Martin Buchholz (singer-songwriter)
Martin Buchholz, (* 1966 ) is a German television journalist , theologian , songwriter , musician , cabaret artist and author .
Live and act
Buchholz initially studied Protestant theology at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and graduated in 1996 from his master's degree .
In the 1990s he appeared in the musical cabaret group Quodlibet . Today he works as a songwriter and author as well as a filmmaker of television documentaries for ARD and ZDF , and gives his own concerts.
His faith can be found above all in his musical works and is of great importance in them. Martin Buchholz also often sings about moments from simple life, so that everyone, regardless of their religious beliefs, can find themselves in his works. For example, he accompanied the retired secretary Edith Libbert from 2005 until her death. He documented this in his documentary "Days with a Gold Edge", which is about life, memories, old age and death. A book and a CD were also published.
He is married and lives with his wife near Cologne .
Hymns
- Death does not have the last word - hymn in the Evangelical Hymnbook Where we praise you, new songs grow - plus . Strube-Verlag 2018
- Gracious God, let your face shine! - Hymn in the Evangelical Hymnal Where we praise you, new songs grow - plus . Strube-Verlag 2018
Awards
- 2008 David film award for future for Nalongo's children? AIDS orphans in Uganda .
- 2004 German Human Rights Film Prize for God bless our attack!
- 2003 Adolf Grimme Prize for the script and direction of Der Kder meine Mutter, Eugénie wants justice for the fate of Eugénie Musayidire in the Rwandan genocide and God bless our attack! A couple in love is fighting the Nazis.
Discography
year | title | Label |
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1995 | Xenos. Strangers need friends - so do we | BMG Ariola |
1999 | Heart in hand | Rock solid |
2001 | Resume | Rock solid |
2002 | Annual songs 6 | Rock solid |
2002 | I wish that to you. The most beautiful songs by Martin Buchholz | Rock solid |
2004 | All the best! Songs about a heavenly feeling | Rock solid |
2006 | Signs of hope | Rock solid |
2008 | When a moment falls from the sky ... | cross |
2011 | Gold-rimmed days. Songs and stories. A declaration of love to life | Kawohl-Verlag / Felsenfest |
2015 | I seek the distance | courage |
2017 | I wish you that - words of life-love songs | Buchholz |
2017 | No heart that loves is left intact | Buchholz |
Web links
- Literature by and about Martin Buchholz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Martin Buchholz in the German Digital Library
- Martin Buchholz's personal website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Movies . Martin Buchholz's website, accessed July 16, 2016.
- ↑ Days with Gold Edge - Program - Martin Buchholz - TV journalist and song poet. Retrieved October 24, 2017 (German).
- ↑ Where we praise you, new songs grow - plus , Munich 2018, Strube Verlag VS 4049, ISBN 978-3-89912-211-4 , No. 120
- ↑ Where we praise you, new songs grow - plus , Munich 2018, Strube Verlag VS 4049, ISBN 978-3-89912-211-4 , no. 142
- ^ Other awards - Martin Buchholz - TV journalist and song poet. Retrieved October 24, 2017 (German).
- ↑ Grimme Prize Winner 2003 . Der Standard , March 22, 2003, accessed July 16, 2016.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Buchholz, Martin |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Buchholz-Fiebig, Martin (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and musician |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1966 |