frohe Nachrichten , at the great nostalgia concert Unforgotten - songs that will stay , organized by Gerth Media and the ERF .
Hans-Werner Scharnowski wrote, with Jürgen Werth as the copywriter, the musical Once Again Kapernaum , published in 2004 by Felsenfest-Musikverlag . Before that, he produced the concept Hoffnungsland 1998 , also with Jürgen Werth as lyricist and with Johannes Nitsch as co-producer and composer . His best-known song is bist zu uns like a father , which is now sung in countless churches and parishes . He is the director of the Living Gospel Schalksmühle choir and runs the Hit'n Run recording studio .
On August 29, 2015 Scharnowski was introduced as a full-time cantor for Christian popular music (so-called "pop cantor") of the Evangelical Church District of Münster; he is the first pop cantor in the Evangelical Church of Westphalia .
Private
Scharnowski is married; he has three children and lives in Munster.
Discography
Listed below, Hans-Werner Scharnowski's own concept productions, mostly in collaboration with various interpreters of the Christian music scene. Engagements as arranger and producer for independent artists are not considered.
year | title | subtitle | Contributors | publishing company |
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1991 | Young Songs from Jesus' Name, Vol. 10 | Anke Sieloff , Beate Ling , Ruthild Wilson , Frieder Jost , Helmut Jost , Eberhard Rink , Christoph Zehendner , Wilfried Lill , Hans Werner Scharnowski Studiochor | Hänssler publishing house | |
1996 | PS: songs of life | Ruthild Wilson , Beate Ling , Eberhard Rink , Bernd-Martin Müller , Thea Eichholz , Hans Werner Scharnowski studio choir | Rock solid | |
1997 | Annual songs 1 | Jürgen Werth , Werner Hoffmann , Thea Eichholz, Bernd-Martin Müller, Ingo Beckmann , Beate Ling, Hans Werner Scharnowski studio choir | Rock solid | |
1997 | Completely different than expected | Musical surprises for Advent and Christmas | Hella Heizmann , Carola Rink , Eberhard Rink, Wilfried Lill , Rainer Bärensprung , Brassmen , Hans Werner Scharnowski studio choir | Rock solid |
1998 | Hope land | Songs about a people on the way | Anja Lehmann , Michael Fajgel , Anke Sieloff , Layna , Stephanie Heinen , Ingo Beckmann , Rolf Dieter Degen , Lisa Shaw , Aaron 'S 770 , Johannes Nitsch , Hans Werner Scharnowski Studiochor | Rock solid |
1998 | Annual songs 2 | Jürgen Werth, Werner Hoffmann, Christoph Zehendner , Albert Frey , Hans Werner Scharnowski studio choir | Rock solid | |
1999 | Annual songs 3 | Andreas Volz , Ingo Beckmann, Christoph Zehendner, Jürgen Werth, Hans Werner Scharnowski studio choir | Rock solid | |
2000 | Annual songs 4 | Hella Heizmann, Albert Frey, Christian Löer , Lothar Kosse , Thea Eichholz, Hans Werner Scharnowski studio choir | Rock solid | |
2001 | Annual songs 5 | Lothar Kosse, Albert Frey, Christian Löer, Andreas Malessa , Hella Heizmann, Hans Werner Scharnowski studio choir | Rock solid | |
2002 | Search and find | 2003 - The Year of the Bible . The official music CD | Clemens Bittlinger , Tina Rink , Andrea Adams-Frey as well as contributors from secondary exploitation | Rock solid |
2002 | Annual songs 6 | Martin Buchholz , Ingo Beckmann, Lothar Kosse, Anja Lehmann , Daniel Jacobi , Hans Werner Scharnowski studio choir | Rock solid | |
2003 | Andreas Malessa sung | Elke Reichert , Sarah Kaiser , Sebastian Cuthbert , Johannes Falk , Klaus-André Eickhoff , Chorlight | Rock solid | |
2003 | Annual songs 7 | Albert Frey, Andrea Adams-Frey , Hella Heizmann, Andreas Malessa, Theo Eißler , Werner Hoffmann, Bernd-Martin Müller, Clemens Bittlinger , Jürgen Werth, Pro Joe , Hans Werner Scharnowski Studiochor | Rock solid | |
2004 | Annual songs 8 | Albert Frey, Andrea Adams-Frey, Manfred Siebald , Christian Löer, Wolfgang Kraska , Arne Kopfermann , Lothar Kosse, Jörg Swoboda , Hans Werner Scharnowski studio choir | Rock solid | |
2004 | Capernaum again | Musical by Jürgen Werth and Hans-Werner Scharnowski | Michael Fajgel , Carola Laux , Chorlight | Rock solid |
2005 | Doubt - be amazed | The Pro-Christ CD 2006 | Albert Frey, Carola Laux, Manfred Siebald, Chorlight | Hänssler |
2007 | Hope makes the wings grow | Hans Werner Scharnowski studio choir | Rock solid | |
2009 | Songs to marvel | Pro Christ 2009 | Beate Ling, Klaus-André Eickhoff, Manfred Siebald, Jürgen Werth, Chorlight | Hänssler |
Web links
- Works by and about Hans Werner Scharnowski in the catalog of the German National Library
- Internet presence of Hans-Werner Scharnowski
- Pack Singing - A Challenge for Church Music Articles
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from February 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ↑ 1,100 visitors to the “Unforgotten” concert in the town hall ( memento from February 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), eann.de, article from May 20, 2011.
- ↑ The Protestant Church needs more pop music. IdeaSpektrum 2015.33 / 34, p. 40.
- ↑ http://www.hans-werner-scharnowski.de/hans-werner-scharnowski/die-person.html
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Scharnowski, Hans Werner |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Scharnowski, Hans-Werner (full name); Scharnowski, Hansi |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German musician, arranger, producer and composer of Christian pop music |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1954 |