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Constanze Brüning
Constanze is a feminine given name related to Constance. It is borne by: * Constanze Backes, German opera and concert soprano * Constanze Blum (born 1972), German cross-country skier * Constanze Engelbrecht (1950–2000), German actress * Constanze Feine (born 1999), German canoeist * Constanze Geiger (1835–1890), Austrian pianist, actor, theatrical actress, composer and singer * Constanze Gensel (born 1969 or 1970), figure skater who competed for East Germany * Constanze Jahn (born 1963), German chess Woman International Master * Constanze Krehl (born 1956), German politician * Constanze Mozart (1762–1842), Austrian singer, wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart * Constanze Moser-Scandolo (born 1965), speed skater who competed for East Germany * Constanze Paulinus Constanze Paulinus (born 9 July 1985 in Berlin) is a German former competitive figure skater. She won five senior international medals, including gold at the 2008 Cup of Nice, and three German national medals. Personal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constance (given Name)
Constance is a primarily feminine given name in use since the Middle Ages that is derived either from Constantia, a Late Latin name, or from the term meaning Loyalty, steadfast. In medieval England, diminutives of the name included Cust or Cussot. Puritans used Con, Constant, and Constancy. Other variations of the name include Connie, Constancia, and Constanze. Notable people *Constance of Antioch (1127–1163), only daughter of Bohemund II of Antioch *Constance of Aragon, Holy Roman Empress (1179–1222), Aragonese infanta *Constance of Arles (986–1034), third wife and queen of King Robert II of France *Constance of Austria (1588–1631), Queen consort of Poland *Constance of Burgundy (1046–1093), daughter of Duke Robert I of Burgundy *Constance of Castile, Duchess of Lancaster (1354–1394) second wife of John of Gaunt *Constance I of Sicily, Constance, Queen of Sicily (1154–1198), also Holy Roman Empress (Dowager) *Constance of Portugal (1290–1313), daughter of King De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constanze Backes
Constanze Backes is a classically trained German soprano in opera and concert. She has toured throughout Europe and performed in many classical genres but over the last few years has focused primarily on Early music. In addition she teaches children music technique and has translated musical works. Career Constanze Backes was born in Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She began her music studies at the Folkwang-Hochschule in Essen. Later, she studied privately with Jessica Cash in London and Hea-Soon Park. In 1993, performing with John Eliot Gardiner, Backes appeared as Barbarina in Mozart's ''Le nozze di Figaro'' at the Théâtre du Châtelet of Paris, at the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and recorded it for Deutsche Grammophon Archiv. She recorded with Gardiner also for Deutsche Grammophon Valetto in Monteverdi's ''L'incoronazione di Poppea'' and Papagena in Mozart's '' Zauberflöte''. Backes won the 1996 Lady-Nixon-Förderpreis for young singers and joined the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constanze Blum
Constanze Blum (born 29 October 1972) is a German cross-country skier who competed from 1993 to 2003. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, she earned her best career finish of fifth in the 4 x 5 km relay and her best individual finish of 21st in the 15 km event. Blum's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 17th in the 30 km event at Thunder Bay, Ontario in 1995. Her best World Cup finish was sixth in a 15 km event in Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ... in 1995. Blum earned eight individual career victories at lesser events up to 15 km from 1996 to 2000. Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). Olympic Games World Championships World Cup Season standi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constanze Engelbrecht
Constanze Engelbrecht (; 6 January 1950 – 21 July 2000) was a German actress who was one of the most popular actresses in the country between 1980 and 1990. She appeared in more than seventy films from 1960 to 1998. Her husband was an actor, and her daughter Julie Engelbrecht is an actress. Biography Constanze Engelbrecht was born on 6 January 1950 in Munich, Germany to actress and sculptor Gen Golch. Her very first role was the voice actress for the character "Jeff" in the German version of the TV series ''Lassie'', which she performed for six years. She debuted as a television actress at ten years old in the TV movie ''Und nicht mehr Jessica'' (1965) with Horst Naumann and Sascha Hehn. Engelbrecht's original goal was to become a classical soprano and she studied at the Richard Strauss Conservatory of Munich, at the Salzburg Mozarteneum and finally at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London before changing to acting and studying under the direction of Rosemarie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constanze Feine
Constanze Feine (born 4 December 1999) is a German female canoeist who was 5th in the C2 sprint senior final at the 2019 Wildwater Canoeing World Championships The 2019 Wildwater Canoeing World Championships was the 36th edition of the global wildwater canoeing competition, Wildwater Canoeing World Championships, organised by the International Canoe Federation. Results Sprint K1 C1 C2 .... Achievements References External links * 1999 births Living people German female canoeists Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century German sportswomen {{Germany-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constanze Geiger
Constanze Therese Adelaide Geiger, Freifrau von Ruttenstein (16 October 1835 – 24 August 1890) was an Austrian pianist, theatrical actress, composer and singer. Biography Geiger was the daughter of the composer and the court hat-maker/modist Theresia Geiger (née Ržiha, 1804–1865). Her parents nurtured her musical talents, and her father was her first piano teacher. She continued piano lessons with Johann Wenzel Tomaschek as well as Simon Sechter. Sechter gave her lessons in composition and counterpoint as well. Geiger made her public debut as a concert pianist at age six. She played her own compositions in public first at age eight. In April 1845, the first public performance by other musicians besides herself of one of her compositions, ''Preghiera für Militärmusik'', took place at the Pfarrkirche Rennweg am Katschberg. She made her theatrical stage debut in 1852 at the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Städtische Theater, where in addition to acting, she was the pianist fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constanze Gensel
