Horst Maria Merz

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Horst Maria Merz

Horst Maria Merz (born 1958 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German pianist , chansonnier , actor and musical director.

Life

Merz completed a teaching degree for music at the State Music Academy in Karlsruhe. 1992–1995 he took over the direction of the drama music at the Staatstheater Karlsruhe and from 1996 to 2002 as musical director the rehearsal of the revues at the Ettlingen Castle Festival .

As a founding member of the Berlin Comedian Harmonists , he was their pianist from 1997 to 2018 and played the role of "Erwin Bootz" in over 850 performances in the play "Veronika der Lenz ist da" at the Komödie am Kurfürstendamm , Berlin. This was followed by concert appearances at home and abroad. a .: Philharmonie Berlin, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Tonhalle Zürich, KKL Luzern, Philharmonie Luxemburg, Teatro Real Madrid, Library of Congress Washington, several tours in Italy and from 2009 to 2015 on the world tours of André Rieu .

In addition to his Georg Kreisler chanson solo evening “Because I am unmusical”, he also appears as a chansonnier in the classical-contemporary area: in HK Gruber's “Frankenstein !!” (including Paris, Graz, Munich), in Friedrich Cerha's “1. Keintate "(Salzburg Festival, Beethovenfest Bonn), as Hanns Eisler interpreter in" Divided - United "at the Frankfurt Opera with the" Ensemble Modern "

Horst Maria Merz

He accompanied the actor Walter Plathe for over ten years as a pianist in his "Otto Reutter Evening", in the Kohlenpaul Theater on Kurfürstendamm and The Adventures of the Good Soldier Schwejk .

As an actor he performed a. a. at the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Festival at the side of the violinist Daniel Hope in the European premiere of Mark Neikrug's "Memories of an Extra-Terrestrial on Death Cell" in Stralsund.

At the side of Johanna von Koczian he played the pianist “Cosme Mc Moon” in Peter Quilter's play “Glorious”, a homage to Florence Foster Jenkins .

In 2017/2018 he took over the musical direction as co-author of the revue “Tanz auf dem Vulkan” at the Alten Schauspielhaus Stuttgart and the play “Comedian Harmonists” at the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern .

Since 2018 he has played the alleged "Ludwig van Beethoven" in the turbulent musical two-person piece "Ludwig fun!" By Michael Postweiler as actor, pianist and singer, directed by David Merz.

On July 24th, 2019 he performed at the Verbier Festival, Switzerland as a chansonnier and actor alongside Daniel Hope , Thomas Hampson , Stéphane Logerot and Jean-Efflam Bavouzet in “Berlin 1938”.

Awards

  • 1998 “Goldener Vorhang” (theater award from the Berlin Theater Club) with the Berlin Comedian Harmonists
  • 1999 “Culture Prize” of the BZ with the Berlin Comedian Harmonists
  • 2017 nomination of the revue “Tanz auf dem Vulkan” for the “Monika Bleibtreu Prize” at the private theater days in Hamburg

Discography

CDs

Horst Maria Merz:

  • Because I'm not musical
  • Cars have no eyes
  • Oh how upset me!
  • A man. A piano

Berlin Comedian Harmonists:

  • Veronika der Lenz is here
  • A song goes around the world
  • Sabine
  • The Berlin Comedian Harmonists visit Ms. Luna
  • Love comes, love goes

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Website of the artist. Retrieved April 24, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Person: Horst Maria Merz. In: kultiversum.de. Retrieved November 8, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Comedy on Kurfürstendamm: Horst Maria Merz, under the heading “Artists”. Retrieved April 24, 2018 .
  4. ↑ André Rieu: the violinist who divides generations. In: BZ.Retrieved July 15, 2018 .
  5. ^ "Events" Jewish Museum Vienna. Retrieved April 25, 2018 .
  6. ↑ They danced the dark Mi Ma monsters fine . Grazer Kleine Zeitung, March 9, 2011, p. 69 .
  7. ↑ Funny birthday party: Ensemble Modern played at the Beethovenfest for the "fortieth" of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation . Bonner Rundschau, September 13, 2013, p. 32 .
  8. ↑ Welcome to the small theater on the market. Retrieved July 12, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Horst Maria Merz. In: Staatstheater.karlsruhe.de. Retrieved November 8, 2015 .
  10. ↑ "The Adventures of the Good Soldier Schwejk" with Walter Plathe. In: berliner-zeitung.de. Retrieved November 8, 2015 .
  11. ↑ u. a. Note in the vita of the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Ensemble ,. Retrieved April 25, 2018 .
  12. ^ "Johanna von Koczian shines in Glorious", MOZ.de - The news portal for Brandenburg ,. Retrieved April 26, 2018 .
  13. ↑ "Devilishly explosive". Stuttgarter Nachrichten, December 20, 2016, accessed on July 15, 2018 .
  14. ↑ Pfalztheater presents with “Die Comedian Harmonists” a cleverly calculated audience success. Rheinpfalz, December 27, 2017, accessed April 26, 2018 .
  15. ↑ First performance of a crazy, rocky musical comedy by Michael Postweiler. wochenblatt-reporter.de.
  16. ↑ Verbier Festival 2019, concert “Berlin 1938”. Retrieved May 25, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Merz, Horst Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pianist, composer and actor
DATE OF BIRTH 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main