Rudiger Wolff

Rüdiger Wolff (born May 30, 1953 in Eckernförde as Rüdiger Pollack ) is a German actor , moderator , singer , composer and lyricist . Wolff is the father of Katharina Wolff .

Life

Wolff grew up in Flensburg and had his first vocal performance there at the age of eight in the Church of St. Michael. Four years later he was selected to sing one of the three boys in Mozart's Magic Flute at the municipal theaters of his hometown. After minor roles at this theater, he played his first leading role there in 1973 at the “Niederdeutsche Bühne” (NDB) and initially studied German and history at the University of Hamburg . He completed an acting training at the "Hamburg Acting Studio". His first engagement took him to Hanover, where he sang the main male role in the opera “Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny” by Bert Brecht and Kurt Weill. Further stations were Kiel, Munich, Hamburg and the “Theater des Westens” in Berlin.

Career

As a singer, he has released 30 singles and six albums so far. Ballads like “Where are we going”, “My heart stays with you” and “The sun goes up” stayed in the airplay charts for weeks. The almost 10-year collaboration with his daughter Katharina was particularly successful. The two radio hits landed together, such as “With you together”, “Love gives” and above all “It must be love”. Wolff makes guest appearances throughout Germany with his own settings of Erich Kästner, Wilhelm Busch and Theodor Storm poems. Every year at Christmas time he goes on tour with his musicians and the “Nordic Christmas” concert program. Alone and with his daughter Katharina, he was a guest in over 60 television shows such as “ Welcome to Carmen Nebel ” (ZDF), “ Die Goldene Eins ” (ARD), “Christmas with Marianne and Michael” (ZDF), “ ZDF TV Garden "," Always on Sundays "(ARD)," tele-illustrated "(ZDF)," Music for you "(MDR)," Current Schaubude "(NDR) and others. v. a.

After appearing on TV shows, SAT.1 initially hired him as a presenter. Wolff then switched to NDR , for which he presented the current showroom for five years . After working for ZDF ( country journal and tele-illustrated ), he got his own talk show on TV for North German Radio under the title Talk im Fährhaus . From 2000 the television series Wunderschöner Norden was produced, in which he appeared as a singer and presenter. Other programs with Rüdiger Wolff were "Heimat in der Ferne", "Nordzeit", "Lieder klingen über's Meer" and numerous specials, among others. a. “The great evening of folk actors”, “The great Inge Meysel evening”, “The operetta request concert” and “Dream melodies at the Cape” (in cooperation with South African television). For the ARD he presented Das Lied zum Glück and Ein Platz an der Sonne .

He also worked as an actor in television productions such as Tatort , Großstadtrevier , Heimatgeschichten , Tanja , The moon shines for subtenants , Neues vom Süderhof and Die Kinder vom Alstertal . Wolff has been working regularly at the Ohnsorg Theater in Hamburg since October 2005, where he played and sang, among other things, the title role in " Fliegende Holländer " based on the opera by Richard Wagner .

In 2013 he will celebrate his 40th stage anniversary. The following year, Wolff was diagnosed with the incurable disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). In August 2018 he released the album Dideldum! with 15 self-composed chansons with texts by Wilhelm Busch .

Commitment to nature conservation

As a patron of the NABU, Wolff is committed to the protection and preservation of storks in northern Germany and is the official ambassador of his hometown Flensburg.

Works

Ut mien Heimat: Stories and Leeder. Quickborn Verlag, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-87651-243-3 .

Discography

Albums

Time drives a car (Himmelszelt Records, 2012)
Christmas with You (Akasa Records, 2009)
Thirteen songs - Rüdiger Wolff sings Theodor Storm (Akasa Records, 2008)
Love gives (MCP Sound & Media, 2006) (with Katharina Wolff)
With You (Lacrima Records, 2005)
Nordic sky ( Ganser & Hanke Media, 2003)
Do it for love (Ganser & Hanke Media, 2002)
Until we meet again (Ganser & Hanke Media, 2001)
When you go (Wolff / Ramond, 2001)
Very close (QED, 2001)

Singles

So-called class women (promotion single) (Himmelszelt Records, 2012)
Our Christmas Tree (Promotion Single) (Akasa Records, 2010)
It's Cold Outside (promotional single) (Akasa Records, 2009)
Never Say Never (with Katharina Wolff) (promotional single) (Akasa Records, 2009)
Look, It's Snowing (promotional single) (Akasa Records, 2008)
Live For Your Dreams (with Katharina Wolff as “HEARTBEAT”) (Akasa Records, 2008)
Now or never (with Katharina Wolff) (MCP, 2008)
It must be love (with Katharina Wolff) (MCP, 2007)
A New Morning (with Katharina Wolff) (MCP, 2006)
Irgendwo auf der Welt (with Katharina Wolff) (promotion single) (Lacrima Records, 2006)
Love gives (with Katharina Wolff) (promotional single) (Lacrima Records, 2006)
Summertime (Lacrima Records, 2005)
Mother / My Heart Stays With You (Instrumental Version) (Lacrima Records, 2005)
With you together (with Katharina Wolff) (Lacrima Records, 2005)
Sailing with the wind / Nordic sky / The sun rises (Ganser & Hanke Media 2004)
When the wind turns (Ganser & Hanke Media, 2003)
The sun rises (Ganser & Hanke Media, 2003)
Tu's aus Liebe (with Katharina Wolff) Heaven is Far (Remix) (Ganser & Hanke Media 2002)
Until we meet again (with Katharina Wolff) (Ganser & Hanke Media, 2001)
My heart stays with you (Ganser & Hanke Media, 2001)
Ick heff Di vun Harten leef (Promotion-Single) (QED 2001)
French fries with mayo / don't say "I love you" (QED 2001)
If you go (with Katharina Wolff) / Hold on to me (QED 2001)
The sky is wide (GIB, 2000)
My heart stays with you (GIB, 1999)
Touch Of Your Smile (with Britta von Lojewski as "HEARTBEAT", produced by Bernie Paul ) (Virgin, 1988)
We'll see what becomes of me / Because there is no yesterday for us (EMI, 1984)
We are strong / It's way too cold (EMI, 1984)
For both of us / What's next (EMI, 1983)
Where are we going / Don't say "I love you" (EMI, 1983)
Daddy's Disco / Today the TV stays off (Teldec, 1979)

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Dorit Koch: Rüdiger Wolff does not let himself get down despite a serious illness. In: shz.de . dpa , September 14, 2018, accessed on September 15, 2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Wolff, Rudiger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German singer, actor, presenter
DATE OF BIRTH	May 30, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH	Eckernförde

[1] Dorit Koch: Rüdiger Wolff does not let himself get down despite a serious illness. In: shz.de . dpa , September 14, 2018, accessed on September 15, 2018 .