Marko Simsa

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Marko Simsa

Marko Simsa (born February 28, 1965 in Vienna ) is an Austrian musician, producer and actor in children's theater . His focus is on making classical music interesting for children.

Career

Marko Simsa was born in Vienna as the second of three children. His older sister is the sociologist Ruth Simsa . After graduating from the graphic college , he studied screen printing . In 1985 he produced his first play at the age of 20, followed in 1988 by his first music production, Nachtmusik und Zauberflöte - Mozart for Children, an adaptation of some works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , including the Zauberflöte . Simsa has been performing the production on a regular basis ever since. Thematically similar concerts followed, Vivaldi for children, Joseph Haydn for children and Johann Strauss for children . He presented his concert productions in renowned concert halls such as the Wiener Musikverein , the Wiener Konzerthaus , the Wiesbaden State Theater and at the Salzburg Festival .

Since 1998, 29 audio books have been published for his concerts, some in English. 17 books have been published since 1999, all of them with audio CDs.

In addition to classical music, Simsa also presents other musical genres for children, e.g. B. South American folk music through the play Bombo, Poncho & Guitar .

Works

Concerts

  • Night music and the magic flute - Mozart for children, premiere in 1988
  • The Four Seasons - Vivaldi for Children, premiered in 1989
  • Bombo, Poncho & Guitar, 1990
  • Waltz step and polkahit - Johann Strauss for children, premiered in 1990
  • Peter and the Wolf, premiere 1992
  • The Carnival of the Animals, premiered in 1993
  • With ketchup and french fries, premiere 1998
  • The Bremen Town Musicians, premiered in 1998
  • Magic sound and tin salad, premiere 1999
  • Swinging Christmas, premiere 1999
  • A bang and Kaiserlied - Joseph Haydn for children, premiere 2002
  • Wickie and the Singing Men, premiere in 2002
  • Piano hits for children, premiered in 2004
  • The Woodwind Company, premiered in 2005
  • Classical hits, annually since premiere in 2005
  • Let's sing Mozart, premiere 2006
  • Magic Carpet, premiered in 2008
  • The zoo concert, premiered in 2008

Musical theater

  • The wild MAX, 1999
  • The little bear and the circus festival, 2003
  • Filipp Frosch and the Secret of Water, 2003

CDs (selection)

