Veronika Fischer

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Veronika Fischer (disambiguation) .

Veronika Fischer 2011

Veronika Fischer (born July 28, 1951 in Wölfis ; also called Vroni ) is a German singer .

Life

Fischer was born in Wölfis (near Gotha ) in Thuringia . In 1968 she began to study singing at the Dresden Music Academy Carl Maria von Weber . In addition, she appeared with various bands, for example with the Fred Herfter combo and in 1970 with the star combo Meißen . In 1973 her first long-playing record was released with the group Panta Rhei , which was jazz- oriented, with Herbert Dreilich , Ed Swillms and Henning Protzmann , among others , who later founded the group Karat . The titles Nachts and Blues were successful in hit parades such as the Beatkiste .

Fischer graduated from music studies in 1973 with the state examination as a soloist for chansons and musicals . A year later she founded the Veronika Fischer & Band group . In this band, Franz Bartzsch (piano, keyboard, vocals) was responsible for most of the compositions and arrangements. Guitarist and singer Johannes Biebl also played on the LP Veronika Fischer & Band . In 1974, The Blues from Last Opportunity appeared , which was also published on numerous compilations . Her first solo album was released in 1975 when she also took first place in the annual hit parade with In That Night . Her subsequent Amiga records sold more than 1.5 million copies, so that Fischer became the most successful interpreter in the GDR . In 1977 the backing band separated from Fischer to start a solo career as 4 PS . Veronika Fischer formed a new band around Thomas Natschinski . From 1979 she worked again with Franz Bartzsch at short notice. In the late 1970s she worked on two albums by Reinhard Lakomy with music for children ( story songs 1978 and Der Traumzauberbaum 1980). In 1979 their son Benjamin was born.

Veronika Fischer at the concert in the Sparkasse Eberswalde, 2006

In 1981 Veronika Fischer left the GDR and moved to West Berlin after her house composer Franz Bartzsch and her then Hungarian husband Lászlo Kleber had also left the GDR. In the same year, WEA released the long-playing record Staunen . More albums followed, but Veronika Fischer was unable to build on the success she had in the GDR in West Germany. In 1983 she took part in the German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest . Her title Infinite Far reached eleventh and thus penultimate place. Notable successes later brought titles like The Evening Before the Storm , A Feeling Like Life and You Want Your Fun .

Shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Fischer made a successful guest appearance on GDR television and has been giving concerts in eastern Germany again since 1990.

In 1993 she released Son of My Neighbor on her album Was ist beim , a cover version of the song Son of a Preacher Man recorded in 1968 by Dusty Springfield . With Träumer wie wir , the version of a song by Renft writer Gerulf Pannach , she was featured in the ZDF hit parade in 1995 . She sang the children's musical Das Kind und der Kater and released other albums, including one with children's songs and a Christmas CD. For some time she has been working with the Berlin text author and writer Gisela Steineckert . This collaboration resulted in new songs and a biography of Veronika Fischer. Her 20th album, Unterwegs zu mir , was released in autumn 2008 .

In 2013/15, Fischer's application under the VwRehaG to participate in the sales of her four long-playing records released in the GDR was rejected.

Meaning and style

Veronika Fischer is one of the German stars of popular music who has been successful for decades. It was particularly popular in the GDR. Even today it is much better known in East Germany than in the West.

Veronika Fischer has a warm alto voice , which can also be very cutting.

Awards

• 1975: "First National Prize" at the Dresden International Schlager Festival for that I would be a snowflake
• 1976: “Amber Nightingale” at the International Song Festival in Sopot / Poland for I call you
• 1979: Art Prize of the GDR

Discography

Annual hit parade of the GDR

title

In that night   GDR 1 1975 On the grass   GDR 3 1975 Piano in the river   GDR 10 1975 Evening song   GDR 16 1975 When I was a child   GDR 25th 1975 Big little boy   GDR 2 1976 That I was a snowflake   GDR 10 1976 Good day   GDR 16 1976 I'll call you   GDR 48 1976   GDR 15th 1977 No, doctor, no   GDR 8th 1977 Summer night ball   GDR 12 1977 Do you have a boyfriend   GDR 18th 1978 ... and didn't say a word   GDR 30th 1978 Christmas back home   GDR 22nd 1979 Get up   GDR 46 1979 The vagabond   GDR 50 1979 In ancient times   GDR 24 1980 Live only with you   GDR 26th 1980

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

dreamer   DE 67 10/09/1995 (5 weeks)

Singles

nostalgia   DE 87 03/29/1993 (5 weeks)

Studio and live albums

• 1975: Veronika Fischer & Band ( Amiga )
• 1976: Veronika Fischer & Band (Amiga)
• 1978: Get up (Veronika Fischer & Band; Amiga)
• 1980: Golden Bridges (Veronika Fischer & Band; Amiga and Pool- Teldec )
• 1981: Amazement ( WEA )
• 1983: Infinitely far (WEA)
• 1984: Longing for warmth (WEA, 1990 also at Convoy / Karussell )
• 1987: Mirror images (WEA)
• 1989: Veronika Fischer (WEA)
• 1993: What's in it ( Polydor )
• 1995: Dreamer (Polydor)
• 1997: More in sight (Polydor)
• 1997: The child & the hangover (children's musical) (Polydor)
• 1999: My most beautiful children's songs (Universal)
• 2001: Deep in Summer ( Buschfunk )
• 2002: Live in Berlin - anniversary concert on July 28, 2001 with guests (Buschfunk)
• 2004: Thin Ice (SPV)
• 2007: Christmas back home (Buschfunk)
• 2008: On the way to me (DA)
• 2011: Time travel (Koch Universal)
• 2018: Where From Where To (Telamo)

