Helga Brauer
Helga Brauer (2 May 1936 – 15 June 1991) was a Schlager singer of the GDR. Life Brauer was born on 2 May 1936 in Leipzig. After training as a dental technician, Helga Brauer was helped by chance to begin her singing career in the summer of 1954: During a vacation in Sellin on the island of Rügen, she took part in a singing competition with the orchestra Helmut Opel. She won first prize - and Opel immediately offered the 18-year-old a contract as an accompanist for the orchestra. On 11 November 1954, Helga Brauer gave her first public performance in Leipzig's Messehalle 2, followed by further appearances and guest performances with the Helmut Opel Orchestra, including in Switzerland. In March 1956, she passed a "microphone audition" with GDR Radio and shortly afterwards appeared for the first time with the Leipzig Radio Dance Orchestra, then under the direction of Kurt Henkels. The first radio recordings followed in the same year, and the record company Amiga also offered ...
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