Johanna Zeul
Johanna Zeul (born June 2, 1981 in Filderstadt ) is a German singer and songwriter . She is the daughter of the songwriter Thomas Felder .
Life
Zeul has been giving concerts since 1996, since 2001 also with the band Rotagila , which was renamed the Johanna Zeul Band in 2003 . From 2003 to summer 2006 Johanna Zeul studied "Pop Music Design" at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg . She composed the music for “Max und Moritz” (a musical theater piece for adults), which premiered on January 6, 2007 at the Nationaltheater Mannheim .
In April 2008 Johanna Zeul founded the Gold und Tier label with Martin Goldenbaum . In June 2008, Johanna Zeul's debut album Album No1 was released on the Gold and Tier label. The song contained on it I want something new took 10th place on the best songs list in March and April 2009 .
In January 2011, a daughter was born with her partner Frank Benz, an actor at the Magdeburg Theater .
On February 12th, 2012 she took part in the final of the protest song contest in the Vienna Rabenhoftheater , where she took 4th place with her song I want something new .
As the representative of the state of Saxony-Anhalt , Johanna Zeul took part in the Bundesvision Song Contest 2012 in Berlin with the song Sandmann on September 28, 2012 and achieved 15th place.
Awards
- 2006: Rio Reiser Song Prize
- 2008: 1st prize at the youth cultural advancement award in the category "pop music"
- 2008: 2nd prize at the Troubadour Chanson & Lied Competition in Stuttgart
- 2010: Udo Lindenberg Panic Prize (3rd place) from the Udo Lindenberg Foundation .
Discography
- 2008: Album No. 1 (Gold und Tier / Broken Silence)
- 2011: Johanna Zeul Live (Gold and Tier Records / Broken Silence)
- 2012: Sandmann (Single) (Gold and Tier Records / Broken Silence)
literature
- Arnt Cobbers: We are now! Front women in German pop . Schott Music, Mainz 2007, ISBN 978-3-7957-0589-3 .
- Kai Engelke : Johanna Zeul. Wild acoustic punk pop . In: Folker , issue 6/2009 ( beginning of article online )
Web links
- Website of Johanna Zeul
- Interview with Johanna Zeul. In: Reutlinger General-Anzeiger , August 17, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zeul, Johanna |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German singer and songwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 2nd 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Filderstadt |