Jonathan Boettcher
Jonathan Böttcher (* 1958 in Goslar ) is a German guitarist , singer , composer, lyricist and folk musician.
Live and act
Jonathan Böttcher grew up as the son of a merchant in Dörnten near Goslar in the Harz foothills. He played guitar for the first time at the age of twelve. He broke off his training as a physics laboratory assistant (he actually wanted to become an astrophysicist) at the age of 18, first made street music , then traveled to India for a year, wanted to study music there, took tabla lessons and was interested in Buddhism and Hinduism. Back in Germany he finally found his way to the Christian faith , since then he has been learning the New Testament by heart and is intensively concerned with the faith, which is also expressed in his songs. He lived in Würzburg for 18 years , another 18 years in Heppenheim and since then with his family in Wedel .
Up until then he had only learned to play the guitar by himself. From 1984 to 1992, he did private training in classical guitar with the guitarist and teacher Johannes Tappert. Musically, he took Reinhard Mey as a role model.
He met the French-born Spaniard Laurent Quirós in the spring of 1979 in the pedestrian zone of Munich, where he was selling newspapers. Out of sympathy, Quirós asked if he could sing along. A cooperation developed from the spontaneous joint appearance. Together with Rainer Schwander, Klaus Knoppe and Helmut Kandert, they formed the Würzburg folk formation "Heilhut Semmeldroll" between 1980 and 1988. During this time, however, they began to give duo concerts as Jonathan & Laurent and released three albums between 1988 and 1992, which were among the best-selling albums of Christian music in Germany. In 1984 his first solo LP "Jonathan" was published by Abakus-Verlag , under the production management of Siegfried Fietz . In addition to his duo productions, Böttcher also repeatedly pursued solo projects, which he realized with the concept productions "Lieder zur Bergpredigt" (1989) and "Francesco d'Assisi" (1993).
As a singer-songwriter and song poet, Böttcher is on the road to concerts nationwide and in German-speaking countries and has produced over 50 CDs for children and adults. Since 1995 he has been publishing CD productions in close collaboration with the Swiss pianist and producer David Plüss. Since 1997 also CDs with children's songs for "little and big people". He has been involved in Protestant Church Days and Catholic Days since 1983, has television appearances and radio events. Together with his wife Silke Nowack and son Malte, he took over the sponsorship of the Balthasar children's hospice in 2003 and organizes concerts for the benefit of the Olper Hospice.
In 2016, in collaboration with the poet Cornelia Elke Schray, the CD How can I be an angel for you? with texts from her book Sometimes an angel is good for you .
Publications
- Word paintings , Stephans-Buchhandlung, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 978-3-929734-14-0 .
- Our eyes widen the world. Love poems , Stephans-Buchhandlung, Würzburg 1995, ISBN 978-3-929734-16-4 .
- With God's blessing through the year. Play songs on biblical stories (12 drafts for practice) with Claudia Kümmerle, Neukirchener Verlag-Haus, Neukirchen-Vluyn 2007, ISBN 978-3-7975-0165-3 .
- Music prints
- A light shines in the dark. Christmas carols for young and old , MCM Music, Würzburg 2001.
- Friends of the earth. Songs for Creation , MCM Music, Würzburg 2002.
- Colors for winter (with Role Kalkbrenner), MCM Music, Würzburg 2002.
- Be welcome. Songs about God and the world for small and large people (with Uwe Lal), MCM Music, Würzburg 2004.
- Fairy tale songs: Hans in luck. Songs for young and old (with Jean-Peter Braun), MCM Music, Würzburg 2004.
- Everything has its time , MCM Music, Würzburg 2006.
- Songs for the Sermon on the Mount , MCM Music, Würzburg 2007.