Constanze Bauer ( Gensel) is a German former competitive figure skater who represented East Germany. She is the 1984 Ennia Challenge champion, the 1985 Golden Spin of Zagreb champion, and a two-time East German national silver medalist. Gensel reached the top eight at two ISU Championships — the 1984 World Junior Championships and the 1986 European Championships. She achieved her highest World Championship placement, 11th, in 1985. She trained in Karl-Marx-Stadt Chemnitz (; from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt (); ; ) is the third-largest city in the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden, and the fourth-largest city in the area of former East Germany after (East Be ... (Chemnitz). Bauer later became a consultant at a bank. Competitive highlights References {{DEFAULTSORT:Gensel, Constanze German female single skaters Living people Figure skaters from Chemnitz Year of birth missing (living people) Sportspeople from Bezir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constanze Jahn
Constanze Jahn (born 12 January 1963) is a German chess Woman International Master (WIM) (1991). Biography At the 1990s Constanze Jahn was one of the leading female chess players in East Germany. In 1991, in Graz she shared first place with Tatjana Lematschko in Women's World Chess Championship Zonal Tournament and won the right to take part in an Interzonal Tournament. In 1991, Jahn participated in Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament in Subotica where ranked 28th place. Jahn twice won German Women's Fast Chess Championships: in 1998 and in 2005. In 2001, she won the bronze medal in this tournament. In 1991, she was second in the German Women's Blitz Chess Championship. Jahn played for Germany in the Women's Chess Olympiad: * In 1992, at first reserve board in the 30th Chess Olympiad (women) in Manila (+3, =4, -3). She played for Germany in the European Team Chess Championship: * In 1992, at first reserve board in the 1st European Team Chess Championship ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constanze Krehl
Constanze Angela Krehl (born 14 October 1956) is a German politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1994 to 2022. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party, part of the Party of European Socialists. Education After Krehl received her diploma from German secondary school in 1975 in Leipzig, she studied at the Technische Universität Dresden (Technical University Dresden) and graduated in computer science in 1980. Political career * 1999-2005: Member of the SPD federal executive board * 1999-2004: Regional Chair of the SPD Saxony * 1996-1999: Regional Vice-Chair of the SPD Saxony * February 1991 - June 1994: Observer of the European Parliament * October - December 1990: Member of the "Deutscher Bundestag" (German Parliament) * March - October 1990: Member of the "Volkskammer" (GDR People's Assembly) Member of the European Parliament, 2004-2022 From 2004 to 2022, Krehl was a member of the Committee on Regional Development. She was also a member of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constanze Mozart
Maria Constanze Cäcilia Josepha Johanna Aloysia Mozart (née Weber; 5 January 1762 – 6 March 1842) was a German soprano, later a businesswoman. She is best remembered as the spouse of the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who from the evidence of his letters was deeply in love with her throughout their nine-year marriage. Following her husband's sudden death in 1791, Constanze Mozart escaped poverty and supported her family through concertizing and promotion of her husband's memory; she was responsible in part for the extensive posthumous publication of her husband's works. She is also regarded, less positively, as a source of mythology concerning her husband's life, deriving in part from the biography she jointly wrote with her second husband, Georg Nikolaus von Nissen. Early years Constanze Weber was born in Zell im Wiesental, a town near Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg, in the southwest of Germany. Her mother was Cäcilia Weber, née Stamm. Her father, Fridolin Weber, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constanze Moser-Scandolo
Constanze Moser-Scandolo (born 4 July 1965) is a former World Champion speed skater who competed for East Germany. Short biography Born as Constanze Scandolo in Weimar, East Germany, she started skating at the ''SC Turbine Erfurt'' skating club in Erfurt where she trained in the same group as Gunda Niemann and Heike Schalling. In 1988, she was at the Winter Olympics in Calgary, slated to compete in the 1,500 m. However, an injury forced her to withdraw just minutes before the start of her race. She had her best year in 1989 when she became World Allround Champion, won silver at the European Allround Championships, and also won the World Cup on the 1,500 m, as well as ending third on the 1,000 m and the 3,000/5,000 m. She also won 4 medals at various German Championships in that same year. In 1990, she won a bronze medal at the World Allround Championships. After the birth of her daughter Elisa Moser on 27 November 1990, she ended her speed skating career. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constanze Paulinus
Constanze Paulinus (born 9 July 1985 in Berlin) is a German former competitive figure skater. She won five senior international medals, including gold at the 2008 Cup of Nice, and three German national medals. Personal life Constanze Paulinus was born in Berlin, Germany. In mid-1993, following her parents' divorce, she moved with her mother and sister to North East England. She returned to Germany in August 2002, settling in Erfurt. Career Paulinus began skating at age five and trained in Berlin until she was eight. After moving to the U.K., she was coached by Catherine Barker in Billingham, by Debbie and Simon Briggs in Sunderland and Dundee, and by Joy Sutcliff in Ayr and Nottingham. At the British Championships, Paulinus won silver on the novice level in the 2000–01 season and junior gold the following season. The National Ice Skating Association decided not to send her to the 2002 World Junior Championships, believing she was not ready. In August 2002, Paulinus' parent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
