Michael von der Heide

Michael von der Heide in Oslo, 2010

Michael von der Heide (born October 16, 1971 in Amden ) is a Swiss singer .

Life

Von der Heide was born the son of a German and a Swiss woman. At 16, he went as au pair in the French-speaking Switzerland , where he took singing lessons with the opera singer Ginette Girardier and discovered his talent for songs . After returning to German-speaking Switzerland, he trained as a nurse in Winterthur . Shortly afterwards he accompanied Vera Kaa as a babysitter for her son on her tour . In 1990 he took part in the Swiss show scene's young talent competition, but couldn't prevail. Five years later he won the Swiss KleinKunstPreis , and in 1996 he starred in the play Lina Böglis Reise (directed by Christoph Marthaler ).

In the same year he released his first album entitled Michael von der Heide, which sold over 15,000 times. He was one of the few German-speaking Swiss artists who managed to jump over the “ Röstigraben ”. The newspaper Le nouveau quotidien from western Switzerland had the headline “une nouvelle étoile est née” (a new star is born).

In 1998 he released his second album, 30 ° - authors such as Martin Suter , Milena Moser and Corin Curschellas were involved in the lyrics . The first single, Jeudi amour , became a big hit and received the “Silver Rabbit” award . The album received music reviews and sold over 24,000 copies.

In 1999 he took part in the German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Bye Bye Bar . The song was written by the Swiss film director Micha Lewinsky and composed by Thomas Fessler . Von der Heide initiated the live project “Divamix” with Maja Brunner and Christina Jaccard.

In 2000 he received the German Cabaret Prize . He released his third album, Tourist, which was produced by Züri-West musicians Gert Stäuble and Tom Etter, and began working with Annette Humpe , with whom he wrote two songs. The front man of Züri West, Kuno Lauener , adapted the killer ballad Where the Wild Roses Grow to Swiss German and sang it in a duet with him. The single was named "Cover Version of the Year" by DRS3 . The Tourist album reached number 5 on the Swiss charts and sold over 24,000 copies.

In 2001 he spent in Paris and worked with Doriand, Olivier Libaux (Nouvelle Vague / Carla Bruni ). On the album L'heröine au bain he sang in a duet with Helena Noguerra . With the live project Hildegard - songs by and for Hildegard Knef - von der Heide went on tour with guitarist Adrian Stern and pianist Erich Strebel. The Hildegard CD was then recorded in Cologne . In 2002 he released the album Frisch . He sang the classic Kriminaltango in a duet with Nina Hagen , the German pop duo 2raumwohnung contributed the ballad Die Liebenden . A tour through Germany and Switzerland followed.

In 2003 the album Helvetia was released with an extensive tour, which reached its climax at the Montreux Jazz Festival . For Hommage à Piaf he stood on stage with Ute Lemper , Angélique Kidjo , Catherine Ringer and Regine, among others , to dedicate an evening to Piaf . In 2005 he published 2pièces . The double album was a collection of previous successes and equipped with new titles such as In den Bergen , written and produced by Annette Humpe. A new version of his song Success was created in collaboration with rapper Baze .

In 2007 von der Heide received a gold record as a copywriter for the song Stay but until it snows for the album 36 Degrees by the German electro duo 2raumwohnung . He also sang in the choir for the title 36 Degrees . In 2008 he released an album in Germany for the first time: Freie Sicht was produced by the producers of Ich + Ich and is sung entirely in Standard German. Annette Humpe can also be heard on this album, she sings along with the title Leise .

In May 2010 von der Heide took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo for Switzerland. With the song Il pleut de l'or he entered the second semifinals, but received the lowest number of points (2 points) and thus failed to make it into the final. The single reached number 69 on the Swiss charts. Appearances in Germany, Portugal, Norway, Romania and Latvia followed. As a self-confessed homosexual, von der Heide successfully defended himself against the degrading reports in the newspaper Blick about the Eurovision defeat.

In autumn 2010 von der Heide performed for the first time with the Zurich and Sina Symphony Orchestra . Rainer Held stood at the conductor's desk. In November 2010, Meine faire Dame premiered in Basel; von der Heide worked alongside the Norwegian soprano Tora Augestad in the world premiere of Christoph Marthaler's production. In June 2011 he sang the title Bleu Infini on the album in 2011 by DJ Antoine , which reached one in the Swiss Charts Course.

In September 2011 he released the album Lido . It rose to number 25 in the charts, then went on tour (Switzerland, France, Ukraine). In October he appeared in the world premiere of Hush no more, a production by Corinna von Rad at the Basel Theater. Von der Heide has released 12 albums and 29 singles to date .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
year	title	CH	Remarks
1998	30 °	CH18 (14 weeks) CH
2000	tourist	CH5 (10 weeks) CH
2002	Fresh	CH44 (7 weeks) CH
2005	2pièces	CH72 (3 weeks) CH
2008	Free sight	CH39 (3 weeks) CH
2011	Lido	CH25 (3 weeks) CH
2015	Bellevue	CH19 (3 weeks) CH
2016	Paola	CH22 (4 weeks) CH
2019	Rio Amden Amsterdam	CH24 (2 weeks) CH

More albums

1996: Michael von der Heide
2001: Hildegard
2003: Helvetia

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
year	Title album	CH	Remarks
2010	Il pleut de l'or (It's Raining Gold / It's raining gold)	CH65 (1 week) CH

