Jolanda Steiner

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Goat Charly   CH 100 March 29, 2020 (1 week)

Jolanda Steiner (born March 16, 1961 in Lucerne ) is a Swiss author and storyteller .

Life

Jolanda Steiner grew up in Kriens in the canton of Lucerne and attended the kindergarten seminar. From 1981 to 1992 she worked as a kindergarten teacher in Kriens. Since 1984 she has been working, first part-time, then full-time, writing and producing programs for radio and television, sound carriers, books and theater performances for children. Jolanda Steiner was voted the Swiss fairy tale queen by Migros magazine and a children's jury in March 2014 . She lives with her family in Kriens.

Works

Radio and television

• 1984–1990 daily Guetnachtgschichtli on Radio Pilatus
• 1990–2008 weekly Sunntigsgschichtli on Radio Sunshine
• Since January 1, 2009 Radio Central has had a weekly Sunday shift
• From April 1, 2010 to June 31, 2012: Producer and presenter of the daily program Gschichtli on the Central Swiss television Tele 1 . These programs are still broadcast daily as reruns.

Other Projects

In 1988 her first record with Christmas stories by Max Bolliger "De Wiehnachtsnarr" was released. In 1990, Jolanda Steiner was commissioned to create a child-friendly Christmas story for the planetarium of the Verkehrshaus Luzern and to include the starry sky. The “D'Wiehnachtsgschicht” program is a popular program that is still shown every day in December in the planetarium in four languages.

Her fairy tales, framed with percussion instruments , are performed in Switzerland, Austria and Germany. In collaboration with various musicians, she has produced numerous sound carriers. As a writer and producer, Jolanda Steiner works primarily with classical orchestras.

Since 2003 she has been on tour with the recorder virtuoso Maurice Steger with her own musical fairy tales ("Tino Flautino and his magical flute playing", "Tino Flautino and the magic melody" and "Pinocchio and the flute player"). She realized projects together with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra , the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich , the Basel Symphony Orchestra , the Bern Symphony Orchestra and the Brandenburg State Orchestra .

For the setting of the picture book “Bim, Bam, Bum” by Max Bolliger , she received the Swiss fairy tale Oscar “S goldig Chröndli” (1st place). In 2005 she achieved the highest number of points for the sound carrier “Wiehnachte” in the short stories / stories category. Jolanda Steiner has been on tour with the Lilibiggs Children's Concerts every year since 2007 .

stage

• “Tino Flautino and his magical flute playing” with Maurice Steger and orchestra
• “Tino Flautino and the Magic Melody” with Maurice Steger and orchestra
• «Pinocchio and the flute player» with Maurice Steger and orchestra
• «De Chli Muck» with Vera Kaa & Band
• “Josha and the Magic Fiddle” with musicians from the Zurich Opera House
• "The Bremen Town Musicians" with musicians from the Zurich Opera House
• "The Snow Queen" with musicians from the Zurich Opera House
• "The Little Mermaid" with Anne Oltean ( flute ) and Simon Bucher ( piano )
• «Carnival of cuddly toys» with Adrien Soos, Ivo Haag (piano) and other musicians
• «Moon Bear» with Roland Schwab (multi-instrumentalist)
• «Bärenhuus» with Agnes Hunger ( vocals ) and Jimmy Gmür (piano)
• "Medieval program" with original instruments from the Middle Ages , played by Roland Schwab

Sound carrier

• 1988 "Wiehnachtsnarr", Max Bolliger ( LP / MC ) *
• 1989 "History of giant and dwarfs", Max Bolliger (MC) *
• 1990 «s´Bärenhuus», Silvia Hüsler (MC / CD) *
• 1996 «Wassilissa & Königshase», Jolanda Steiner (MC / CD)
• 1996 «Schwaneprinzessin & Silberhuus», Jolanda Steiner (MC / CD)
• 1998 «Bim Bam Bum» episode 1, Max Bolliger (MC / CD) *
• 1998 «Bim Bam Bum» episode 2, Max Bolliger (MC / CD) *
• 1999 "S´Wiehnachtsglöggli & Wiehnachtsspatz", Rolf Krenzer (MC / CD) *
• 2000 «Chinderbrugg», Max Bolliger (MC / CD) *
• 2001 "De munzig chli Haas" Gerda Wagener (MC / CD) *
• 2001 «S'schönscht Gschänk» Max Bolliger (MC / CD) *
• 2002 «De chli Bär Sebastian», Catherine Walters (MC / CD) *
• 2002 «Letter from Felix», Anette Langen (MC / CD) *
• 2003 "Traumfrässerli", Michael Ende (MC / CD) *
• 2003 «Tino Flautino and his magical flute game», Jolanda Steiner (CD)
• 2003 «Lücht chline strengn» in cooperation with the Zeit-Kind-Chor (CD)
• 2004 «Abentürlichi Brief vom Felix», Anette Langen (MC / CD) *
• 2004 «Christmas letter from Felix», Anette Langen (MC / CD) *
• 2004 «Milchzahnstrasse» co-production with Helmi Sigg, author Anna Russelmann (MC / CD)
• 2005 «Carnival of cuddly toys», Jolanda Steiner (MC / CD)
• 2006 «Mondbär», Jolanda Steiner and Roland Schwab
• 2007 «De chli Muck», Jolanda Steiner (CD)
• 2008 «Pilu», Jolanda Steiner and Leierchischte (CD)
• 2009 «Bärehuus» new edition, Silvia Hüsler (CD / MC) *
• 2009 «Tino Flautino and the magic melody», Jolanda Steiner (CD)
• 2011 «Pinocchio and the flute player», Jolanda Steiner (CD)
• 2014 "Brothers Grimm: The beautiful fairy tale - Swiss German", Jolanda Steiner (CD)
• 2014 “De munzig chli Haas”, Jolanda Steiner (CD)
• 2014 "Geissbock Charly", Jolanda Steiner and others (CD)
• 2015 «Geissbock Charly travels around d'Wält», Jolanda Steiner and others (CD)

Productions with *: dialect texts, narration and direction by Jolanda Steiner

picture books

• 2003 Tino Flautino and his magical flute playing (Stämpfli Verlag)
• 2009 Tino Flautino and the magic melody ( Lehrmittelverlag Zurich )

further activities

Jolanda Steiner also writes and tells stories for adults and performs “fairytale cabarets” on various occasions. She also moderates company and concert events such as the “Musicalgalas” in 2013 and 2014 at Le Théâtre Kriens-Lucerne .

Web links

Jolanda Steiner's website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jolanda Steiner in the Swiss hit parade
2. ↑ All's well that ends well! , Article, in Migros magazine, issue 14/2014 from March 31, 2014