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Roger stone

Roger Stein (born March 29, 1975 in Männedorf on Lake Zurich ) is a Swiss-German author , musician , songwriter , singer-songwriter and composer .

Life

Roger Stein grew up as an only child in Männedorf on Lake Zurich after the early death of his father and received his first piano lessons at the age of eight. He wrote his first song on a ukulele when he was six years old . After graduating from the Stadelhofen Cantonal School in Zurich , he studied German language and literature for a semester at the University of Zurich and then moved to Vienna . 

Roger Stein - live at the 3Sat Festival 2014

He completed a classical singing course at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna with Adelheid Schmid-Hornich as well as a degree in theater studies , German literature and philosophy at the University of Vienna and did his doctorate with Ulf Birbaumer and Wynfrid Kriegleder on The German Dirnenlied in the literary cabaret of 1901 –1933 ( Böhlau Verlag 1st edition 2006; 2nd edition 2007). 

During his studies he took part in numerous opera productions and plays, worked as a gag writer for comedy television formats and played the title role in the play Der nackte Schubert . He wrote and composed songs, chansons and stage music for numerous cabaret and stage artists and set a. a. also poems by Else Lasker-Schüler for string quartet and speaking voice.

With his own songs he appeared in bars, clubs and on cabaret stages - u. a. in the infamous Broadway Piano Bar, where he also met Sandra Kreisler , with whom he founded the music formation Wortfront in 2006 .

Wortfront's debut album, Songs of a Postmodern Asshole , which was released on the Extraplatte label , won the German Record Critics' Prize (03/2006) straight away . In addition to text and music, Roger Stein is also responsible for Wortfront as the artistic producer.

Roger Stein Live in Goslar 2012

In 2012, Roger Stein performed for the first time as a soloist at the legendary songwriter festival Songs on a summer evening at Kloster Banz . In 2013 he released his first solo CD Lieder ohne mich on the label Sturm und Klang by Konstantin Wecker , and in 2018 his second solo album Alles vor dem Aber - also with Sturm und Klang . In the same year he published his volume of poetry "Business-Lyrik - Komische Poesie am Verge des Absurd".

In 2019 he appeared for the third time at Lieder auf Banz - this time not solo, but with a band.

Roger Stein lives in Berlin , Vienna and Zurich .

Quotes

“Artists who reflect too much are suspect today.” In: Die Zeit , No. 50, December 7, 2006, p. 50 ( Gesang im Bordell , an article by Kai Michel about Roger Stein)

"Humor is the only weapon with which you can face pain [...]."

Works

  • Elementary Songs (2004)
  • The Jelinek Song (2004/05)
  • Update - The album for the exhibition of the same name in the Künstlerhaus Vienna (2005)
  • Lichtblicke - Film music for the series of the same name on 3sat
  • Compositions for extraterrestrials (2005)
  • Let me be your Papageno - The Vienna Mozart Year Song (2006)
  • Kreisler + Stein - Schwanz Ersatz (Maxi-CD, with Sandra Kreisler), (August 2005), (pre-release for the songs of a postmodern asshole )
  • Wortfront - Songs of a Postmodern Asshole (Audio CD, with Sandra Kreisler) (July 2006)
  • Wortfront - Penetrant Contemplative - The Other Christmas Album (audio CD, with Sandra Kreisler) (November 2006)
  • Das deutsche Dirnenlied - literary cabaret from Bruant to Brecht (2006) 550 pages ISBN 978-3-412-03306-4
  • Wortfront - Starting from the beginning (audio CD, with Sandra Kreisler) (September 2008)
  • Wortfront - Campaign "Germany is looking for the shit guy of the year" (2009)
  • Wortfront - Freilandherz (Audio-CD, with Sandra Kreisler) (March 2010)
  • Songs without me (solo album) (September 2013 - Sturm & Klang)
  • Everything Before The But (Solo Album) (September 2018 - Sturm & Klang)
  • Business poetry - comical poetry in the applause of the absurd , edition freiflug, Berlin: 2019 ISBN 978-3-96443-284-1 .

Awards

Roger Stein at the Volksstimmefest 2010 in Vienna
Roger Stein with Wortfront Live in Linz 2011

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Author, composer & singer, Dr. phil. In: Wortfront Pressetext (biography). 2018, accessed May 2, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Karl Bellenberg: Else Lasker-Schüler, their poetry and their composers. wvb Scientific Publishing House Berlin. Berlin: 2019 ISBN 978-3-96138-132-6 . P. 68.
  3. ↑ CD Review. In: Rocktimes. 2013, accessed May 2, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Everything before the but (review). In: Musikreviews.de. 2018, accessed May 3, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Roger Stein: Business Lyrik. edition Freiflug Berlin: 2019 ISBN 978-3-96443-284-1 .
  6. ↑ The story of a magic: songs on Banz. In: Obermain-Tagblatt. July 7, 2019, accessed May 3, 2020 .
  7. ↑ "I'm greasing my hopes on bread for breakfast!" - Swiss songwriter Roger Stein. In: Deutschlandfunk - Corso. September 12, 2019, accessed May 3, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Why? In: scheisstypen.de. Archived from the original on March 3, 2009 ; accessed on January 4, 2015 .
  9. ↑ Peter Anderson: Meissen has a singer king. In: sz-online.de . May 10, 2010, accessed April 18, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Music: Roger Stein wins three prizes at the German-French chanson and songwriter award “The Sulzbacher Salzmühle” 2011. In: pr-gateway.de. October 24, 2011, accessed April 18, 2016 .
  11. ^ Herborner Schlumpeweck: Prize Winner 2011. In: kusch-herborn.de. Retrieved April 18, 2016 .
  12. ↑ Franconian Cabaret Prize 2011 - 3rd Prize: Roger Stein from Berlin. In: fraenkischer-kabarettpreis.de. Retrieved April 18, 2016 .
  13. ^ Troubadour 2013
  14. ↑ 4th Stockstädter Liedermacherfestival 2014 - Winner: Rooger (sic!) Stein. In: kleinkunstbuehne-alte-knabenschule.de. Retrieved April 18, 2016 .
  15. ↑ The TiEz presents the cabaret award: Das Paderborner Einohr. In: theater-im-esszimmer.de. Retrieved April 18, 2016 .
  16. ↑ The 2016 titles have been awarded. In: die-kroenung.ch. Retrieved April 18, 2016 .

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personal data
SURNAME Stone, Roger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss author and musician
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Männedorf