Sebastian Krumbiegel (born 5 June 1966) is a German singer and musician. He is a member of the band

Die Prinzen Die Prinzen ("The Princes") is a German band, that is made up of former members of the Thomanerchor (the choir of the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, Germany, where Johann Sebastian Bach was music director for many years) and a former member of the D ...

. Born in

Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as wel ...

, from 1976 to 1985 Krumbiegel attended the

Thomasschule zu Leipzig St. Thomas School, Leipzig (german: Thomasschule zu Leipzig; la, Schola Thomana Lipsiensis) is a co-educational and public boarding school in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. It was founded by the Augustinians in 1212 and is one of the oldest schools i ...

where he took the

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examination in 1985. In 1981 he founded the rockband "Phoenix" together with his classmate Wolfgang Lenk. Whilst serving in the NVA (1985–1987) Krumbiegel was the singer of the band "Rockpol". Between 1987 and 1991 Krumbiegel attended the

University of Music and Theatre Leipzig The University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig (german: Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig) is a public university in Leipzig (Saxony, Germany). Founded in 1843 by Felix Mendelssohn ...

. During this time he founded the band called "Die Herzbuben". Members were Wolfgang Lenk, Jens Sembdner and Henri Schmidt. Tobias Künzel joined the band in 1991. It was at this time that they changed the name of the band, calling themselves "Die Prinzen". In 1998 Krumbiegel founded the "Club Geheimrat" and released his first solo CD called "Krumbiegel – Kamma mache nix". In 2004 Krumbiegel's second solo album "Geradeaus abgebogen" was released. In 2005 Krumbiegel played the part of ''Axel'' in the film "Max und Moritz Reloaded". Krumbiegel is currently patron of the

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in Leipzig. His brother is tenor and musicologist Martin Krumbiegel.

References

External links

Krumbiegel's website
(in German) {{DEFAULTSORT:Krumbiegel, Sebastian German male musicians German male singers German male film actors Musicians from Leipzig 1966 births Living people University of Music and Theatre Leipzig alumni