Alexander Geringas
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Alexander Geringas is a music producer, songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

, composer
Composer
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 and lyricist
Lyricist
A lyricist is a songwriter who specializes in lyrics. A singer who writes the lyrics to songs is a singer-lyricist. This differentiates from a singer-composer, who composes the song's melody.-Collaboration:...

 based in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

, Germany
Germany
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.

Early life

Alex Geringas was born in Moscow in 1971. His parents pianist Tatiana and cellist David Geringas
David Geringas
David Geringas is a world-renowned cellist and conductor who studied under Mstislav Rostropovich. In 1970 he won the Gold Medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition...

 left the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 in 1975. The family first moved to New York
New York
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, then to Italy
Italy
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 and after a short stay in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

 settled in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

.

After high school, Alex studied acting at the Otto-Falkenberg-School in Munich before graduating from the Hamburg School for Music and Theater.

Career

Alex started his career as an actor in theater, film and television, and also began performing, writing, composing, producing musical theater. He started to become interested in German language rap, becoming a pop music producer and promoting the careers of artists. He owns and runs Lexland Studios.

Theater

After graduating drama school, Alex worked in stage productions at the Theater Lübeck
Theater Lübeck
The Theater Lübeck is one of the largest theaters in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein...

 and joined the ensemble cast of the Volktheater Rostock.Later he worked at Thalia Theater, Hamburg
Thalia Theater (Hamburg)
The Thalia Theater is one of the three state-owned theatres in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded in 1843 by Charles Maurice Schwartzenberger and named after the muse Thalia...


and Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg

He formed a comedy act called the "Peter Alexander Show" with fellow actor Peter Jordan.
The Hamburger Kammerspiele produced his musical "The Red Corsar" (1996) followed up with three other productions "The Secret of the Red Hand" (1998), "The Red Kings Game" (2000) and "The Red String" (2002), co-written with Marc Letzig. During this period he continued to perform with his comedy act and in many stage plays and events, both musical as well as dramatical in many venues including the Thalia Theater, the Ernst Deutsch Theater and the national festival at the Ruhrfestpiele and wrote the music for a number of stage productions, films and television.

The Hamburger Kammerspiele continued to produce his productions of "Grandios Loosers" and it's follow-up "Grandios Christmas" both of which he also directed and co-wrote with Peter Jordan.
As an actor, Alex also appeared in numerous films and television series, most notably in the Costa Gavras film "Amen.
Amen. (film)
Amen. is a 2002 German, Romanian and French film directed by Costa-Gavras.- Plot :The film Amen. examines the links between the Vatican and Nazi Germany. The central character is Kurt Gerstein , a Waffen-SS officer employed in the SS Hygiene Institute, designing programs for the purification of...

" alongside Ulrich Tukur
Ulrich Tukur
Ulrich Tukur is a German actor and musician.-Biography:Tukur spent his youth near Hanover where he finished his final secondary-school examinations in 1977. He also achieved a high school degree in Boston during an exchange of students where he met his first wife, Amber Wood. With her, he had two...

 (Solaris
Solaris (2002 film)
Solaris is a 2002 science fiction film and psychological drama directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring George Clooney and Natascha McElhone...

) and Ulrich Mühe
Ulrich Mühe
Friedrich Hans Ulrich Mühe was a German film, television and theatre actor. He played the role of Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler in the Oscar-winning film Das Leben der Anderen , for which he received the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, Gold, at Germany's most prestigious film...

 (The Lives of Others
The Lives of Others
The Lives of Others is a 2006 German drama film, marking the feature film debut of filmmaker Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. The film involves the monitoring of the cultural scene of East Berlin by agents of the Stasi, the GDR's secret police...

).

