Petra Zieger
Petra Zieger (born March 25, 1959 in Erfurt ) is a German rock singer.
Life
After an apprenticeship as a tailor for women , Petra Zieger attended the district music school in Erfurt and then studied singing at the “Franz Liszt” University of Music in Weimar . From 1976 she appeared as a soloist with the Erfurt Dance Orchestra and sang in an Erfurt big band. It was there that Petra Zieger met her current husband, Peter Taudte, who was the drummer in the band.
When Taudte became the drummer for the rock band "Phonoclecs" in 1980, he insisted that Zieger be hired as a singer. That was the start of Petra Zieger's career, which continues to this day. She made her first television appearance with a cover title by Kim Wilde , Checkered Love . In 1981, Zieger won a prize at the Goldener Rathausmann hit festival in Dresden and landed her first hit with a cuddle in the hallway .
Two years later Burkhard Lasch brought the two of them to Berlin and founded the band " Petra Zieger & Smokings " with them . On October 7, 1982, Petra Zieger & Smokings had their first television appearance in the youth program around . 1983 followed the first GDR tour with the tuxedos. In the same year she won the " Silver Bong ". The first album Traumzeit was released in 1984. Not only was the title track a hit, but also Superwoman and above all Der Himmel is silent , which brought her victory at the “Golden Lyra” in Bratislava . Further prizes followed. In 1985 she left the tuxedos, which then continued her career as the tuxedos rock show . Since then, Petra Zieger has appeared as "Petra Zieger & Band".
Petra Zieger sings in German. In the mid-1980s, she created her rock music in the GDR with new show elements and thus consolidated her style as a "rock lady". New-wave elements were used as early as the initial success of Cuddling in the Corridor (1982) . She consolidated the catchy rock style at least since the 1986 LP Katzen bei Nacht . Peter Taudte has been composing Petra Zieger's tracks since the early 1990s. The texts are written by several authors such as Michael Sellin .
She celebrated one of her greatest successes in 1989/90 with the song Das Eis taut , which refers to German reunification. An invitation to the USA followed , where she sang in front of 500,000 spectators in Philadelphia .
After the fall of the Wall , Petra Zieger was able to build on her successes and has been touring Germany regularly since then. Zieger had record deals with BMG / Ariola and Polydor as well as appearances on television, radio and the Internet.
In 2006 Zieger and Taudte founded the record label " P2P music " based in Berlin. The most successful album to date, Nimm mich, was produced in their own studio . The rock music style of Petra Zieger was complemented by ballads and chansons . In 2007 the ballad I miss you was released . Thereupon Zieger was invited by Jose Carreras to participate in his ARD donation gala in Leipzig. In 2008 "25 years of Petra Zieger & Band - live on tour" started. In the same year Zieger was invited to the gala of the award ceremony Goldene Henne 2008 in Berlin's Friedrichstadtpalast , where she sang a title in the show part. In 2009 the tour “Petra Zieger & Band - LIVE!” Was continued.
The “Petra Zieger & Band - 2010” tour ran until November 20, 2010. The highlights were the open-air performances on the occasion of “20 Years of Super Illu ” in Leipzig and “11. Dreamtime ”in Erfurt . Traditionally, Petra Zieger & Band open Thuringia's largest party with their hit Traumzeit , which attracts around 11,000 visitors every year. Then the annual Christmas concerts began. In 2011 Zieger started her 2011 tour with Petra Zieger in concert . In addition, the open air concert Gigantic Hits with Michelle and Matthias Reim was installed in August 2011 . The 2012/2013 tour was called 30 Years Petra Zieger & Band . After the live tour in 2014, Petra Zieger & Band were on tour with the Open Air tour in Germany in 2015 .
Political commitment
Since 2008, Petra Zieger has appeared several times for Angela Merkel at election events of the CDU . In the federal presidential election in the 14th Federal Assembly on June 30, 2010 in Berlin , she was the election woman for the CDU. Zieger supported Chancellor Angela Merkel in the 2013 federal election .
Private
Petra Zieger is the daughter of racing cyclist Bruno Zieger . She lives in Berlin and has been married to her manager and band leader Peter Taudte since April 2014.
Cast of the band
In 2013 Peter Taudte (drums), Thomas Tomy Stappenbeck (bass guitar), Eghard Egge Schumann (keyboards) and Björn-O played. Poeck (guitar, vocals) in Petra Zieger's band.
