Hendrik Bruch

Hendrik Bruch (born December 5, 1962 in East Berlin , † September 12, 2016 in Berlin ) was a German composer , singer and music producer .

Life

Bruch began his musical career in various school bands. In 1985, after an apprenticeship as a carpenter , he began studying at the "Hanns Eisler" University of Music in Berlin , which he completed in 1989 with the state examination. During this time he played and sang in the Jürgen Erbe Choir , took part in talent competitions and received singing lessons at the Weissensee Music School. In 1987, on the Saturday evening TV show on GDR television , he received a springboard for his song Was ich sucht das Da Capo and for Please wait for me the silver bong from the show Bong .

With Inka Bause , Bruch presented the children's program Talentebude on German television from 1988 to 1991 . From June 1996 to 2005 he was married to Bause. During this time, Bruch made two suicide attempts , in December 2003 by jumping from the 4th floor of a house and in 2004 by taking tablets. Bause and Bruch have a daughter together.

In 1996 he took over the singing of the German dubbing voice of Quasimodo from the Walt Disney Company filmed cartoon The Hunchback of Notre Dame . Further synchronizations for the Walt Disney Company as well as Columbia Tristar , Warner Bros. , Touchstone Pictures , DreamWorks SKG and 20th Century Fox followed.

Bruch had been close friends with Arnold Fritzsch since 2004 . Together they wrote songs for their project Fritzsch & Bruch and performed with us with their title Freund in Christmas and in the talk show Riverboat at MDR .

Discography

Albums

(Global Records)

• 1994: Hendrik Bruch
• 1997: If you love me ...

Singles

(Global Records)

• 1994: As long as I can still dream
• 1994: That I need you
• 1995: like a star
• 1995: Who dares to take the first step?
• 1995: If you love me, I love you too
• 1996: Why You - Why Me?
• 1996: Queen
• 1997: My love for you

Film music

• The Lion King 2 - Simba's Kingdom - Singing Kovu (Adult)
• Anastasia (1997) - vocals Dimitri
• The Prince of Egypt - Singing Moses
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Singing Quasimodo
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame 2 - Singing Quasimodo
• Bear Brothers 2 - Singing

Web links

• Official website of Hendrik Bruch
• Hendrik Bruch on MusicBrainz (English)
• Folk Music Portal ( Memento from October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Death drama about her ex-husband. In: Gala online . Gruner + Jahr , September 14, 2016, accessed September 15, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Inka Bause: Ex-husband survived two suicide attempts