Film & TV

His pop songs were not only used in TV episodicals, but he also began to write scores - e.g. for the Crime Series "Doppelter Einsatz" (RTL), the TV Movie "Wilde Jungs" (PRO 7) and the Comedyseries "Adelheid und ihre Mörder" (ARD).For Studio Hamburg Synchron Gmbh he wrote the lyrics and produced the music for a number of Children's animation Adaptions for German TV including the Songs from Disney's TV Movie "Nine Dogs Save Christmas", "Thomas and his Friends" (Titlesong and Special Songs),"Postman Pat"(Titlesong and Special Songs) ,"Cloe´s Closet"(Titlesong and 52 Episodes) and wrote the music for the American Short film "Leaf Chief" and, among many others, the title songs for "KIKA" ("Glaub an Dich") and the German "Big Brother" ("Leb").
Since 2006 Alex' Song "Nie Genug" by Christina Stürmer is the Title Song of the successful RTL Television Soap "Alles was zählt".

Alex Geringas wrote and produced the complete music for the prime time show "History!-Das Quiz!" (ZDF) and
the music for "Die Sternstunden der Deutschen" ("Mile Stones in German History') a highly ambitious prime time documentary project (ZDF) in five parts of 45 Minute each.

In February 2010 he finished Orchestra Recordings in Prague for his Original Score for the Movie "Hanni und Nanni" (UFA CINEMA,Premiere : 17.6.2010 in GSA).
The Score also features 8 Songs he has co-written and produced and which are performed by The Veronicas,Queensberry,Shiloh,Kate Hall and Lucy Diakovska (ex-No Angels).

Recently he arranged and produced the Intro-Medley of the 20th ECHO AWARDS 2011 (German Grammys) for ARD TV.Several German Superstars like Peter Maffay,Cassandra Steen,Stefanie Heinzmann,HP Baxxter of Scooter and
Host Ina Müller were performing some of the biggest Hits of the last 20 years.

Music and Lyrics

Alex wrote a number of German language rap songs and his collaboration with the act "Die Dritte Generation" resulted in a number one hit, two top ten songs and several golden records Alex became a writer for the "popstars"- winner girl Act "No Angels" and then for others including "Bro'Sis", later Queensberry, Monrose and Christina Stürmer just to name a few.

Alex Geringas success has now also gone international. His song "I Don't Wanna Leave" was Poland's Grand Prix Song and Kumi Koda´s "Bling Bling Bling" recently became No. 1 in Japan. And in the USA his song "Unforgiven" was released by the new boy band "WOW" (Disney) and in 2010 4 Songs are cut with RnB singer Christelle again reaching No. 1 in the US RnB charts. Recently The Veronicas recorded two Songs he did and he´s responsible for Kim Wilde´s New Single "Real Life" and Sarah Connor´s single "Real Love".His Song "TOMO" by Yamashita Tomohisa was No.1 in Japan Feb 2011.

Acts

His involvement includes the acts The Veronicas
The Veronicas
The Veronicas are an Australian electrorock, pop-punk and rock band. Twin sisters Jessica and Lisa Origliasso formed the band in 1999 in Brisbane. They have their own line of clothing which was released in 2007....

, No Angels
No Angels
The No Angels are an all-female pop trio from Germany, consisting of band members Lucy Diakovska, Sandy Mölling, and Jessica Wahls. Critically acclaimed, the band has won dozen of awards and prizes since their establishment in the early 2000s, including three ECHOs, a World Music Awards, a NRJ...

, Kim Wilde
Kim Wilde
Kim Wilde is an English pop singer, author and television presenter who burst onto the music scene in 1981 with the number 2 UK Singles Chart new wave classic "Kids in America". In 1987 she had a major hit in the United States when her version of The Supremes' classic "You Keep Me Hangin' On"...

 , Sarah Connor, Giovanni Zarrella, Queensberry, Tommy Reeve, Kumi Koda , Monrose, Emilia, Christina Stürmer, BroSis, Yvonne Catterfeld, Destivo , Shiloh, Patrick Nuo, Alexander Klaws, Die 3.Generation, Joana Zimmer, Lou Bega
Lou Bega
David Lubega , also known as Lou Bega, is a German musician of Italian and Ugandan descent, and is famous for his song "Mambo No. 5 ". This song is a remake of the Perez Prado instrumental from 1949...

