Torsten Karow
Torsten Karow (born November 24, 1970 in Dahme / Mark ) is a German composer, lyricist and songwriter from Cottbus.
Life
Torsten Karow, trained and active as a music and special education teacher, completed several years of vocal training with jazz singer Marianne Baer at the Cottbus Conservatory in the early 1990s . Baer also recommended him for the Cottbus children's musical . He has been a songwriter since 1987.
In 1994 he became choirmaster and songwriter at the Cottbus Children's Musical. Since 2003 he has been its artistic director. From 2009 he also leads the Sachsendorfer Children's Choir. He is also the artistic head of the musical project "Träumer und Menschen", founded in 2013.
In 2005 he and Detlef Bielke wrote the official hymn of the city of Cottbus " Meine Stadt " and developed the "Gala 850" for the 850th anniversary of the city in 2006 with over 200 participating children and young people.
In 2007 he composed the country song "For the soul " for the East German pop singer Monika Herz and her son David , which appeared in 2008 on the Amiga compilation " Monika Herz: My greatest successes " on Sony BMG Music Entertainment.
With the " Stay together " project initiated by him and various musicians from Lusatia in 2015 , he set a national symbol for tolerance and humanity.
Published in 2019 with Wir Kleinen will be the largest and in 2020 with Von Cottbus in the whole world publications with his songs.
Karow works as a music teacher and special education teacher at the Bauhaus School in Cottbus .
Awards
European Youth Musical Prize at the European Youth Musical Festival for his musicals
- Lilli, the little gnome (2005),
- When Trees Talk (2007)
- Anna and the Smiles of the Planets (2010),
- Under the Flaming Star (2012),
- Cats Don't Dance With Wolves (2014)
- Paradoxes and the Broken Time (2018)
His musical theater pieces Party im Zoo (2007), Claras Traumdrachen (2009), Die Wasserfee vom Baggersee (2013) and Schau wie schön ist Unser Cottbus (2015) also received various regional awards.
In 2016 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the State of Brandenburg for his services to promoting young musicians in the region . In the same year he also received the special award for social commitment in the election for "Cottbuser of the Year".
Musicals
- 1996: Inspector Stotter - Drugs, no thanks! (a musical collage) - debut
- 2004: Who dwarfed Santa Claus (a children's musical)
- 2005: Riot in Wichtelland (a children's musical)
- 2005: Lilli, die kleine Knautschmaus (a children's musical)
- 2007: Hello Santa Claus (a Christmas musical)
- 2007: When Trees Talk (a musical)
- 2009: Lucy the little Christmas fairy (a Christmas musical)
- 2010: Anna and the smiles of the planets (a utopical)
- 2011: Help, they dwarfed Santa Claus (a Christmas musical)
- 2012: Totally twisted Christmas fairy tale world (a Christmas musical)
- 2012: Under the Flaming Star (a western musical)
- 2013: Advent and story magic - WSTS (a Christmas musical)
- 2014: Cats don't dance with wolves (musical)
- 2014: Shadows over the Christmas land (a Christmas musical)
- 2016: The Magic of Magic (Musical)
- 2016: Angel of Christmas (a Christmas musical)
- 2017: When Santa Claus is on vacation (a Christmas musical)
- 2018: Paradoxes and the Broken Time (Musical)
- 2019: The magic of winter Christmas (a Christmas musical)
Publications (selection)
- A colorful bird in the spotlight . CD, Audioentertainment S.Himpel, 1998
- Flying through wonderland. CD, Audioentertainment S.Himpel, 2000
- Karow: The phonogram . Debut album. CD, Audioentertainment S.Himpel, 2001
- Karow: Simply life . CD, JMG Records, 2003.
- It doesn't work without children. CD, Audioentertainment S.Himpel, 2003
- Lilli, the little gnome. CD with booklet, Audioentertainment S.Himpel, 2005
- Then look for stories. CD, Audioentertainment S.Himpel, 2006
- When trees speak: a musical by Andrea Kulka and Torsten Karow . CD, Audioentertainment S.Himpel, 2007
- Sound fire . Debut album. CD, HTS production, 2008.
- Party in the zoo: an animal children's show. CD, JMG Records, 2008.
- Clara's dream dragon. A radio piece for young and old. CD, HTS production, 2009
- Have a nice Christmas time: Our most beautiful Christmas carols vol. 2nd CD, HTS production, 2013
- Far beyond the horizon. Debut album of "Träumer & Menschen". CD, HTS production, 2015
- Spells of magic. A musical by Torsten Karow . CD and songbook. MuSingal Verlag, Cottbus 2016.
- Paradoxes and the broken time. A musical by Torsten Karow. CD and songbook, MuSingal Verlag, Cottbus 2018
- We little ones will be the biggest. Songbook . MuSingal Verlag, Cottbus 2019
- From Cottbus to the whole world. Song book with the most beautiful songs from the Sachsendorfer children's choir . MuSingal Verlag, Cottbus 2020
Individual evidence
- ↑ Von Träumern und Menschen , Lausitzer Rundschau , January 28, 2014
- ↑ Cottbus gets a new song , Lausitzer Rundschau , June 29, 2005
- ↑ Youth ensembles with joint anniversary gala , Lausitzer Rundschau , April 28, 2006
- ↑ For the soul Monika Herz and David , at Discogs.de
- ^ Alliance for Brandenburg , Stay Together a song project from Cottbus
- ↑ Cottbus musical clears the Lausitzer Rundschau , October 8th, 2008
- ↑ The winning smiles of the planets, October 14, 2010
- ↑ European Youth Musical Festival 2012, barnsi.de, 04.10.2012
- ↑ European Gold for Cottbus Children's Musical, Märkischer Bote, October 6, 2018
- ↑ European Youth Musical Prize goes to Cottbus, Ministry of Culture, October 5th, 2018
- ↑ Bauhaus School wins sponsorship award with Clara's dream dragon, Lausitzer Rundschau, May 9, 2014
- ↑ Cottbus children sing and dance an ode to the city, Lausitzer Rundschau, July 1st, 2015
- ↑ Cottbus Marianne Materna and Torsten Karow awarded the Brandenburg Order of Merit , Niederlausitz Aktuell, June 13, 2016
Web links
- Literature by Torsten Karow in the catalog of the German National Library Link
- Music project Dreamers & People Link
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Karow, Torsten |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer, lyricist and songwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dahme / Mark |