Holger Saarmann
Holger Saarmann (* 1971 in Hagen ) is a German musician living in Berlin .
Life
He studied singing and guitar as part of a teaching degree (music, German studies ) at the University of Bamberg . After Klezmer projects in the 1990s, he made a name for himself since 2000 with predominantly German-language song and chanson evenings.
He mainly accompanies his singing on the concert guitar . On CD recordings he can also be heard on the accordion , flute and other instruments. Saarmann composes and writes his own songs, but also maintains a comprehensive repertoire of well-known and forgotten folk songs , which he processes for concerts and CD performances.
As a composer as well as an arranger, Saarmann likes to use baroque and classic - romantic composition techniques, but he also repeatedly resorts to popular styles ( folk , rock ). In his texts, which are sometimes formally reminiscent of classical ballads (in the sense of stories in verse), Saarmann tends to lyrical-enigmatic considerations with profound humor and philosophical-spiritual implications. In the genre of songwriters , Saarmann is stylistically to be found in the neighborhood of Christof Stählin , Gerhard Schöne and the Italian Angelo Branduardi .
Awards
In the summer of 2007, Holger Saarmann was awarded the Hanns Seidel Foundation's sponsorship award at Songs on a summer evening .
Discography
- 2001: Beware, pretty little flower!
- 2003: In case someone asks about it
- 2003: The moon goes on a journey
- 2007: Songs as German as the Wild West - with Vivien Zeller
- 2009: This is how my hairdresser kissed me
- 2017: Yesterday is still another day
Web links
- Homepage of Holger Saarmann
- Interview with Saarmann
- Sound carrier by Holger Saarmann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Saarmann playing songs on a summer evening (article by the organizer)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Saarmann, Holger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hagen |