, Limahl
Limahl
Christopher Hamill better known by his stage name Limahl is an English pop singer. He rose to fame as the lead singer of the 1980s pop group Kajagoogoo, before embarking on a briefly successful solo career, which reached its peak with the 1984 hit "The NeverEnding Story", taken from the film of...

, Maya Saban, Simon!, Vicky Leandros
Vicky Leandros
Vicky Leandros is a Greek singer with a long international career. She is the daughter of singer, musician and composer Leandros Papathanasiou...

, Howard Carpendale
Howard Carpendale
- Filmography :* 1970: Musik, Musik – da wackelt die Penne* 1984: Niemand weint für immer* 1992: Wiedersehen in Kanada * 1994: Matchball - Awards :* 1981: Goldene Stimmgabel* 1984: Goldene Stimmgabel...

, Banaroo
Banaroo
Banaroo was a German pop group, who had music success between 2005–2008. They have had several successful singles in countries including Germany, Austria and Switzerland.The group is made up of two males and two females.Robbert "Bobby" Dessauvagie...

, Yoomii, Code Red
Code Red
-Media:* Code Red , a DVD company specializing in releasing cult films* Code Red , a 1981–1982 American television series* Code Red, the series of books for teenagers written by Chris Ryan-Music:...

, SeSide, Geraldine Olivier.

Writing partners

His writing partners during the last years include :

USA (choice) :
Dimitri Ehrlich, busbee, Amy Powers, Shelly Peiken, Tommy Lee James, Greg Becker, Chris Wallin, Marty Dodson, Katt Rockell, Kaci Brown, Steven Dale Jones, Bart Allmand, Erik Griggs, Charlie Midnight, Michelle Lewis, Jud Friedman, Allan Rich, Peter Rafelson, Andy Marvel
Andy Marvel
Andy Marvel is a songwriter and music producer based out of New York City. He has written songs for Celine Dion, Diana King, Jessica Simpson and Colleen Fitzpatrick....

, Orange Factory (Jeremy Skaller, Bobby Bass), Jared Cotter (American Idol), Winston Sela, Charlie Mason, L.P., Gen Rubin, Maria Christensen, Howie Dorough
Howie Dorough
Howard Dwaine "Howie D." Dorough is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, musician, entertainer, actor and member of American music group Backstreet Boys-Biography:...

 (Backstreet Boys), Curtis Richardson, Jeff Franzel, Alex Forbes, Wendy Waldman, Alan Glass, Big Drawz, Ken Lewis, Terri Bjerre, Andy Simon

Japan :
DAICHI, Army Slick, TJ Mixx, Heroism

Canada :
Shiloh, Justin Forsley, Tebey Ottoh, Steven Lee Olsen, Rupert Gayle

Australia :
Adrian Newman, Amba Shepherd, Don Walker, YinYang Productions (Alfred Tuohey & Thanh Bui)

UK & Sweden (choice):
Ben Cullum, Victoria Hansen, Erik Nyholm, Kit Hain, Andrew Roachford, Eric Palmqwist, Steven Foster, Bob Patmore, Peter-John Vettese
Peter-John Vettese
Peter-John Vettese , also known as Peter Vettese, is a British keyboardist, songwriter, arranger and record producer....

, Charlie Dore
Charlie Dore
Charlie Dore is an English singer-songwriter and actress.-Career:Although best known as one of the UK's most respected singer-songwriters, Dore has a multi-faceted career that includes acting in film, TV and radio, comedy-improvisation and composition for film and TV...

, David Brant, Elias Kapari, Mans Ek, Francis Jernberg, DWB, Neil Athale, Dee Adam, Jasmine Baird

Germany (choice) :
My Studiopartner Bernd Klimpel, Thorsten Brötzmann, Joachim Schlüter, Ivo Moring , Elephant Music, Sebastian Kirchner, Beatzarre, Rike Boomgaarden, Jan-Philipp Kelber, Buelent Aris, Jörg Sander, Chris Buseck, Leo Chantzaras, Giovanni Zarrella, Mozart & Friends, Tommy Reeve, Karin Hylander, Maya Singh, Goofiesmackerz, Flashgordon etc...

