Olaf Leitner

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Olaf Leitner (born November 28, 1942 in Berlin ) is a German music journalist and non-fiction author .

Life

Leitner studied German, theater studies and journalism. In 1965 he was a member of the West Berlin band Team Beats Berlin , which appeared as the opening act for the Rolling Stones at a concert in West Berlin's Waldbühne that ended with the destruction of the Waldbühne. From 1968 Leitner worked for the radio station RIAS in West Berlin, initially as a freelancer. In 1974 he became music editor and presenter and from 1975 he was part of the Rock over RIAS team with Walter Bachauer and Barry Graves . The programs were aimed primarily at a young audience in the GDR . In 1976 he took in the musician Klaus (Jentzsch) Renft , who had been expelled from the GDR, and thus gained insights into the GDR's rock music scene. Thanks to Leitner's support, Jentzsch got a job as RIAS music editor. Leitner also played GDR titles in his programs and was in charge of the GDR band City's first appearance in West Berlin. In 1983 his work Rockszene DDR - aspects of a mass culture in socialism appeared .

1986 RIAS 2 was converted to pop wave; Leitner was henceforth editor for cultural policy. In 1992 he moved to Radio Brandenburg as head of the culture department . In 1994 he started his own business as a freelance writer and journalist. Leitner was one of the authors of the KI.KA television series Little Amadeus, which was first broadcast in 2006 and is still broadcast in many countries today (as of 2012). He wrote columns and music reviews for the Berlin magazine Tip . At the Hamburg internet radio station ByteFM , he has hosted the West-Östlicher Diwan show every two weeks since November 2008 and every four weeks from August 2010, combining music from the west and the “old” and “new” East of Germany.

Works

  • 1983: Rock scene in the GDR - aspects of a mass culture in socialism. Rowohlt, Reinbek, ISBN 3-499-17697-1
  • 1999: Jungle Book of Love. Ullstein, Berlin, ISBN 3-550-08285-1
  • 2002: West Berlin! West Berlin! Berlin / West! The culture - the scene - the politics. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin, ISBN 3-89602-379-9

Movies

  • 1977: String change , 85 min, director / screenplay Olaf Leitner, with Klaus Renft

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Report on the concert (lower section) ( Memento of the original from March 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 19, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.studio89.de
  2. ↑ Report on Leitner's role at the first appearance of City im Westen  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 19, 2013@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.superillu.de  
  3. ↑ Leitner's interview with himself and further information at studio89.de , accessed on October 19, 2013
  4. ↑ west-east divan; see button below for dates of previous broadcasts ( Memento from December 27, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed on October 19, 2013
  5. ↑ 1977, the film changing strings on the homepage of the Klaus Renft Combo ( memento of the original from October 20, 2013 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. , accessed October 19, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.renftcombo.de
personal data
SURNAME Leitner, Olaf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German music journalist and non-fiction author
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin