Sven Ratzke
Sven Ratzke (* 1977 ) is a German-Dutch musician, stage entertainer and musical performer. His style is a mixture of modern vaudeville cabaret, chansons, pop, jazz and storytelling.
Life
Ratzke grew up in Kranenburg near the Dutch border.
He has performed his solo shows since 2000 and has since toured the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, France ( Avignon Festival ), Scotland ( Edinburgh Festival ), Switzerland, Austria and the USA. Hildegard Knef asked him to interpret a song of hers for A Woman and a Half (2001), a documentary about her life.
Since 2011, Ratzke has been performing in the US at Joe's Pub at the Public Theater and giving concerts in New York's Lincoln Center . In London, Ratzke played at the Soho Theater and gave concerts at the Southbank. Since 2014 Ratzke has been touring Australia every year, where he appears at festivals and in concert halls (including the Sydney Operahouse, Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Brisbane Festival).
Ratzke worked a. a together with Nina Hagen , Katharina Thalbach, Hanna Schygulla , Tiger Lillies and Romy Haag . For his German Nights in Amsterdam he invited various artists. He has performed with New York downtown legend Joey Arias , Dutch singer Ellen ten Damme and US soprano Claron McFadden . In Germany Ratzke u. a. in the Tipi at the Chancellery in Berlin, Berliner Ensemble , Schmidt Theater Hamburg, Tollwood Munich or at the Ruhrtriennale . He gave concerts with the Metropole Orkest and the Asko | Schönberg Ensemble.
Ratzke played the main role in various musical productions such as B. Cabaret . In the 2012 season he and Claron McFadden brought a new interpretation of the Threepenny Opera to the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) . From 2013 to 2016 he played the leading role in the musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch in the Admiralspalast Berlin. The author and star of the New York original cast, John Cameron Mitchell, called Ratzke 'the best Hedwig I've ever seen'. In October 2015 his show Starman with music by David Bowie premiered in Berlin. Ratzke toured the world with the show and performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2016 . Ratzke was also nominated as Best Cabaret Performer for the Helpmann Award in Sydney, Australia in 2017. His show Homme Fatale had its premiere in October 2017 in the Tipi at the Chancellery in Berlin. The music for this show may originate from a. by Rufus Wainwright , David Bowie, Lisa Hanningan, Fay Lovsky and Eddie Perfect. The costumes were designed by the French star designer Thierry Mugler , who has already worked for stars such as Beyonce, Lady Gaga and David Bowie. In the same year, his TV show Ratzke Rendezvous , a late night show with celebrity guests, premiered on ARD.
Ratzke writes songs, plays and columns, among others for the Dutch daily De Gelderlander . He released various CDs, including a. at the record label Challenge Records International. He lives in Amsterdam and Berlin.
Shows
- 2001 - Germany mein Schlagerhotel (premiere on October 12, 2001 in the Philharmonie Vredenburg , Utrecht)
- 2003 - I Shot The DJ (Premiere on October 10th, 2003 in the Bar eines Vernunft , Berlin)
- 2006 - Gigolos & Germans (premiere on October 20, 2006 in the Kleinen Komedie , Amsterdam)
- 2009 - dEBUT (premiere on October 25, 2009 in the Kleine Komedie , Amsterdam; German premiere on April 20, 2010 in the Bar Every Vernunft, Berlin)
- 2011 - NachtSpiele (German premiere on September 13, 2011 in the Bar Every Vernunft , Berlin; Dutch premiere on November 18 in the DeLaMar Theater Amsterdam)
- 2012 - Groschenblues (premiere on February 17, 2012 in Bimhuis , Amsterdam; German premiere on April 19, 2012 in Heimathafen , Berlin)
- 2013 - On the Rocks (with Ellen ten Damme) April 30, 2013, Tipi am Kanzleramt , Berlin
- 2014 - Diva Diva's (Premiere April 14, 2014 in the Renaissance Theater Berlin)
- 2015 - Starman (Premiere October 13, 2015 Tipi at the Chancellery , Berlin)
- 2017 - Homme Fatale (Premiere October 16, 2017 Tipi am Kanzleramt , Berlin, New York Premiere October 24 in Lincoln Center)
honors and awards
- St. Ingbert pan (2009)
- Honorary Award of the Parktheater Eindhoven (2009)
- Wilhelmshavener Knurrhahn (2014)
- Helpmann Award Australia (nomination 2017)
- Wilhelmshavener Knurrhahn (2017)
reception
The Tagesspiegel described Ratzke as "Homme fatal", "total artist and chameleon".
Web links
- Sven Ratzke homepage
- Sven Ratzke agency profile
- Sven Ratzke , article in Tagesspiegel
- Article in the Hamburger Abendblatt
- Article in Focus
- WDR 5 (Westdeutscher Rundfunk) table talk. Conversation culture with prominent contemporaries from November 21, 2018, 45:57 minutes
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ratzke, Sven |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Dutch cabaret artist, singer and entertainer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1977 |
- ↑ sven-ratzke.com ( Memento of the original from July 31, 2017 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. ; Retrieved July 25, 2017
- ↑ Against the stereotype of a humorless German . Deutschlandfunk Kultur, December 28, 2006.
- ↑ In Holland it doesn't matter what I'm wearing . Schwetzinger Zeitung, September 21, 2012.
- ^ 7 of the best shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. on www.dailyrecord.co.uk ; Retrieved July 25, 2017
- ↑ Helpmann Awards 2017 ; Retrieved July 25, 2017
- ^ "Wilhelmshavener Knurrhahn" - Cabaret Prize of the City of Wilhelmshaven. ; Retrieved July 25, 2017
- ↑ www.tagesspiegel.de on April 15, 2012 ; Retrieved July 25, 2017
