Patrick Lindner (born 27 September 1960) is a

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Volksmusik Alpine folk music (; German's ''Volksmusik'' means "people's music" or as a Germanic connotative translation, "folk's music") is the common umbrella designation of a number of related styles of traditional folk music in the Alpine regions of S ...

singer.

Life

Born as Friedrich Günther Raab in

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, West Germany, Lindner worked as a chef before his breakthrough in 1989 when he was second in the Grand Prix der Volksmusik. He then released various singles and albums and hosted TV shows such as "Patrick Lindner persönlich" ("Patrick Lindner Personally"), "So ein Tag mit guten Freunden" ("A Day with Good Friends"), and the "Patrick Lindner Show" on

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(until 1998). He also had appearances in movies and series as "Weißblaue Wintergeschichten" ("Wintertime Stories"), " Das Traumschiff", and " SOKO München". By 1997, Lindner abandoned classical

to make more progressive music. By this time, his

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and his relationship with manager Michael Link made him popular in Germany – newspapers called them a "Germany's top gay couple". They adopted eight-month-old Daniel, a child brought up in an institution in Russia. Link wrote the children's books "Come I'll show you my parents" and "Adventure Adoption or: a lifetime dream comes true" in order to promote tolerance towards homosexuals. The couple broke up in March 2005. Lindner married his partner (since 2010) Peter Schäfer in 2020.

Awards

Bambi ''Bambi'' is a 1942 American Animated film, animated Coming of age, coming-of-age drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Loosely based on Felix Salten's 1923 novel ''Bambi, a Life in the Woods'', the ...

1991 * Goldene Stimmgabel 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997 and 1999

Discography

*''Die kloane Tür zum Paradies'' (1989) *''Die kleinen Dinge des Lebens'' (1990) *''Weihnachten mit Patrick Lindner'' (1990) *''Eine Handvoll Herzlichkeit'' (1991) *''Ohne Zärtlichkeit geht gar nix'' (1992) *''Träum Dich ins Paradies – meine 18 schönsten Lieder'' (1993) *''Liebe ist das Salz der Erde'' (1994) *''Meine Lieder streicheln Dich'' (1995) *''Weihnachtszeit – Stille Zeit'' (1995) *''Herzlich willkommen in meinem Leben'' (1996) *''Das Beste aus der Patrick Lindner Show'' (1997) *''Himmelweit'' (1998) *''Stark genug'' (1999) *''Wenn es noch Wunder gibt'' (2000) *''Mammamia'' (2001) *''Nur das Beste'' (2002) *''Halleluja – auf das Leben'' (2003) *''Ganz privat – meine schönsten Liebeslieder'' (2004) *''Gigolo'' (2005) *''Die Sonne ist für alle da'' (2006) *''Heute, hier und jetzt'' (2007) *''Jedes Herz braucht eine Heimat'' (2008) *''Fang dir die Sonne'' (2009) *''Schenk dir den Tag'' (2010) *''Böhmisch klingt's am Besten'' (2012) *''Nur mit deiner Liebe'' (2014) *''Mittenrein ins Glück'' (2016) *''Leb dein Leben'' (2018)

References

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