More singles

1996 - success
1996 - Live with you
1998 - Jeudi amour
1998 - Bad Hair Days
1998 - Bye Bye Bar
2000 - Je suis seul
2000 - Where the Wild Roses Grow - Duet with Kuno Lauener
2000 - paradise
2002 - Kriminaltango - duet with Nina Hagen
2003 - La solitude
2005 - Paris c'est toi
2005 - I'm bi like you
2006 - rug thread
2006 - Elodie
2008 - whenever you think
2008 - Tout un été / For one summer
2009 - give me some of you
2011 - J'ai perdu ma jeunesse
2011 - leftovers
2012 - La nuit dehors
2015 - Pas vu le temps passer
2015 - Hinderem Berg
2015 - Rien que des amis - Duet with Sina
2016 - Paola et moi
2016 - Cinéma
2016 - Where is the country - duet with Paola
2017 - Solo por ti
2019 - Ce soir - Duet with Daniela Simmons
2019 - Tüüf underem snow
2020 - Farewell to the night duet with Heidi Happy

theatre

Michael von der Heide with Tora Augestad in the piece "King Size" by Christoph Marthaler at the Perspectives festival in the French Scène nationale Le Carreau

1996 - Lina Bögli's journey - Director: Christoph Marthaler / Theater Basel / Volksbühne Berlin / Schauspielhaus Zurich / Krakow / Budapest / Girona
1999 - Last Songs - Director: Clemens Sienknecht / Theater Basel
1999 - Divamix - Director: Catriona Guggenbühl / Theater am Hechtplatz Zurich
2001 - The digital Viking - Director: Schorsch Cameroon / Schauspielhaus Zurich
2003 - The golden age - directed by Christoph Marthaler, Stefan Pucher , Meg Stuart / Schauspielhaus Zürich
2003 - Power eats dignity - Director: Schorsch Cameroon / Schauspielhaus Zürich
2004 - OT - Director: Christoph Marthaler / Schauspielhaus Zürich / Haus der Berliner Festspiele ( Berliner Theatertreffen / Vienna ( Wiener Festwochen ))
2004 - The Snow Queen - Director: Schorsch Cameroon / Schauspielhaus Zurich
2006 - Bye Bye Bar - Director: Dominik Flaschka / Theater am Hechtplatz Zurich
2010 - Meine faire Dame - Director: Christoph Marthaler / Theater Basel / Valence / Staatstheater Braunschweig / Festival d'Avignon
2011 - Hush no more - Director: Corinna von Rad / Theater Basel
2012 - Im weissen Rössl - Director: Katja Früh / Casinotheater Winterthur / Role: Dr. Settlers
2012 - The Black Rider - Director: Corinna von Rad / Theater Basel / Role: Stelzfuss
2013 - King Size - Director: Christoph Marthaler / Theater Basel / Role: King's Son / Hamburg (Kampnagel Festival), Avignon (Opera), Zagreb, Sarajevo
2013 - last days. One evening before - Director: Christoph Marthaler / Wiener Festwochen (Parliament) / Paris (Théâtre de la ville) / Berlin State Opera
2014 - Wanderful - Director: Dominik Flaschka / Theater am Hechtplatz
2016 - Cabaret - Director: Dominik Flaschka / Role: Conférencier / Bernhardtheater Zurich
2019 - Spuk in der Villa Stern - Director: Christian Brey / Theater Basel / Role: Herr Stern

Movie

2006 - Somewhere in Between - Director: Pierre Coulibeuf
2006 - Jeune Homme (film music) - Director: Christoph Schaub
2007 - O my Papa - Director: Felice Zenoni
2007 - Do You Speak Swiss - Director: Ernst Buchmüller
2009 - The Fairy Tale Queen - Director: Angelo Lüdin
2016 - From Joy - Director: Marc Gieriet

Awards

1995 - "Golden Tuna"

1996 - Gold and platinum award for earworm

1998 - "Silver Bunny"

1998 - " Prix Walo "

2000 - " German Cabaret Prize "

2000 - "Cover Version of the Year" (DRS3) for Where the Wild Roses Grow - duet with Kuno Lauener

2007 - "Golden Record" for over 100,000 copies of the album 36 Grad sold in Germany by the Berlin pop group "2raumwohnung"

2010 - 1st place "Popgeschichte" DRS3 in the category "Duets" with Where the Wild Roses Grow

2013 - “Sound of Mess” award - Sarajevo - for King Size - “Best music in a play”

2015 - “Prix Walo” for Wanderful - “Best Stage Production ” - with Sandra Studer and Gardi Hutter

2016 - 1st place "Mini Beiz, Dini Beiz" - SF1

2017 - 1st place "Ich Schänke dir es Lied" - SF1 - Best Swiss duet: "Where the wild roses grow" - with Kuno Lauener

2017 - "Prix Walo" for Cabaret - "Best Stage Production" - Role: - Conférencier - Director: Dominik Flaschka

Web links

Website of Michael von der Heide
Michael von der Heide / biography ( memento from September 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive ). In: Ugugu Wiki

Individual evidence

↑ Katharina Fontana: "Blick" condemned: Inadmissible photo montage. In: NZZ . January 21, 2014. See also judgment 5A_376 / 2013 ( Memento of the original of February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. of the Federal Court of October 29, 2013. @1@ 2

↑ ^a ^b Chart sources: CH

personal data
SURNAME	Heide, Michael von der
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss singer
DATE OF BIRTH	October 16, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH	Amden

[1] Katharina Fontana: "Blick" condemned: Inadmissible photo montage. In: NZZ . January 21, 2014. See also judgment 5A_376 / 2013 ( Memento of the original of February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. of the Federal Court of October 29, 2013. @1@ 2

[charts-2] Chart sources: CH