Discography
Albums
- 1984: Petra Zieger & Smokings: Traumzeit ( Amiga )
- 1987: cats by night (Amiga)
- 1989: The ice thaws (Amiga)
- 1991: The Ice Thaws - My Heart Beats (Stop Records / Ariola)
- 1992: Lust (Polydor)
- 1992: Wolkenkinder (best of album)
- 1994: Everything is included
- 1997: kiss me
- 1997: indestructible
- 1998: Petra Zieger - Best (Best-of-Album, BMG)
- 2002: with me
- 2003: The greatest hits
- 2004: The ice is thawing - The greatest hits (double album with DVD The ice is thawing )
- 2007: Take Me (P2P music)
- 2008: Petra Zieger & Band - 25 years on tour (double album, Sony / BMG)
- 2013: Luck: The Best of 30 Years (Sony Music)
Singles
- 1990: The ice thaws including Club Edit Mix
- 1992: kissing genius
- 1992: lust
- 1994: Everything is included
- 1994: it's never too late
- 1994: Why
- 1994: Children of the World
- 1997: kiss me
- 2000: Let me be your hostage
- 2001: Take It Like a Man , Late Luck (ZETT Records)
- 2002: summer
- 2006: touch
- 2006: Confidence / Everything goes in circles
- 2007: I miss you (P2P music)
- 2009: Like the first time (P2P music)
Contribution to compilations
- 1982: Cuddling in the hallway on line 6 (Amiga)
- 1982: Some Broken Hearts (Amiga)
- 1983: You can't get into my bed with hot sausages (Amiga)
- 1983: Kleeblatt Nr.9 (Amiga)
- 1983: Rock and Roll at FKK on Die große Successes '83 (Amiga)
- 1983: clover leaf number 9
- 1984: Rock 'n' Roll Show on Atemlos Disco Non Stop
- 1984: The great successes '84 (Amiga)
- 1985: Rock for Peace (EP, Amiga)
- 1985: Superwoman at Schniegli normali-Disco Non Stop (Amiga)
- 1985: The great successes of '85
- 1986: Fireworks - Pop aktuell (Amiga)
- 1986: Rock, Pop & Schlager 1981/85 (Amiga)
- 1987: matchmaker love on The great successes '87 (Amiga)
- 1991: The most beautiful rock ballads 6 (DSB)
- 1991: We have five minutes left on The Most Beautiful Rock Ballads 3
- 1991: Missing on feather light (Zyx)
- 1995: Cats at Night on The Best of DDR 2 (BMG)
- 1995: Moments (BMG)
- 1996: The most beautiful rock ballads IV
- 1999: The best Ost Schlager 2 (BMG)
- 2001: Ost Rock - Das Beste 3 (BMG)
- 2001: About courage on Ost Rock Das Beste 1 (BMG)
- 2002: Overtaking without catching up (BMG / Amiga)
- 2002: MEGA XXL DDR (Media Markt)
- 2003: Hey Mr. President - no bomb (BMG)
- 2003: Good Bye DDR (BMG)
- 2003: DT-64 Story Vol.6
- 2003: Strong Women (BMG)
- 2003: Summer at the music stand Vol.1
- 2003: DT-64 Story Vol.4 (BMG)
- 2003: Ostalgie Ballads (Zyx)
- 2003: Wolkenkinder on DT-64 Story Vol.8 (BMG)
- 2004: Notenbude Vol.3 (Sony)
- 2005: The Most Beautiful Rock Ballads (Choice of Music)
- 2006: Voices of the GDR , Media Markt
- 2007: Best of the GDR (Puhdys) - CD 2 (Hansa / Amiga)
- 2008: Weltbild-Edition Petra Zieger & Band, Heaven is silent
- 2009: Undercover hits , Just Dreamed
- 2009: And we walked towards each other , Heaven is silent
- 2009: Hits from 60 years of the GDR , dream time
- 2009: Wendelieder , SUPER ILLU, The ice thaws
literature
- Rainer Bratfisch: Zieger, Petra . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Web links
- Petra Zieger in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website of Petra Zieger
- Portrait at deutsche-mugge.de
- List of publications ( memento of July 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on ostmusik.de (archive version)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Portrait at ostbeat.de ( Memento from June 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Basic Events ( Memento from March 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Mario Czaja from June 15, 2010
- ↑ Saxony-CDU ( Memento from June 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) from August 19, 2009
- ↑ We vote for Merkel: Petra Zieger ( Memento from October 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) cdu.de (archive version)
- ↑ Super Illu from April 16, 2014
- ↑ Publications at ostmusik.de ( Memento from July 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zieger, Petra |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rock singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 25, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Erfurt |