Haindling is a German band founded in 1983 by

Hans-Jürgen Buchner Haindling is a German band founded in 1983 by Hans-Jürgen Buchner. The band specializes in Bavarian world music, a mixture of different musical styles such as pop, rock, folk, ambient, jazz and classical music. Most of the songs are writte ...

. The band specializes in

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n world music, a mixture of different musical styles such as pop,

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, ambient,

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and classical music. Most of the songs are written in

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. Haindling is famous for instrumentals and film scores composed by Buchner. The name of the band derives from the small village Haindling within the town of

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Description

Haindling has composed music for television series and theatrical movies, including ''

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'', ''Der Schandfleck'', ''Bavaria'', ''Margarete Steiff'', among others.

Members

*Hans-Jürgen Buchner (founder, composer, songwriter, sax, trumpet, keyboards, guitar, percussion, vocals) *Michael Braun (sax, trumpet, tp, mellophone, keyboards, percussion, vocals) *Peter Enderlein (drums, percussion) *Wolfgang Gleixner (bass, percussion, vocals) *Reinhold Hoffmann (keyboards, sax, oboe, mellophone, vocals) *Michael Ruff (keyboards)

Albums

# Haindling 1 (1982,

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) # Stilles Potpourri (1984, Polydor) (D# 32) # Spinn i (1985, Polydor) # Meuterei (1986, Polydor) # Höhlenmalerei (1987, Polydor) # Muh (1989, Polydor) (D# 68) # 7 (1991, Polydor) # Haindling (1993,

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) # Weiß (1995, BMG Ariola) (D# 43) # Perlen (1996 BMG Ariola) # Zwischenlandung (1998, BMG Ariola) (D# 41) # Tigerentenliederchen (2000, BMG Ariola) # Filmmusik (2000, BMG Ariola) (D# 85) # Karussell (2002, BMG Ariola) (D# 45) # Vivaldi & Vier Jahreszeiten (2004, BMG Ariola) # Ein Schaf denkt nach (2009, Ariola/

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Awards

* German Music Award, Best Album National, 1982 * Pro meritis scientiae et litterarum (2000) *

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(2005) * Sonderpreis des Kulturpreises Bayern (2005)Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst
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(2005) * Bairische Sprachwurzel (2007) * Bayerische Naturschutzmedaille (2008) * Culture Award, Bayerische Landesstiftung (2011) *

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(2013) * Sigi-Sommer-Taler (2015) * Bayerische Staatsmedaille für besondere Verdienste um die Umwelt / Bavarian State Medal for Special Services to the Environment (2015) * Ambassador of Kulturerbe Bayern (2018)

References

* Michael Braun: ''Meine wilde Zeit mit Haindling''. Rosenheimer Verlagshaus 2007,

External links

Official website
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