Oliver Shanti
Ulrich Schulz (born November 16, 1948 in Hamburg ) - known as Oliver Shanti ( Sanskrit or Hindi for peace ) or Oliver Serano-Alve - is a musician and music producer who stood out through recordings in the style of New Age and world music .
From 2002 to 2008 Ulrich Schulz was searched for by the Munich public prosecutor's office ; the allegation was child abuse . After his extradition from Portugal to Germany, he was sentenced to several years imprisonment in December 2009 .
music
He became known through albums such as Tai Chi , Well Balanced , Tai Chi Too and Alhambra , which had a circulation of over 100,000 copies. Shanti's music, which he developed in collaboration with other musicians, is characterized by its meditative character. It is strongly influenced by traditional Chinese, Oriental or Indian music. Styles such as New Age and world music were combined. All albums were released on the SATTVA MUSIC label . Shortly after the Shanti scandal, this record company was dissolved and closed.
However, it is unclear to what extent he was actually musically involved in the productions. There was a group of returning main musicians and many guests. So are z. For example, on the best-of album Circles Of Life, 25 artists or artist groups (e.g. choirs) are listed alongside Oliver Shanti. Nevertheless, the CDs were mostly under the name OLIVER SHANTI & FRIENDS .
Criminal proceedings
In the mid-1970s, Schulz was the head of an esoteric community in Viechtach (Bavaria). At the end of the 1980s he moved to Portugal and last lived there on his hacienda in the small town of Vila Nova de Cerveira with around 200 followers in a kind of commune, where he acted as the undisputed leader. After allegations of sexual abuse of four boys and two girls between the ages of ten and 14 were brought against him in more than 300 individual cases, Schulz went into hiding in August 2002. From March 2003 onwards, the public prosecutor at Munich Regional Court I publicly searched for Schulz. The manhunt ended with the arrest of Schulz at the end of June 2008 when he wanted to have his passport extended at the German embassy in Lisbon in order to be treated for a lymphatic cancer in Brazil. On July 4, 2008, he was extradited to Germany and taken to the Stadelheim correctional facility . In 2009, he was charged with 314 sexual abuse charges. Oliver Shanti was infected with the MRSA pathogen while in custody , which is why he had to sit in a glass case with a rubber jacket and mouth-nose protection during the trial . At the end of October 2009, Shanti attempted suicide in the prison's sick bay. On November 5, 2009, Shanti made a partial confession in which he admitted all charges relating to the four boys. On December 4, 2009, he was sentenced to six years and 10 months in prison for child molestation.
Discography
| year | Albums with or with the participation of Oliver Shanti |
|---|---|
| 2003 | Sacral Nirvana |
| 2002 | Passage to the Orient (by Rashni Punjaabi) |
| 2002 | Spirit Of Budo |
| 2002 | Magic Of Martial Arts |
| 2002 | Karmapa |
| 2001 | Reiki - Brightness Healing (as Oliver Serano-Alve) |
| 2001 | 15 Years of Sattva Music (with played songs) |
| 2001 | Alhambra (with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ) |
| 2000 | Medicine Power CH # 96 |
| 2000 | Buddha And Bonsai Vol. 3 |
| 2000 | Shaman 2 |
| 1999 | Tibetiya (with 3 new songs by Oliver Shanti) CH # 38 |
| 1998 | Seven Times Seven CH # 50 |
| 1997 | Buddha And Bonsai Vol. 2 China |
| 1997 | Buddha And Bonsai Vol. 1 China |
| 1997 | Shaman |
| 1997 | Ten Years of Sattva Music (with played songs) |
| 1997 | Circles Of Life (Best of Oliver Shanti & Friends with 3 new songs) DE # 32, AT # 38, CH # 31 |
| 1997 | Water-Four Circles of Live (Maxi-CD) |
| 1996 | Tai Chi Too |
| 1995 | Well balanced |
| 1993 | Tai chi |
| 1992 | Vida Para Vida (as Oliver Serano-Alve) |
| 1990 | Minho Valley Fantasies (as Oliver Serano-Alve) |
| 1989 | Walking On The Sun |
| 1988 | Vila Nova Mellow Days (as Oliver Serano-Alve) |
| 1988 | Rainbow Way |
| 1987 | Peace-Shanti-Peace (as incarnation) |
| 1987 | Light-prakash-light (as incarnation) |
| 1987 | Listening to the Heart |
Individual evidence
- ↑ stern.de - Portugal delivers Oliver Shanti
- ↑ Suspected German child molester arrested , in: Tagesspiegel , June 29, 2008
- ↑ bild.de - Sektenführer Shanti delivered to Germany ( Memento from May 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). Accessed October 7, 2012
- ↑ sueddeutsche.de - Lawsuit against Oliver Shanti ( Memento of the original from April 23, 2009 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.
- ↑ sueddeutsche.de - MRSA germs: blind passengers in the body ( memento of the original from August 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Abendblatt.de - Oliver-Shanti-vor -gericht ( Memento of the original from September 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ spiegel.de - Sektenguru wanted to take his own life
- ↑ focus.de Oliver Shanti partial confession in the process of hundreds of child abuse
- ↑ focus.de judgment due to child abuse
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shanti, Oliver |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schulz, Ulrich (real name); Serano-Alve, Oliver (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German musician and convicted sex offender |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 16, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |