Mo (musician)
Günter "Mo" Mokesch (* 1959 in Vienna ) is an Austrian singer , composer , musical performer , music producer and author .
Early years
The musicality of mother Anna, who is active in the community choir, and the musical rural schooling lead Günter Mokesch to the early decision to become a musician. He gained his first stage experience at the age of seventeen as a singer in the Weinviertel-based band "EVE". In 1979 he moved to Vienna, where in the following year, on the one hand, as a soloist and, on the other, together with his colleagues in the rock band "Winter", as the annual winner in two categories of the band competition "Popodrom", he made the first regional headlines.
Career
Singer
In 1980 Mokesch was hired as the lead singer of the rock theater formation Hallucination Company , of which he was a member until 1982. He then spent a few months in Rome to work there with the members of the dance company of the same name at the invitation of Lindsay Kemp . Back in Vienna, he formed his first band, “The Gangsters In Love”. In 1983 he released his debut single Love, Bread and Thousand Kisses, followed in 1985 by the first album The Archangel Novotny . The breakthrough came in 1987 with the single Send Me Roses recorded as a duo with Karin Raab , which reached number 9 in the then official Austrian hit parade (sales charts) and number 1 on Ö3 . The success in other countries followed several tours, including one in Germany, and the single Smile with a new version of the title from 1983, which he still calls his favorite song today. Two more singles followed by 1993 ( Wild Wild Wild , 1991; If You Want My Love , 1993) and two albums ( Dancing with an Eskimo , 1991; Confession , 1993), which made it into the charts.
On October 8, 2010, Hallelujah, his first solo album in seven years, was released, of which the piano version of Send Me Roses included as a bonus track was airplayed on the radio. In April 2013 he celebrated his 30th stage anniversary with a concert with Andy Baum . This resulted in the first joint program with Andy Baum. In 2016 Günter Mokesch released the EP Alles wird Gut & Three Songs for My Son. In 2018, together with Titus Vadon , Erwin Bader, and Peter Pansky, formerly "Das Balaton Combo" formed his new band.
Musical and film actor
From 1992 Mo was repeatedly on stage as a musical performer. In Ashkelon (1992), followed by Kiss of the Spider Woman at Vienna's Raimund Theater with more than 200 performances (1993/94). He had further engagements in the musicals Moses (Sommertheater Sankt Margarethen , 1997), Pflanz der Vampire ( Metropol , 1997/1998), Das Sonntagskind ( Laxenburg , 1999), Die Drei von der Gasstelle (with Adriana Zartl , Kai Peterson and Gregor Seberg , 1998/1999), The Barber of Sievering (Laxenburg, 2000), Bebopalulatsch (Metropol, 2000), The Dream of Dear Augustin (Laxenburg, 2001), Crazy Love (Metropol, 2001/2002) and Joseph / Pharao ( Wiener Stadthalle , 2008). He has appeared in films in Kitty Kinos Karambolage (1983) and the TV series Mozart and Meisel (1985) and has roles in TV productions such as Kommissar Rex (1995), Schlosshotel Orth (1999), Julia - Eine Unusual Frau ( 2001) and SOKO Donau (2015)
cabaret
Together with Markus Linder , he wrote his first cabaret program in 1995 entitled Adieu Marie . In 1997 the program So looks out followed , 2000 Slightly Disunited Love Songs , 2002 Finally Rich and Beautiful , 2005 Best of Music Comedy (The best of 10 years) and 2013 Thank you . In the same profession he has been the director of the cabaret & comedy festival in Krems an der Donau since 2003. From June 2012 to August 2015 he organized and presented the Hyundai Cabaret Days with a number of Austrian cabaret artists at Local in Vienna, which were broadcast as a recording on ORF III . Since June 2016 he has been responsible for the artistic line-up of the follow-up show Kabarett im Turm, also on ORFIII. As a cabaret duo he has been on Austria's stages since 2017 together with Fredi Jirkal and the live program "Möada Songs und Supa Wuchteln".
Producer and composer
Mokesch has been composing music for film and TV productions since 1986. For the music for Beastie Girl he was awarded the prize for the best film music at the Shanghai International Film Festival in 1999. In the same year he founded his music production company mo music , with which he works as a producer and composer for films, TV programs and advertising productions and, among other things, created the ORF sound scheme .
Stage programs
Mon & Band
Own compositions, cover versions and stand-up comedy. Musically supported by Erwin Bader (keyboards), Peter Pansky (bass) and Titus Vadon (drums) - formerly “Das Balaton Combo”.
Mo & tree
The joint program by Günter Mokesch & Andy Baum .
Jirkal & Mokesch
The joint cabaret program by Fredi Jirkal and Günter Mokesch.
Sabine Stieger & Günter Mokesch
Sabine Stieger & Günter Mokesch will present their joint stage program in 2019 and in 2020 will publish their first joint single "Da Neiche Summa".
Discography
Singles
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Albums
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TV music
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Film music
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advertising
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Awards
- 1997 Silver medal of merit from the market town of Hohenau an der March .
- 1999 Shanghai International Film Festival : Golden Goblet for best film music (for Beastie Girl ).
- 2018 Walk of Stars Museum in Vienna's Prater .
Private
Günter Mokesch describes the high points of his life as the birth of his children Rosanna (1990) and Julian (2013), to whom he dedicated his latest EP Alles wird Gut & 3 Songs for my Son.
Web links
- mo music
- Mon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Mo in Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://service.oeticket.com/rosen-fuer-guenter-mokesch/
- ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Mo-The-Gangsters-In-Love-Face-Of-Love/release/2009685
- ↑ https://www.discogs.com/de/Mo-The-Gangsters-In-Love-Liebe-Brot-Und-Tausend-K%C3%BCsse/release/7464357
- ↑ https://www.discogs.com/de/Mo-The-Gangsters-In-Love-Der-Erzengel-Novotny/release/1401537
- ↑ Rainer M. Kalchhauser, Günter "MO" Mokesch: "Film music with feeling" . In: mo-music.com , accessed on May 1, 2018.
- ↑ Mon at "links234.at"
- ↑ a b Ö3 : “Mo” for 30 years solo , April 24, 2013
- ^ Vienna Online : 30 years Günter Mokesch: Anniversary concert with Andy Baum and Gregor Seberg in the Vienna Metropol, April 9, 2013
- ^ Mo music: artistic career
- ↑ Cabaret & Comedy: About Us
- ↑ a b Wiener Zeitung : What a musician does , May 28, 2012
- ↑ Events - Kottingbrunn cultural scene. Retrieved April 29, 2018 (German).
- ↑ http://www.kabarettundcomedy.com/
- ↑ a b imdb : Günther Mokesch: Awards
- ↑ http://www.andybaum.at/Videos.html
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyML7te58ho
- ↑ https://guenter-mo-mokesch.com/programm/guenter-mo-mokesch-sabine-stieger-live-mit-band/
- ^ Austriancharts.at: Mon in the Austrian charts
- ↑ http://service.oeticket.com/rosen-fuer-guenter-mokesch/
- ↑ https://www.ehnpictures.com/8-12-2018-günter-mo-mokesch-wien/
- ↑ https://www.qobuz.com/ie-en/album/alles-wird-gut-three-songs-for-my-son-mo/9008798214068
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Mon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mokesch, Günter (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian singer, composer, musical performer, music producer and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hohenau an der March |