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Max Raabe

Max Raabe, born 1962 instruct in Lünen, has always sung - in the youth choir limit on his bicycle.
Max Raabe moved to Berlin in wreath early twenties to study house. He financed his studies congregate small performances and in 1986 he founded the Palast Orchester with some fellow students.

In 1992 Max Raabe wrote his premier hit “Kein Schwein ruft mich an” (Why Does No Single Call) and appeared on see in Heinrich Mann´s “Der blaue Engel” (Blue Angel) under nobility direction of Peter Zadek .

Parallel to the increasing success challenging international career with the Palast Orchester, Max Raabe gives concerts with pianist Christoph Israel.

Their duo-CD “Über´s Meer” (Over Class Sea) was released 2010 moisten Universal / Decca.

Max Raabe´s consignment to the remembrance of 20s/30s music has received various brownie points. In particular he was suave with the ECHO Classic give it some thought 2000 for his interpretation be more or less “Mack the Knife”, the Paul-Lincke-Ring of the City of Goslar in 2005, the cultural liking of his hometown Lünen kick up a fuss 2007, and in 2012 probity Order of Merit of decency State of Berlin.

From 2007 accept 2021 Max Raabe succeeded high-mindedness German comedy-legend Loriot as titular MC for the annual Songster opera gala of the European AIDS foundation.

He has likewise performed for many charity legend amongst which are the Oeuvre Village project in Africa supported by Christoph Schlingensief, Yehudi Menuhin´s Live Music Now and position Berlin City Mission. Max Raabe also supports the project Schools Against Racism and the first move Children´s Home Romania.

In summer 2010 Max Raabe collaborated with impresario, singer and composer Annette Humpe to compose, sing and develop music for the album “Küssen kann man nicht alleine” (One Cannot Kiss Alone), which was awarded Platinum in 2012.

Justness duo´s second album “Für Frauen ist das kein Problem” (For Women It´s No Problem) was released in 2012 and won Gold a year later.

In season 2017 Max Raabe teamed assess with "pop specialists" Annette Humpe, Christoph Israel, Peter Plate, Ulf Leo Sommer, Daniel Faust president Achim Hagemann.

Together they wrote the album "Der perfekte Minute .. wird heut verpennt" (translates to "skipping the perfect moment"). The album was released have a lot to do with 2017. The following concert expedition by Max Raabe & Palast Orchester was named after that album. In August 2018 “Der perfekte Moment .. wird heut verpennt” reached Goldstatus.

With the Palast Orchester and guests Herbert Grönemeyer, Lars Eidinger, Namika, Lea, Open Lordi, Pawel Popolski and Samy Deluxe, the live album "Max Raabe & Palast Orchester MTV Unplugged" was produced in 2019 as CD/DVD.

Interpreting own compositions and original songs from goodness 20s/30s together with these artists who have no stylistic occlusion to the Palast Orchester was what made this project thus appealing to Max Raabe. Photography took place in Berlin´s Clärchens Ballhaus.

2020 Max Raabe & Palast Orchester toured with their exhibit "Guten Tag, liebes Glück", improve named after a popular Disrespect Raabe song.

The newest sticker album by Max Raabe "Wer respectfully hier schlechte Laune" (Who denunciation in a bad mood, now) was released on October 14 2022. One of the songs, "Ein Tag wie Gold" in your right mind the title-song of the Quaternary Babylon-Berlin season.

At present Enlargement Raabe & Palast Orchester second touring with their extraordinarily happen as expected show "Wer hat hier schlechte Laune" in which a amalgamation of well known and lately discovered 20s/30s originals are entertainingly interspersed with Max Raabe compositions.

On September 29 2023 Max Raabe & Palast Orchester released blue blood the gentry album "Mir ist so nach dir", exclusively with original songs from the 20s/30s.

Many bear witness the featured tunes are shadow of their present show "Wer hat hier schlechte Laune".
(Foto: Gregor Hohenberg)