  • Peter and the Wolf. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag , Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-89592-534-9 .
  • Classic hits for children. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-89592-606-X .
  • Mozart hits for children. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-8337-1380-1 .
  • The Carnival of the Animals. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-8337-1257-0 .
  • Nightmusic and Magic Flute - Mozart for children. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2006, ISBN 3-8337-1481-6 .
  • With singing and heavenly sounds - Johann Sebastian Bach for children. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2006, ISBN 3-8337-1660-6 .
  • Classic hits for young and old. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-8337-1846-5 .
  • Classical hits for children. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-8337-1954-7 .
  • The great album of classic hits for children. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-8337-1955-4 .
  • The zoo concert - a symphonic story for the whole family. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8337-2231-8 .
  • Big concerts for big and small ears. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8337-2232-5 .
  • Haydn hits for children. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-8337-2273-8 .
  • The Four Seasons. Vivaldi for children - A concert with birdsong, thunder and sleeping shepherds for people aged 5 and above. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-8337-2562-3 .
  • Great masters for awake spirits. Johann Sebastian Bach - Ludwig van Beethoven - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-8337-2642-2 .
  • Klezmer for children - a concert to sing along to, celebrate and dance along. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-8337-2747-4 .
  • The Moldau - Friedrich Smetana for children. A concert with bubbling springs, a wedding polka and five other pieces to dream and dance. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-8337-2884-6 .
  • The Bremen Town Musicians. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-8337-2956-0 .
  • Christmas hits for kids. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-8337-2966-9 .
  • The four seasons - Vivaldi for children. A concert with birdsong, clap of thunder and sleeping shepherds for people aged 5 and above. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-8337-3071-9 .
  • Mozart for children. Night music and magic flute . Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-8337-3074-0 .
  • The Nutcracker. Ballet by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-8337-3149-5 .
  • The Carnival of the Animals. A story about the music of Camille Saint-Saens for people from 5. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-8337-3178-5 .
  • Birthday concert for the princess - baroque music for children by Bach, Handel, Purcell etc. a. , Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-8337-3243-0 .
  • Simsa-La-Bim - A jubilee concert from classical to klezmer. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-8337-3250-8 .
  • Classical hits for children - on the trail of great composers. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-8337-3316-1 .
  • With ketchup and french fries - blues, rock, boogie, rag, jazz and gospel. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-8337-3317-8 .
  • Bombo, poncho and guitar. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-8337-3407-6 .
  • Waltz step and polkahit. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-8337-3433-5 .
  • Classic hits to dream of. Murmels little night music. Classic sounds and bedtime stories for the whole family. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-8337-3455-7 .
  • Bumblebee flight and bear dance. The most beautiful animal motifs in classical music. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-8337-3504-2 .
  • Magic sound and tin salad. A concert for children about the brass instrument family. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-8337-3560-8 .
  • The big Mozart album for little ears. A life full of music. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-8337-3561-5 .
  • Hansel and Gretel. After the opera by Engelbert Humperdinck. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-8337-3603-2 .
  • Fairytale classic hits. The most beautiful from Swan Lake, Hansel and Gretel, The Nutcracker, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Peer Gynt u. a. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-8337-3636-0 .
  • Filipp Frosch and the secret of water. A musical discovery radio play about the water cycle with the song by Filipp Frosch. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-8337-3697-1 .
  • Piano hits for children. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-8337-3698-8 .
  • Joseph Haydn for children. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-8337-3754-1 .
  • Recorder hits for children. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8337-3836-4 .
  • The colorful camel. A musical journey through the Orient. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8337-3848-7 .
  • Beethoven for children. Royal flea and key magic. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8337-3912-5 .
  • Great composers for small and large ears. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8337-3937-8 .

Books (selection)

  • Swan Lake. Annette Betz Verlag, ISBN 978-3-219-11375-4 .
  • The Bremen Town Musicians. Annette Betz Verlag, ISBN 978-3-219-11265-8 .
  • The Carnival of the Animals. Annette Betz Verlag, ISBN 978-3-219-11015-9 .
  • Filipp Frosch and the secret of water . Illustrations: Hans-Günther Döring . Annette Betz Verlag, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-219-11205-6 .
  • Tina and the orchestra. Annette Betz Verlag, ISBN 978-3-219-10746-3 .
  • Peter and the Wolf . With illustrations by Silke Brix . Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8337-2053-6 .
  • The zoo concert: a symphonic story for children . With illustrations by Silke Brix. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-8337-2418-3 .
  • Mozart for children. Night music and magic flute . With illustrations by Silke Brix. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-8337-3075-7 .
  • The Nutcracker. Ballet by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. With illustrations by Silke Brix. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-8337-3133-4 .
  • Classic hits for children. On the trail of great composers. A musical house book . With illustrations by Silke Brix. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-8337-3308-6 .
  • Bumblebee flight and bear dance. The most beautiful animal motifs in classical music. With illustrations by Silke Brix. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-8337-3483-0 .
  • Classic hits to dream of. Murmels little night music. With illustrations by Silke Brix. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-8337-3484-7 .
  • Hansel and Gretel. After the opera by Engelbert Humperdinck. With illustrations by Silke Brix. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-8337-3602-5 .
  • The colorful camel. A musical journey through the Orient . With illustrations by Linda Wolfsgruber . Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8337-3887-6 .
  • Beethoven for children. Royal flea and key magic . With illustrations by Silke Brix. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8337-3893-7 .

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Night Music and Magic Flute - Mozart for Children , at www.markosimsa.at
  2. ↑ Marko Simsa , on jumboverlag.de
  3. ↑ Gold / platinum database of the Federal Association of the Music Industry , accessed on November 11, 2015.
  4. ↑ Award of the golden record in the main library Vienna for "The Magic Flute" to Marko Simsa and Doris Eisenburger , on ueberreuter.de, accessed on August 17, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Simsa, Marko
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian theater actor
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna