Manuel Ortega

This article is about the singer Manuel Ortega. For the cyclist, see Manuel Ortega Ocaña . For the flamenco singer Manuel Ortega Juárez see Manolo Caracol

Manuel Ortega - 2007 Live at Metropol Wien (Arrived tour)

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Any Kind Of Love   AT 7th 05/19/2002 (6 weeks) Arrived   AT 7th 05/19/2006 (10 weeks)

Singles

Say A Word   AT 11 03/31/2002 (16 weeks) Fed Up With ...   AT 24 05/25/2003 (10 weeks) End of time   AT 6th 05/10/2003 (7 weeks) Swimming In Deep Waters   AT 21st 11/30/2003 (6 weeks) Eleven fifteen   AT 59 06/30/2006 (3 weeks)

Manuel Ortega - 2010 Live at the Danube Island Festival (main stage)

Manuel Ortega - 2006 Live at the Orpheum Vienna

Manuel Ortega - 2007 Live at Metropol Wien (Arrived tour)

Manuel Ortega (born April 8, 1980 in Steyregg , actually Manuel Hanke ) is an Austrian singer and entertainer.

Life

As the son of a Spaniard (Carmen Ortega Rangel) and an Austrian (Peter Hanke), Manuel Ortega began his musical education at the age of seven in the Steyregg Children's Church Choir and the St. Florian Boys' Choir .

At the age of nine, Manuel Ortega met his first patron and singing teacher Thomas Fleischanderl, who immediately recognized his extraordinary talent and began to work with him. In the following four years he was a guest singer in the Brucknerchor Linz, took part twice in the finals of the UNICEF gala - Danny Kaye International Children's Awards and made his first television appearances in the children's Wurlitzer of ORF .

A few years of musical self-discovery followed, which he financed as a travel agent and employee of an airline. During this time, Manuel Ortega sang in various bands and formations and experimented with a wide variety of music styles (from rock, soul, funk, punk to pop).

In 1997, Manuel Ortega took part in the country's largest boy group casting (initiated by the Kronen Zeitung ) and convinced the jury there ( Peter Wolf , Peter Kupfer, Sandra Pires and others), so that they made him lead singer of the boy group Whatz up out of 1,800 applicants . After three years, two singles and an album (Warner Music Austria), the band split up and Manuel Ortega began to work on his solo career.

At the age of 20 he met the Austrian music producer Alexander Kahr , who immediately recognized his singing skills and signed him. Together they worked on the first songs for his solo debut album, and in the same year both signed a record deal with Emi Music Austria.

In 2001 Manuel Ortega released his first single entitled El amor la vida, which became the most played single in the country that same year. TV appearances with Vera Russwurm , Taxi Orange and many more followed.

In 2002 Manuel Ortega won the preliminary rounds for the Eurovision Song Contest with his song Say A Word and went to Tallinn as Austrian representative for the 46th ESC . He took 18th place out of 24 participating countries and was rewarded by Turkey with the full number of points (12 points). In the same year Manuel Ortega contributed the title song Upside Down to the Ö3 campaign “Expedition Großglockner”.

In 2003 Manuel Ortega received the Amadeus Austrian Music Award as Newcomer of the Year and was nominated nationally for the single of the year with Say A Word in the same year .

The following year he released his second solo album Love, Live, Fly and sang at the Opera Ball in New York City .

In 2006 Manuel Ortega took part in the second season of the ORF show Dancing Stars . Together with his dance partner Kelly Kainz , he won the show on May 5, 2006. Due to a previously made bet that he would dash down Kärntner Strasse if he won the Dancing Stars Show, Manuel Ortega ran naked through downtown Vienna in 2006, as he did in Linz at the age of 16 . In the same year he was awarded the Medal of Honor for Cultural Merit by the city of Steyregg and was honored with the Vienna Dance Award.

Also in 2006 he released his album Angekommen together with the record company Sony Music Austria , making it to number 7 on the Austrian sales charts. This was followed by a concert tour through Austria, which ended with a performance in the Hofburg by Federal President Heinz Fischer . In 2006 Manuel Ortega was named honorary ring bearer in his hometown of Steyregg.

In 2008, Manuel Ortega founded the Vienna Vocal Academy together with Robert Brandstötter in cooperation with the Vienna Conservatory , where he still teaches today, and took part in the ORF soccer show Das Match . The following year he produced the singles Nur Du and Herzschlag with Christian Kolonovits . A musical realignment followed in the early 2010s.

Together with his long-time musician colleague Johannes “Awa” Kurz, in 2012 he produced his album Never too late. The first single from the album, without words , made it into the Austrian airplay charts straight away.

In July 2011 Manuel Ortega married his longtime partner Isabella Zellmann in Vienna.

Discography

• 2002: Say a Word (Single)
• 2002: Upside Down (maxi single)
• 2003: Any Kind of Love (album)
• 2003: Fed Up With ... (CD and 12 ″ maxi single)
• 2003: End of Time (single)
• 2004: Love, Live, Fly (album)
• 2006: Arrived (Album)
• 2010: Just You (Single)
• 2011: Heartbeat (single)
• 2012: Never Too Late (Album)
• 2013: Genial (single)
• 2013: I love you (it's clear) (single)
• 2018: I Kumm (Single)
• 2019: He Fish (Single)

Web links

• Official website
• Manuel Ortega at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Charts AT
2. ↑ I'm the front pig. In: Falter, May 2002 ( Memento from April 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ USA debut of Manuel Ortega.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Wirtschaftsblatt .  
4. ↑ Manuel Ortega is the Dancing Star 2006. ( Memento from February 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: Kronen Zeitung , May 2006.
5. ↑ Manuel Ortega ran naked through Vienna. In: Kronen Zeitung, 2006.
6. ↑ Manuel Ortega becomes an honorary citizen. ( Memento from February 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: Kronen Zeitung, 2006.
7. ↑ https://www.wien-heute.at/p-18173.php?subakt=newcom (link not available)
8. ↑ Manuel Ortega has arrived. In: Kronen Zeitung, 2006.
9. ↑ Krankl trains team for the match. In: Austria (newspaper) , 2008.
10. ↑ https://diskothek.seitenblicke.at/stars/diskostarstories/tag/07202011/geheimhochzeit/ (link not available)