Joachim Suess
Joachim Süß (born December 22, 1932 in Crottendorf ) is a German zither soloist and dialect speaker and singer.
Live and act
Suss, who lives in Crottendorf, is one of the most famous zither players in the Ore Mountains . From the age of ten he received zither lessons from Philipp Hänel. At the age of 14 he founded his first singing group, an instrumental group followed for two years and finally in 1949 the Crottendorfer Heimatterzett , which had dedicated itself to the care of Erzgebirge songs .
He has been a professional musician since 1954. Together with the bandoneon soloist Hans Friedl, the Caldarelli siblings and the Münzberger siblings , he first went on tour through the GDR. In 1965/66 he was a zither soloist in the Herbert Roth instrumental group for two years . During this time Herbert Roth and his ensemble produced a number of titles written by Joachim Suss for the radio.
In 1972 he founded his own ensemble Joachim Süß and his ensemble , with which he has since performed numerous appearances and produced several albums mainly in the Ore Mountains dialect. With his ensemble and his granddaughter Therese Fiedler, he can be seen and heard regularly in popular television programs such as This is how it sounds here in the Arzgebirge or the Wernesgrüner Musikantenschenke .
Suss recorded 364 tracks with various ensembles and as a soloist in the studio, participated in 115 television programs and composed 56 songs (as of February 2009).
He is married and has two children.
Discography (excerpt)
CDs:
- 1997: Christmas is never far
- 2000: My Christmas dream
- 2008: Christmas greetings from the Ore Mountains
- 2008: With singing and zither sound at Christmas time
- 2010: With a happy zither sound
Awards
literature
- Joachim Suess: Drham in the Arzgebirge: Joachim Suess - The Erzgebirge folk musician tells his life in stories and pictures . 1st edition. Publisher: www.erdenfest.de, Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-9813337-1-8 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Joachim Süß in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Joachim Suss in the Saxon Bibliography
- Biography of Joachim Suess in the Polizeiruf 110-Lexikon
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sweet, Joachim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German zither player, dialect singer and speaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 22, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Crottendorf |