Top 1 Hits

No.1 Record in Japan “Superbad, Supergood” – Yamashita Tomohisa

No.1 Record in Japan “Trick” – Kumi Koda

No.1 Record in Germany “Lebe Lauter” – Christina Stürmer

No.1 Record in Germany “Elle´Ments” – No Angels

No.1 Record in Germany “Never Forget” – Bro´Sis

No.1 Record in Germany “Now...Us” – No Angels

No.1 Record in Germany “Something about Us” – No Angels

No.1 Record in Germany “Pure” – No Angels

No.1 Record in Germany “Leb´” – Die 3.Generation

No.1 Record in Austria “The best of me” – Cornelia Mooshammer

No.1 Record in Austria “Nie genug” – Christina Stürmer

Top Ten Hits

No.2 Record in Germany “Do they know...” – TV Allstars

No.5 Record in Germany “Volume One“ - Queensberry

No.5 Record in Germany “Ich will daß du mich liebst” - Die 3.Generation

No.5 Record in Germany “When the Angels Swing” – No Angels

No.7 Record in Germany “Vater, wo bist du” - Die 3.Generation

No.9 Record in Germany “Wundervoll” - Giovanni

No.9 Record in Germany “Reason” - No Angels

Platinum and Golden Records

2009 Kumi Koda – Trick LP PLATINUM

2008 Queensberry – Volume One LP GOLD

2008 Wundervoll - Giovanni Maxi GOLD

2007 2 sexy 4 u – Code Red LP GOLD + DOUBLE PLATINUM

2006 Here we are - Yoomiii LP GOLD

2006 Nie Genug - Christina Stürmer Maxi GOLD

2004 Do they know it's Christmas - TV Allstars Maxi GOLD

2003 Reason - No Angels Maxi GOLD

2003 The best of – No Angels (CD + DVD) LP GOLD

2003 Pure – No Angels LP PLATINUM

2003 Danke, Ti amo – Howard Carpendale LP GOLD

2002 Now...us – No Angels LP DOUBLE PLATINUM

2002 Something about us – No Angels Maxi GOLD

2002 When the Angels swing – No Angels LP GOLD

2001 Elle´ments – No Angels („Popstars“-Winner) LP TRIPLE PLATINUM

2001 Never forget – Bro´Sis („Popstars 2“-Winner) LP DOUBLE PLATINUM

1998 Vater, wo bist du– Die 3.Generation Maxi GOLD

Echo Awards

2003 Best Song - No Angels "Something about us"

1998 Best Newcomer - Die 3.Generation

Discography (extract)

