Brigitte Ahrens (born 13 September 1945 in
Chemnitz
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 ...
,
Germany) is a German
schlager-singer, who was well known in
East Germany
East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...
.
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
Rundfunk der DDR (, 'GDR Broadcasting'; from about 1948 to 1972 Deutscher Demokratischer Rundfunk, 'German Democratic Broadcasting') was the collective designation for radio broadcasting organized by the State Broadcasting Committee in the East ...
in
East Berlin
East Berlin (; ) was the partially recognised capital city, capital of East Germany (GDR) from 1949 to 1990. From 1945, it was the Allied occupation zones in Germany, Soviet occupation sector of Berlin. The American, British, and French se ...
. 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.
]
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''
External links
Official site
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ahrens, Brigitte
1945 births
Living people
Musicians from Chemnitz
German women singers
German schlager musicians