Best of albums and compilations

• 1990: The early years (Musicando)
• 1991: feelings (WEA)
• 1992: Rock from Germany East vol. 13 Veronika Fischer (DSB)
• 1996: My songs ( Ariola )
• 1996: In love - My most beautiful ballads (Hansa / Amiga)
• 1996: A feeling like life (WEA)
• 2001: Masterpieces (Polydor)
• 2001: The big hits 1971–2001 ( Sony / Amiga)
• 2006: The Best of Veronika Fischer (double CD)
• 2006: Veronika Fischer 35 (CD box set)
• 2011: Ballads (DA)

Singles

• 1974: And who are you / Blues from the last chance (Amiga)
• 1975: In that night / evening song (Amiga)
• 1975: piano in the river / when I was a child (Amiga)
• 1975: On the meadow / Too big the hat (Amiga)
• 1976: No, doctor, no / I'll call you (Amiga)
• 1977: Summer night ball / Hans im Glück (Amiga)
• 1977: ... and you look away / cigarette blues (Amiga)
• 1978: Summer among friends / My shoes exit (Amiga)
• 1979: Time for a Child / The Vagabond (Amiga)
• 1979: Christmas back home / Do you have a friend (Pool-Teldec)
• 1981: Hold me tight / He only cries when nobody sees it (WEA)
• 1982: And yet a fence remains a fence / amazement (WEA)
• 1983: The evening before the storm / Partner (WEA)
• 1983: Infinitely far / We both against the wind (WEA)
• 1984: You want your fun / flower seller (WEA)
• 1985: Longing for warmth / under the skin (WEA)
• 1987: One word too much / Waltz (WEA)
• 1988: A feeling like life / wait for the magician (WEA)
• 1989: Hey you / You can stay (WEA)
• 1989: I forgive you / Number 1 (WEA)
• 1991: Cannot be saved (with Edo Zanki ) / What's next (WEA)
• 1991: Longing for you / Where did the beautiful games go (WEA)
• 1993: Longing / Raindrop (Polydor)
• 1993: My neighbor's son / trench coat man (Polydor)
• 1993: What's in it / It was a country (Polydor)
• 1994: I dreamed / never more / walk walls (Polydor)
• 1995: Dreamers Like Us / Illusions (Polydor)
• 1995: Lost Heart / Tell the Wind ... / Far across the Sea (Polydor)
• 1996: Departure for the city / Tell the wind ... / I'm waiting / Theme melody from 'Die Tote von Amelung' (Polydor)
• 1996: On the meadow (new recording) / Time of the trains (Polydor)
• 1997: Sunshine in Your Hair / In Your Hand (Polydor)
• 1997: Much too close / That I would be a snowflake (new recording) (Polydor)
• 1998: I have to see you / get cigarettes / Prinzen (Polydor)

Contributions

• 1973: Panta Rhei (Amiga)
• 1977: Berlin - Songs of a Big City (Amiga) (music from the DEFA documentary Declaration of Love to Berlin )
• 1978: Reinhard Lakomy's story songs (Amiga)
• 1980: The Magic Dream Tree (Amiga)
• 1981: The early years: Panta Rhei (Amiga)
• 2001: The Magic Dream Tree 2 - Agga Knack, the wild dream louse (Ravensburger)

Autobiographical works

• with Manfred Maurenbrecher : The song of lies about happiness. Memories. Heyne, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-453-20026-5 .
• Where from where Memories. New Life , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-355-01871-5 .

literature

• Volkmar Andrä: "I am the fisherman ..." In: Ernst Günther, Heinz P. Hofmann, Walter Rösler (ed.): Cassette. An almanac for the stage, podium and ring (=  cassette ). No. 1 . Henschelverlag Art and Society, Berlin 1977, p. 88-96 .
• Gisela Steineckert : Veronika Fischer. This longing for warmth. Biography. Das Neue Berlin , Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-360-00956-8 .
• Rainer Bratfisch:  Fischer, Veronika (Vroni) . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .

Web links

• Veronika Fischer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Works by and about Veronika Fischer in the catalog of the German National Library
• Official website
• Portrait at deutsche-mugge.de
• Portrait at ostbeat.de ( Memento from December 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
• Portrait at ostmusik.de ( Memento from April 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Portrait deutsche-mugge.de, accessed on May 21, 2019
2. ↑ confirmed by the Berlin Administrative Court , ECLI : DE: VGBE: 2017: 0224.9K75.15.00
3. ↑ Götz Hintze: Rock Lexicon of the GDR. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-89602-303-9 , p. 328.
4. ↑ Charts DE