2011 Yamashita Tomohisa - Superbad, Supergood LP

2011 Ich+Ich - Was wär ich ohne dich Maxi

2010 Sarah Connor - Real Love Maxi

2010 Sarah Connor - Real Love LP

2010 Kim Wilde - Come out and play LP

2010 Kim Wilde - Real Life Maxi

2010 Hanni & Nanni O.S.T. LP

2010 The Black Sheep - Here with you Maxi

2010 Monrose - Ladylike LP

2010 Destivo - Grazie LP

2010 Fady Maalouf - Into the Light (Fady Maalouf song)|Into the Light

2010 Giovanni - Ancora Musica LP

2010 Giovanni feat. Ross – I can't dance alone Maxi

2009 Lidia Kopania – I do not wanna leave Maxi

2009 Kumi Koda – Trick LP

2008 Queensberry – Volume One LP

2008 Musica - Giovanni LP

2008 Wundervoll - Giovanni Maxi

2008 Alles aus Liebe – Geraldine Olivier LP

2008 Mare Mare - Destivo LP

2007 Dr. Amore - Destivo Maxi

2007 I will not let you down - Mina LP

2006 Welt – Alexander Klaws Maxi

2006 Was willst du noch _ Alexander Klaws LP

2006 2 sexy 4 u – Code Red LP

2006 Nuo – Patrick Nuo LP

2006 Senor Pomedor (Hot, Hot, Hot) - Code Red Maxi

2006 I'll fly away - Banaroo Maxi

2006 A Kiss is all I miss - Yoomiii Maxi

2006 Here we are - Yoomiii LP

2006 Gone - Sandy Maxi

2006 Nie Genug - Christina Stürmer Maxi

2006 Tell me Why - Limahl Maxi

2006 Auf dich und mich - André Stade LP

2006 Attention - Alex Klaws ("German Idol"-Winner) LP

2005 Don´ break my heart - Vicky Leandros Maxi

2005 Mama Lilla Would - Vanessa Petruo LP

2005 Ich bin wie ich bin - Vicky Leandros LP

2005 Shut up and Dance ! - D!Nation LP

2005 Maya Saban - Mit jedem Ton LP

2005 Big Brother Sommerfete 2005 LP

2005 Ich bin's, dein Prinz - Andreas Zaron LP

2005 Ich würd's immer wieder tun - Franzi (BB5-Zweite) Maxi

2005 Geiles Jahr - Sascha S. (Big Brother 5-Winner) Maxi

2005 Gevatter Tod , Teil 1+ 2 (u.v.a. Peer Augustinski) D-LP

2004 Hope – Florence Joy LP

2004 Acoustic Angels – No Angels LP

2004 Sonne über Deutschland – Andreas Zaron Maxi

2004 Drama Queen - Vany Maxi

2004 Runde 5 – Die 3.Generation LP

2004 Claudia Christina - Traumprinzen LP

2004 Claudia Christina - Der Weg den ich geh Maxi

2004 Araba 2004 – Mustafa Sandal Maxi

2004 Was ist Glück ? – Die 3.Generation Maxi

2004 1 – Become One („Fame Academy“-Winner) LP

2003 The Christmas Album – TV Allstars LP

2003 Do they know it's Christmas - TV Allstars Maxi

2003 Reason - No Angels Maxi

2003 The best of – No Angels (CD + DVD) LP

2003 Pure – No Angels LP

2003 Danke, Ti amo – Howard Carpendale LP

2003 I wanna be your man – Sebastian Deyle Maxi

2003 Was passiert ? – Die 3.Generation Maxi

2003 So´n kleiner Schimmer – Andreas Zaron Maxi

2003 Elene - Wolfi Maxi

2002 Now...us – No Angels LP

2002 Something about us – No Angels Maxi

2002 When the Angels swing – No Angels LP

2002 Glücksbringer – Andreas Zaron LP

2002 Ich glaub´ im Himmel...– Andreas Zaron Maxi

2002 Andyko - Andyko LP

2001 Elle´ments – No Angels („Popstars“-Winner) LP

2001 Never forget – Bro´Sis („Popstars 2“-Winner) LP

2001 Drei kleine Worte – Die 3.Generation Maxi

2001 Der Sonne entgegen– Die 3.Generation Maxi

2001 Glaub nicht alles– Die 3.Generation Maxi

2001 KIKA Songs – Div. Interpreten LP

2001 Alles was du willst– Die 3.Generation LP

2001 My Day – Sebastian Deyle Maxi

2000 Das ist Welt– Die 3.Generation Maxi

2000 Ich will daß du mich liebst– Die 3.Generation Maxi

2000 Die dritte– Die 3.Generation LP

1999 Leb – Die 3.Generation („Big Brother“) Maxi

1999 Für morgen– Die 3.Generation LP

1999 Ricky - Ricky LP

1998 Vater, wo bist du– Die 3.Generation Maxi

1998 Halt's Maul– Die 3.Generation Maxi

1998 Die 3.Generation– Die 3.Generation LP

1998 Lust auf mehr – Howard Carpendale LP

1998 Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis - MäGäDäm LP

1996 Ali Baba und die 4-zig Räuber LP

1996 Urlaub – Die Musterknaben Maxi

1994 The Devil Inside – Terry B.feat Jazzy Al Maxi

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