Michael Schwandt

Michael Schwandt in the Waldbühne Berlin

Michael Schwandt at Karat's 40th birthday in 2015

Michael Schwandt (born November 4, 1947 in Merseburg ) is a German drummer and rock musician .

Live and act

During his professional training as an electrical mechanic in the Buna works from 1964 to 1967 , Michael Schwandt was already active as a drummer in various amateur bands. From 1969 to 1970 he received part-time drum lessons at the district music school in Halle. Schwandt decided to study relatively late, namely in 1970. At the Music Academy in Weimar , he majored in drums and a minor in piano in the special class for dance music. After completing his studies in 1974, Michael Schwandt tried to set up his own group with the composer and painter Michael Lehnert, among others. However, since the project was unsuccessful, he joined the then very famous Horst Krüger band in Berlin. In 1976 he switched from this - together with the guitarist Bernd Römer - to Karat , with which he recorded several important German rock albums such as Über seven Brücken , Schwanenkönig and Der Blaue Planet .

In 1983 he was awarded the National Prize of the GDR III with the other members of Karat . Excellent class for art and literature.

Schwandt lives in Bergfelde .

Discography

Carat , LP, 1978
Across Seven Bridges , LP, 1979
Albatros , LP, 1979
Swan King , LP, 1980
The Blue Planet , LP, 1982
The Seven Wonders of the World , LP, 1983
Live - On the Way to You (Live) , LP, 1985
Fifth Season , LP, 1987
... in the next peace , LP, 1990
Karat , LP, 1991
Fourteen carats , CD, 1992
The given hour , CD, 1995
Balance , CD, 1997
Sixteen carats , CD, 1998
I love every hour , CD, 2000
25 Years - The Concert , CD, VHS, DVD 2001
Licht und Schatten , CD, 2003
30 Years of Karat , CD, 2005
Ostrock in Klassik , CD, DVD, 2007
Ostrock in Klassik Vol. 2 , CD, 2009
Ostrock in Klassik Vol. 2 Gold Edition, double CD, 2010
Go on , CD, 2010
Symphony , CD, 2013
Rock Legends , CD, 2014
Soul Ships , CD, 2015
and other samplers and singles.

literature

Sylvia Leese: He sets the pace, humble and quiet . In: Berliner Kurier , August 17, 2000

Web links

Commons : Michael Schwandt - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Homepage of Karat

Individual evidence

↑ There are memories attached to it. In: Märkische Allgemeine , March 9, 2018.

personal data
SURNAME	Schwandt, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German drummer and rock musician
DATE OF BIRTH	November 4, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH	Merseburg

[1] There are memories attached to it. In: Märkische Allgemeine , March 9, 2018.


Studio albums	Carat (1978) • Across Seven Bridges (1979) • Swan King (1980) • The Blue Planet (1982) • The Seven Wonders of the World (1984) • Fifth Season (1987) • … in the Next Peace (1990) • Carat 91 ( 1991) • The gift hour (1995) • Balance (1997) • Light and shadow (2003) • Moving on (2010) • Soul ships (2015) • Labyrinth (2018)
Collaboration albums	Ostrock in Klassik Vol. 1 (2007) • Ostrock in Klassik Vol. 2 (2009) • Ostrock in Klassik Gold Edition (2010) • Rock Legenden (2014) • Rock Legenden Live (2015) • Rock Legenden Vol. 2 (2017)
Live albums	On the Way to You (1985) • 25 Years - The Concert (2001) • Symphony (2013) • 40 Years - Live from the Waldbühne Berlin (2015)
Compilation albums	Fourteen Carats (1992) • Sixteen Carats (1998) • I Love Every Hour (2000) • 30 Years of Carats (2005)