Heiner Kondschak

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Heiner Kondschak (born on August 6, 1955 in Hohenhameln , Lower Saxony ) is a German musician, actor, director and author who lives in Ofterdingen ( Tübingen district / Baden-Württemberg ).

Career

Kondschak made in 1973 in Uelzen his high school . Then he began an apprenticeship as a bricklayer and studied law . He broke both off after a short time and earned his living as a casual worker. Kondschak was a street musician and occasional performer for three years before he became a musician and small actor at Circus Lauenburger . For another four years, Kondschak was a freelance musician and actor at several theaters :

This was followed by the first permanent positions:

  • One year as an actor at the Osnabrück Municipal Stage ,
  • Five years as musical director and actor at the Junge Theater Göttingen ,
  • Another five years in the same position at the children's and youth theater of the Landestheater Tübingen ,

He then worked freelance again in cooperation with several theaters: among others at the Reutlingen theater “ Die Tonne ”, the “LTT” and Landestheater Tübingen (from 1995 to 2002 Heiner Kondschak was the artistic director of the children's and youth theater in the LTT) and of the Lindenhof Theater in Melchingen .

Also in the 1990s he worked in the theater sports ensemble of the LTT and played the role of musician, key word giver, emcee and referee in the performances of this improvisational theater.

Kondschak has been self-employed since September 2002. He also worked at the SDR , SWF and SWR as moderator , organized since 2000 concerts and tours with the fringe Combo , the songs of the East German songwriter Gerhard Gundermann plays and has since 2005 its own program of songs with the band Kondschak & Chapel .

In 2004 he implemented the biography of the singer Rio Reiser (played by Sören Wunderlich ) in the music revue König von Deutschland with songs and scenes from the singer's life. Conceptually, Kondschak's directorial work for again biographical pieces about Woody Guthrie ( Woody !!! Ain't nobody that can sing like me , 2007), Bob Dylan ( The times they are a-changing , 2008), John Lennon ( Lennon - Free as a bird , 2010) and most recently with We Shall Overcome - Pete Seeger about the life and work of the American follow-up legend Pete Seeger , who died in 2014 and which he brought to the stage in 2016 with the ensemble of Theater Lindenhof (premiere on 15 September 2016 as part of the Mössinger Kulturherbst)

Kondschak has been touring with his theater sports colleague Helge Thun for several years, primarily through Baden-Württemberg, with the now three-part comedy magic program “The Beauty and the Beast”.

Directing work (own pieces, selection)

  • 1993 The pirate's sweetheart
  • 1996 The terrible five
  • 1996 theater songs
  • 1999 cinnamon & sugar
  • 1999 The old man & the bear
  • 2003 In the prince's den
  • 2003 The seven towers
  • 2004 Rabbit Island
  • 2004 Kaspar's short dream of happiness
  • 2004 King of Germany
  • 2005 refractory
  • 2006 The round has to go into the square
  • 2007 Woody !!! Ain't nobody that can sing like me (revue about Woody Guthrie )
  • 2007 Die Geierwally (in cooperation with Theater Lindenhof , Melchingen )
  • 2008 The times they are a-changing (review about Bob Dylan )
  • 2008 When if not now?
  • 2010 Lennon - Free as a bird (Revue about John Lennon )
  • 2011 Don Quijote (in cooperation with Theater Lindenhof, Melchingen)
  • 2012 Krabat based on Otfried Preußler
  • 2016 We Shall Overcome - Pete Seeger (in cooperation with Theater Lindenhof)

Discography

Under his own name

  • 2008 Kondschak & Kapelle Live in Simmersfeld (CD)
  • 2018 Heiner Kondschak Where stones shrine in the forest at night - Kondschak sings Gundermann (CD)

With the fringe group combo

  • 2001 The marginal group combo The grass grows again and again - Gundermann plays the marginal group combo (April 12-14 , 2001, Landestheater Tübingen) (2CD)
  • 2004 The marginal group combo Live in East Berlin (CD)
  • 2013 The marginal group combo Im Postbahnhof Live 2012 (2CD)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Performance of the fringe group combo with Gundermann songs on December 29, 2009 in the Landestheater Tübingen ; Concert excerpt with 2 titles (flash video, approx. 7½ minutes) on youtube.com (Kondschak as lead singer on guitar)
  2. ↑ Presentation of the play We Shall Overcome - Pete Seeger on the web domain of the Theater Lindenhof
personal data
SURNAME Kondschak, Heiner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician, actor, director and author
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Hohenhameln , Lower Saxony