Brigitte Ahrens
Encyclopedia
Brigitte Ahrens is a German schlager
-singer, who was well known in East Germany.
. At the Zentralen Studio für Unterhaltungskunst, she learned singing, ballet, acting and elocution.
Ahrens became well known through her appearances in the television channel DFF
. She released several records on the Amiga label, and these have become collectors' items in Germany and the Benelux countries. She appeared in concerts in Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and the Benelux countries. She was musical editor at the regional radio channel Karl-Marx-Stadt and at its successor Sachsen Radio. After a long break, she released the CD
Ich gehe auf die Fünfzig...na und? in 2005.
Ahrens gained third place in the East German Schlager Song Contest in 1971 with Wo ist die liebe Sonne composed by Arndt Bause. Her biggest success was Da ging für mich die Sonne auf, composed by Ralf Petersen in 1974.
Schlager
Schlager music is a style of popular music prevalent in Central and Northern Europe and the Balkans and also in France and Poland. In Portugal, it was adapted and became pimba music...
-singer, who was well known in East Germany.
Biography
Ahrens sang in the choir of the Klub der Jungen Talente in Karl-Marx-Stadt between 1961 and 1964. In 1967, she participated in Heinz Quermann's talent contest Herzklopfen kostenlos. She was successful in a microphone casting for the radio channel Rundfunk der DDR in East BerlinEast Berlin
East Berlin was the name given to the eastern part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. It consisted of the Soviet sector of Berlin that was established in 1945. The American, British and French sectors became West Berlin, a part strongly associated with West Germany but a free city...
. At the Zentralen Studio für Unterhaltungskunst, she learned singing, ballet, acting and elocution.
Ahrens became well known through her appearances in the television channel DFF
Deutscher Fernsehfunk
Deutscher Fernsehfunk , known from 1972 to 1990 as Fernsehen der DDR , was the state television broadcaster in East Germany.-Foundation:...
. She released several records on the Amiga label, and these have become collectors' items in Germany and the Benelux countries. She appeared in concerts in Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and the Benelux countries. She was musical editor at the regional radio channel Karl-Marx-Stadt and at its successor Sachsen Radio. After a long break, she released the CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
Ich gehe auf die Fünfzig...na und? in 2005.
Ahrens gained third place in the East German Schlager Song Contest in 1971 with Wo ist die liebe Sonne composed by Arndt Bause. Her biggest success was Da ging für mich die Sonne auf, composed by Ralf Petersen in 1974.
Discography
- 1968 Donaumelodie
- 1969 Heut ist mein Tag
- 1969 Warum hat er wieder nicht geschrieben
- 1969 Ade, ade, der Zug fährt ab
- 1969 Lass dich doch bald wieder sehen
- 1969 Was soll ich mit roten Rosen
- 1970 Halt dein Herz fest
- 1970 Du mit deinen Wanderaugen
- 1971 Alles dreht sich um uns beide
- 1971 Wenn dein Herz mir verzeiht
- 1971 Heut ist mein Tag
- 1971 Wo ist die liebe Sonne
- 1972 Und der Sommer kommt bald zurück
- 1972 Komm in den Tag
- 1974 Da ging für mich die Sonne auf
- 1974 Insel im Fluss
- 2005 CD Ich geh auf die Fünfzig … na und
Songs in radio
- 1970 Mal mir einen Regenbogen
- 1971 Es geht weiter
- 1974 Schau nur auf die Sonnenuhr