Discography
- Solo albums
| year | title | Label | Artist and information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Jonathan | abacus | Solo debut album |
| 1989 | Songs for the Sermon on the Mount (1) | Pila Music | |
| 2003 | Songs for the Sermon on the Mount (2) | MCM Music | Solo album |
| 2013 | Multi-string | ? | Guitar solo; Instrumental |
| 2014 | Your love lives | ? | Song album |
- Concept productions
| year | title | Label | Artist and information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Francesco d'Assisi | Pila Music | with the cellist Elias Betz |
- Collaborations
| year | title | Label | Artist and information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Healing hat Semmeldroll | Marei Music | with Semmeldroll's hat |
| 1985 | Hullebautz | Marei Music | with Semmeldroll's hat |
| 1985 | Lusam Quartet | ? | with the Lusam Quartet |
| 1985 | The Canticle of the Sun by Francis of Assisi | ? | |
| 1987 | Colors for winter | ? | with Semmeldroll's hat |
| 1988 | Jonathan & Laurent | Pila Music | with Jonathan & Laurent |
| 1990 | Wait a moment | Pila Music | with Jonathan & Laurent |
| 1992 | Jonathan & Laurent live | Pila Music | with Jonathan & Laurent |
| 1994 | The lost Son | ? | DVD; with Heidi and Bernd Umbreit, Oberstenfeld |
| 1995 | Our eyes widen the world | MCM Music | CD and book |
| 1996 | Now and here | ? | |
| 1996 | Vicissitudes | ? | Diary entries |
| 1998 | It is tiny and huge | ? | Songs for little and big people |
| 1999 | Come in | Cap music | Songs for little and big people |
| 1999 | Broad land | ? | |
| 2000 | Bright the night | ? | |
| 2001 | When you're there | ? | Songs for little and big people |
| 2001 | feelsaitig - Volume one | ? | |
| 2001 | A thousand colorful balloons | ? | Songs for little and big people |
| 2001 | A light shines in the dark | ? | Songs for little and big people |
| 2002 | Friends of the earth | ? | Songs for little and big people |
| 2002 | Colors for winter | ? | Best of album |
| 2003 | Fairy tale songs: Hans in luck | MCM Music | Jean-Peter Braun: Songs for small and large people |
| 2004 | So far so close | MCM Music | with Birgit Kley and Helmut Krüger |
| 2004 | Be welcome | ? | Best of: songs for young and old |
| 2005 | Light and love: our eyes widen the world | MCM Music | with Rainer Schwander |
| 2005 | Everything has it's time | ? | |
| 2005 | I wish you nice dreams | ? | Songs for little and big people |
| 2005 | The Balthasar Children's Hospice | ? | with various interpreters |
| 2005 | Between the lines | ? | Songs for tall people; with Bärbel Kunz |
| 2006 | Back again | MCM Music | with Jonathan & Laurent |
| 2006 | For good reason | MCM Music | with Birgit Kley and Helmut Krüger; official CD for the German Evangelical Church Congress 2007 |
| 2007 | Our good old earth | ? | Songs for little and big people |
| 2007 | With God's blessing through the year | ? | CD and book (with Claudia Kümmerle): Songs for young and old |
| 2007 | For good reason | ? | with Birgit Kley and Helmut Krüger |
| 2007 | Steps on the way | ? | Best-of for the 50th birthday |
| 2008 | The pug from the Hugelberg | ? | Songs for little and big people |
| 2009 | Heilhut Semmeldroll 1983-1987 | ? | Live recording of the birthday gala |
| 2009 | Kindergarten Marienhaus - The song | ? | Mini-CD: songs for people of all ages |
| 2009 | Little rascals | ? | Songs for little and big people |
| 2010 | Skyward | ? | Songs for tall people |
| 2011 | God comes to us | ? | Songs for little and big people |
| 2011 | God made the world | ? | Songs for little and big people |
| 2013 | In the still of the night | ? | Christmas album: songs for people of all ages |
| 2013 | The pug from the Hugelberg | ? | Remake: A children's song musical |
| 2014 | Shalom Alejchem - peace for all | ? | Songs for tall people; with Bärbel Kunz |
| 2015 | We are friends | ? | Songs for little and big people |
| 2016 | How can I be an angel to you - songs that inspire you | ? | Texts set to music by Cornelia Elke Schray |
| 2018 | Let there be peace - songs that move | ? | Songs for tall people |
Web links
- Literature by and about Jonathan Böttcher in the catalog of the German National Library
- MDR interview from August 2017
- Private homepage
- Jonathan Böttcher's channel on YouTube
- Living room concert: “How can I be an angel to you?” On YouTube in November 2016
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kultcafé with Jonathan Böttcher , kircheothfresen.de, Gemeindebrief 2016-1, p. 25.
- ↑ Interview with Gerwin meets : Jonathan Böttcher: Christian songwriter , gerwintrifft.de
- ^ Human neighbor , Wedel-Schulauer Tageblatt , article from July 19, 2014.
- ↑ Jonathan Böttcher: Kurzvita , herder.de, accessed on October 31, 2018.
- ↑ Sponsored family Jonathan Böttcher visited the children's hospice Balthasar , kinderhospiz-balthasar.de, article from June 26, 2003.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cooper, Jonathan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German guitarist and folk musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Goslar |