Jochen Frank Schmidt

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Jochen Frank Schmidt
Jochen Frank Schmidt

Jochen Frank Schmidt (born October 23, 1979 in Bad Säckingen ) is a German composer , librettist and director and has been the theater director of the Gloria Theater since 2007 .

Life

Schmidt passed his Abitur in 1999 at the Klettgau-Gymnasium in Waldshut-Tiengen and completed his community service at the Heinrich Rösch school for the disabled in Waldshut-Tiengen. He then began studying media economics in Ilmenau, which he completed with a degree in business administration.

Schmidt published his first compositions with the band Omikron while still at school. During the civil service, Jochen Frank Schmidt staged his first musical, “ Die Lust am Leben ” with students at the Klettgau-Gymnasium. The then senior studies director supported the project, which was a success. The musical was performed several times in the Waldshut town hall and in some schools, including in Switzerland.

While preparing for the intermediate diploma, he wrote his second musical: " Heartbeat ". This was premiered in 2003 at the Klettgau-Gymnasium Waldshut-Tiengen. Due to the great demand, Jochen Frank Schmidt rented an old factory hall in Waldshut-Tiengen in 2004 and turned it into a musical theater for four weeks. In 13 performances, 6500 people saw the musical Heart Palpitations. In addition, the musical has also been performed several times in Karlsruhe and in the Burghof Lörrach . In 2005, four open air events were held in the Tiengen stadium, which could hold 800 people. Here, too, the performances were mostly sold out.

In 2007 he took over the Gloria Theater in Bad Säckingen together with Alexander Dieterle . Schmidt is the artistic director and responsible for the artistic side, Dieterle for the technical area and the software for advance sales.

Jochen Frank Schmidt wrote the third musical " Lichterloh " while preparing for his diploma. It was premiered in the Gloria-Theater Bad Säckingen in September 2007. With this premiere, the management of the Gloria Theater in Bad Säckingen began. It was almost always sold out there for three months. The first two musicals were then repeated in the Gloria Theater for three months.

In 2010 the fourth musical " Bikini Scandal " followed. This musical was also performed three times in the Musical Theater Basel. In 2012, “Lichterloh” was repeated for one season in the Gloria Theater. On December 14, 2012, Schmidt was invited to the SWR state show and reported on the musical "Lichterloh".

In 2014, Jochen Frank Schmidt staged “ Aida ” for the first time, a musical not written by him.

The world premiere of the fifth Schmidt musical took place in the Gloria Theater on October 21, 2017: Happy Landing - the musical . In the first season (October 2017 - April 2018) 21,000 viewers saw the musical. At the end of the first season, the extension for another season was announced. A total of almost 35,000 visitors saw the musical in 60 shows.

On October 2nd, 2019 the Gloria-Theater announced that there will be a sixth musical by Jochen Frank Schmidt. Tommy Tailors Traumfabrik - The musical will premiere on October 17, 2020.

Private

In 2010 Jochen Frank Schmidt married the choreographer Vanessa Vario and has two children.

Musicals

Discography

  • 2007: The lust for life , CD , Hochrhein musicals.
  • 2007: Palpitations , CD, Hochrhein musicals.
  • 2010: Bikini scandal , CD, Hochrhein musicals.
  • 2012: Lichterloh , CD, Hochrhein musicals.
  • 2017: Happy Landing, CD, Gloria-Theater Studios

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ suedkurier.de: Jochen Frank Schmidt reveals secret
  2. ↑ Markus Baier: "Reason is our recipe for success". In: Südkurier of October 29, 2011. Retrieved on February 14, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b c hochrhein-musicals.de: All three musicals come from the pen of Jochen Frank Schmidt. ( Memento of the original from February 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hochrhein-musicals.de
  4. ↑ Performances in Burghof Lörrach and in Karlsruhe
  5. ↑ Lichterloh gets two premieres. In: Badische Zeitung. Retrieved February 14, 2016 .
  6. ↑ badische-zeitung.de: Basel celebrates bikini scandal. 1400 spectators at the premiere of the Hochrhein musical in the renowned musical theater. Retrieved February 15, 2016
  7. ^ Musical Lichterloh on television. In: "Anzeige" suedkurier.de from December 14, 2012. Retrieved on March 5, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Annette Krause: "Lichterloh - love, lamps, passion". In: Landesschau - KulTour SWR Fernsehen RP from November 4, 2012. Accessed on February 28, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Markus Baier: Gloria Theater presents a real hammer for the next musical season. In: Aargauer Zeitung. Retrieved February 14, 2016 .
  10. ^ Badische Zeitung: "Happy Landing" takes off - Bad Säckingen - Badische Zeitung. Retrieved December 23, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Sigrid Schneider: Successful musical in Bad Säckingen: producer Alexander Dieterle and artistic director Jochen Frank Schmidt are looking forward to the resumption of the musical "Happy Landing" in autumn. In: www.suedkurier.de/. Südkurier, April 23, 2018, accessed May 17, 2018 .
  12. ↑ Roswitha Frey: "Happy Landing" takes off. In: https://www.badische-zeitung.de/bad-saeckingen/happy-landing-startet-durch--150479266.html . Badische Zeitung, March 16, 2018, accessed on May 17, 2018 .
  13. ↑ Marion Rank: Bad Säckingen: Gloria-Theater reveals secret and presents a new musical. April 3, 2019, accessed April 15, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Roswitha Frey: When even the eloquent artistic director has no words. In: Badische Zeitung of November 6, 2012. Retrieved on February 16, 2016 .
  15. ↑ Gerd Lustig: It sparks, it glows, it burns brightly. In: Schwarzwälder-Bote from November 4, 2012. Retrieved on February 27, 2016 .
  16. ^ Premiere of the musical "Happy Landing" in Bad Säckingen. Badische Zeitung, October 20, 2018, accessed on May 4, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Schmidt, Jochen Frank
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and theater director
DATE OF BIRTH October 23, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Säckingen , Germany