Mirjam Wiesemann (born 1964) is a German actress and author. She is a co-founder of

Cybele Records Cybele Records is a German record label based in Düsseldorf, specializing in classical music, namely contemporary music. Founded in 1994, their motto is "Klassik der Zukunft" (Classics of the future), focused on contemporary composers and advance ...

, and the artistic director and speaker of its

audiobook An audiobook (or a talking book) is a recording of a book or other work being read out loud. A reading of the complete text is described as "unabridged", while readings of shorter versions are abridgements. Spoken audio has been available in sc ...

s, with a focus on contemporary music.

Early life and education

Wiesemann was born in

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the daughter of the pianist and composer Bernd Wiesemann. She studied acting in her hometown.

Career

Wiesemann has appeared on stage in

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and

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. She has performed in films and television plays, including the series '' Auf Achse'', ' and ''

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''. She played the part of Edelfräulein in

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's film '. In 2004 she was a co-founder of

, together with her husband . She has been the artistic director and speaker of its

s, a series "Wort und Musik" related to music. Titled "Künstler im Gespräch" (Artists in conversation), she introduces the music of contemporary composers in selected examples from their compositions and conversation, for example talking to the son of

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, with additional historic sound documents by the composer and his wife. She focused on string quartets by

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and Requiem music by

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in 2010, on piano music by

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, including the first complete recording of his compositions for piano, in 2013, concertos by Jacqueline Fontyn in 2014, and music for ensemble by

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in 2016. In 2014 she published an art book with a sound CD, ''Weht ein Stadtspaziergang durch den Traum'', for the 20th anniversary of

Awards

In 2009, Wiesemann was awarded both the

ECHO Klassik The Echo Klassik, often stylized as ECHO Klassik, was Germany's major classical music award in 22 categories. The award, presented by the , was held annually, usually in October or September, separate from its parent award, the Echo Music Prize E ...

and the

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media prize for the audiobook "Die Prinzessin – Kindergeschichten, geschrieben und gesprochen von Arnold Schönberg" (The Princess – children's stories written and spoken by

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). She received the ECHO Klassik in 2010 for the audiobook about Hartmann. Her edition of audiobooks about composers received in 2011 the prize for "Beste verlegerische Leistung" (best editorial achievement) of the

Deutscher Hörbuchpreis Deutscher Hörbuchpreis (German Audiobook Prize) is a literary prize of Germany. Best of all * 2003: Isaak Babel: ''Die Reiterarmee.'' ''Red Cavalry'' * 2004: Flann O'Brien: ''Auf Schwimmen-zwei-Vögel.'' ''At Swim-Two-Birds'' Kein & Aber Recor ...

Discography

* : ''Tangogeschichten'' (2004) * : ''Als hätte die Stille Türen'' (2005) * : ''Vom Mädchen das nicht schlafen wollte'' (2006) *

: ''Die Prinzessin – Kindergeschichten, geschrieben und gesprochen von Arnold Schönberg'' (2008) * ''Karl Amadeus Hartmann und das Streichquartett – Mit historischen und neuen Sprachaufnahmen der Familie Hartmann''. 3 SACDs with historic sound recordings by Karl Amadeus Hartmann, in conversation with Hartmann's wife Elisabeth, Mirjam Wiesemann in conversation with Hartmann's son Richard; Cybele Records, Edition "Künstler im Gespräch", 2009 . * ''

und das Streichquartett'' (2010) * ''

und das Requiem'' (2010) * Mirjam Wiesemann: ''Auf Flügeln in die Tiefe – Geschichten vom Aufwachsen'' (2010) * ''

und das Klavier'' (2013) * '' Jacqueline Fontyn und das Konzert'' (2014) * ''

und das Ensemble (2016)

References

External links

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