Andreas Rebers (born 7 January 1958) is a

Kabarett Kabarett (; from French ''cabaret'' = tavern) is satirical revue, a form of cabaret which was developed in France by Rodolphe Salis in 1881 as the ''cabaret artistique''. It was named Le Chat Noir and was centered on political events and satire. ...

artist, author and musician from

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. His shows often incorporate performances on the accordion or the piano.

Early life

Rebers was born in Westerbrak in

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. By the age of 15, Rebers' band Los Promillos which he founded with his brothers is a success in his local area of Weserbergland and brings him a certain degree of financial independence. After school, he successfully studied at the University of Hannover to become a teacher. It was also at the university where he made his first contacts to independent theaters and the art of Kabarett. After his first studies, he also earned a degree in

pedagogy Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political, and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken ...

. He taught himself playing the

piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

and learned playing the

accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German language, German ', from '—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a Reed (mou ...

from Thomas Aßmus from 1984 to 1988, an instrument which he calls "Strapsmaus" and uses in his shows since then.

Artistic career

From 1989 to 1997, Rebers was the director of plays at the Staatstheater Braunschweig. From 1997 to 1999 he was a member of the Lach- und Schießgesellschaft in Munich before starting a solo career. Rebers often made guest appearance on various German Kabarett shows, such as ''

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'', '' Neues aus der Anstalt'' or Ottfried Fischer's ''Ottis Schlachthof'' which exposed him to a larger audience and increased his popularity.

Style

Rebers' Kabarett is musical in nature and relies on songs to bring his message across. He sees his music in the tradition of classical worker's songs like those composed by Bert Brecht. His style has been described as complicated and nasty satire which led to him being compared to

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n Kabarett artist Josef Hader.

Awards

* Wolfsburger Wolf (2000) * Prix Pantheon: audience award ''Beklatscht & Ausgebuht'' (2003) * Das große Kleinkunstfestival (2005) * Sprungbrett (20068) * Salzburger Stier (2006) *''Stern des Jahres'' of the Abendzeitung in the category ''Kabarett'' (2006) * Deutscher Kleinkunstpreis in the category ''Kabarett'' (2008) * Deutscher Kabarettpreis (2008) * Dieter Hildebrandt Prize (2018)

Releases

* ''Ich mag mich trotzdem'' (2000) * ''Ziemlich dicht'' (2002) * ''Nebenan und nebenbei'' (2004) * ''Lieber vom Fachmann'' (2007)

References

External links

Official homepage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rebers, Andreas 1958 births Living people German male comedians Kabarettists Musicians from Munich German cabaret performers German satirists German comedy musicians German satirical musicians German accordionists German male pianists People from Holzminden (district) Comedians from Lower Saxony Comedians from Munich