Konstantin Alexander Wecker (born 1 June 1947) is a German Liedermacher (singer-songwriter) who also works as a composer, author and actor.
Life and work
Wecker was born in Munich. Classically educated at the Wilhelmsgymnasium, Wecker got one of his first jobs as a songwriter at Munich's cabaret "Münchner Lach- und Schießgesellschaft" in 1973. His breakthrough as a singer came in 1977 with the record Genug ist nicht genug ("Enough Is Not Enough"), which includes the popular talking blues "Willy," about a presumably close friend of Wecker's who was slain by drunken Nazis.
Wecker has released more than forty albums, and has also composed music for film, theater, and children's musicals.
In March 2006, Wecker was forced to cancel a scheduled performance in the small town of Halberstadt, Saxony-Anhalt. This came after the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD) pressured local authorities and threatened to forcibly disrupt the concert. Wecker pledged to return to Halberstadt in the summer of 2006,[1] and eventually performed in Halberstadt on 17 June 2006, accompanied by fellow singer-songwriter Hannes Wader and Afghan percussionist Hakim Ludin.[2]
Selected works
Albums
1972: Die sadopoetischen Gesänge des Konstantin Amadeus Wecker (later renamed as: Konstantin's Erste)
1974: Ich lebe immer am Strand
1977: Genug ist nicht genug
1978: Eine ganze Menge Leben
1979: Live
1980: Liederbuch
1981: Live in München
1982: Das macht mir Mut
1984: Inwendig warm
1987: Wieder dahoam – Live in Austria
1989: Stilles Glück, trautes Heim
1993: Uferlos
1996: Gamsig
1998: Brecht
2001: Vaterland
2005: Am Flußufer
2006: Politische Lieder
2007: Alles das und mehr (DVD music video)
2011: Wut und Zärtlichkeit
2012: Wut und Zärtlichkeit (live)
2015: Ohne Warum
2017: Poesie und Widerstand
2018: Sage Nein! Antifaschistische Lieder 1978 bis heute
Collaborations
1988: Joan Baez / Konstantin Wecker / Mercedes Sosa: Three worlds, three voices, one vision
1999: Jutta Richter / Konstantin Wecker: Es lebte ein Kind auf den Bäumen // book and CD
2001: Konstantin Wecker / Hannes Wader: Was für eine Nacht
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