Volker Weininger

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Volker Weininger at a preliminary presentation of Das Schwarze Schaf 2014 in Wesel

Volker Weininger (born January 22, 1971 in Waldbröl ) is a German cabaret artist , author and handcrafted speaker .

Life

Volker Weininger grew up in Windeck - Schladern ( Rhein-Sieg district ), graduated from the Bodelschwingh High School in Herchen in 1990 and then studied German and English to become a teacher at the University of Bonn . He worked for several years as a lecturer for German as a foreign language at various universities in the Rhineland.

In 2008 he made his debut with his first solo cabaret program Bestatten: Weininger! . In 2012, the premiere of the second program "Your Mustard in My Life" followed, which has won multiple awards. Education premiered in September 2015 . Power. School. (Alternative title since 2017: The School Fairy Tale Report ), a program that takes a critical look at the education system.

In addition to his cabaret career, Volker Weininger has also been a speaker at the Cologne Carnival since 2012 in his fictional character The Session President , where he quickly gained popularity. In 2013 he also moderated the opening of the Cologne Carnival on the Heumarkt together with Marita Köllner and Wicky Junggeburth on WDR television and is a regular guest in the TV sessions of ARD and ZDF . Since the spring of 2019 Weininger has appeared almost exclusively outside of the carnival as The President of the Session and dedicated his Solo! its own full-length stage program (premiere in May 2019).

Volker Weininger was one of the co-founders of the alternative carnival session Die Blaue Bütt , which ran from 1998 to 2012 at Café Hahn in Koblenz and which he chaired the entire time as the session president.

In addition to his work on stage, Weininger also works as a writer. He writes u. a. for the WDR television and the Cologne Stunksitzung .

Volker Weininger lives in Bonn , is married and has a son.

Awards

  • Winner of the Foolish Oscar 2020 of the Kölner Express in the category "Best Speaker"
  • Winner Joldenes Spönnrad 2017
  • Winner of the 2017 Golden Ass with Ears from the Friends of Culture in Café Hahn eV
  • Winner of the Hallertauer Kleinkunstpreis 2016
  • Winner of the Lower Rhine Cabaret Prize " Das Schwarze Schaf (Cabaret Prize) " 2014
  • Winner of the jury award " Reinheimer Satirelöwe " 2013
  • Winner of the audience award “ Paulaner Solo + ” 2013
  • 2nd place jury prize “Paulaner Solo +” 2013
  • 2nd place Melsung cabaret competition " Sharp Barte " 2013
  • 2nd place Franconian Cabaret Prize 2013
  • Winner “Goldene Berta 2011 ” of the Eifel Culture Days

Trivia

On November 30, 2007, Volker Weininger was a candidate for the quiz show “ Who Wants to be a Millionaire ” and won 32,000 euros.

Web links

Commons : Volker Weininger  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ President of the meeting: The new star in the speaker's sky. February 5, 2013, accessed December 27, 2018 (German).
  2. ↑ http://www.agentur-ahrens.de/news/2018-08-23-der-sitzungspraesident-solo/
  3. ^ Ebert & Hirschhausen - The third educational path (TV Series 2012–). Retrieved December 27, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Cologne stunks meeting. Retrieved December 27, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Cologne stunks meeting. Retrieved December 27, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Inge Wozelka: Volker Weiniger wins the Foolish Oscar 2020 as best speaker. In: Express . February 20, 2020, accessed March 11, 2020 .
  7. ↑ https://rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/moenchengladbach/joldenes-spoennrad-fuer-kabarettisten-volker-weininger_aid-20800035
  8. ↑ Golden ass with ears to Volker Weininger. In: facebook.com. Retrieved July 30, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Unterpindhart: The Bonn cabaret artist Volker Weininger wins the Hallertauer Kleinkunstpreis. In: donaukurier.de. Retrieved April 16, 2016 .
  10. ↑ The winners. DasSchwarzeSchaf.com, accessed on December 15, 2015 .
  11. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from June 22, 2016 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.reinheim.de
  12. ↑ http://www.paulaner-solo.de/endrunde.htm
  13. ↑ http://www.hna.de/lokales/melsungen/kabarettwettbewerb-scharfe-barte-christoph-tiemann-3224815.html
  14. ↑ http://www.fraenkischer-kabarettpreis.de/preistraeger.html
  15. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eifelkulturtage.de
  16. ↑ http://www.ksta.de/region/menschen-im-gespraech-weiningers-gefuehlte-premiere,15189102,12950566.html
personal data
SURNAME Weininger, Volker
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cabaret artist, author and handcrafted speaker
DATE OF BIRTH 22nd January 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Waldbröl