Franz André Heller (; born 22 March 1947 as Francis Charles Georges Jean André Heller-Hueart) is an Austrian artist, author, poet, singer, songwriter, and actor.
Biography
Heller was born in Vienna into a wealthy Jewish family of sweets manufacturers, Gustav & Wilhelm Heller. His parents were Stephan Heller (1895–1958) and Elisabeth Heller (1914–2018). He visited
Café Hawelka almost daily. It was in this coffeehouse that he met many men of letters including
Friedrich Torberg,
H. C. Artmann, and occasionally
Elias Canetti
Elias Canetti (; 25 July 1905 – 14 August 1994; ; ) was a German-language writer, known as a Literary modernism, modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and nonfiction writer. Born in Ruse, Bulgaria, to a Sephardi Jews, Sephardic Jewish fam ...
, as well as
Hans Weigel, and
Helmut Qualtinger, with whom he later on collaborated and performed. He took acting classes from Hans Weigel and his
cohabitee Elfriede Ott.
Theatre, radio, television, songs
Heller has been writing prose, poetry, and songs since 1964. He left school shortly before obtaining the
Matura
or its translated terms (''mature'', ''matur'', , , , , ', ) is a Latin name for the secondary school exit exam or "maturity diploma" in various European countries, including Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech ...
, (he went to a
Jesuit
The Society of Jesus (; abbreviation: S.J. or SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits ( ; ), is a religious order (Catholic), religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rom ...
boarding school). From 1965 to 1967, he was a moderately successful actor at various Viennese
avant-garde
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theatres.
Public figure
In 1967, Heller co-founded
Ö3, the
ORF's then-
progressive pop
Progressive pop is pop music that attempts to break with the genre's standard formula, or an offshoot of the progressive rock genre that was commonly heard on AM radio in the 1970s and 1980s. It was originally termed for the early progressive ...
music station, where he was one of the hosts of the daily ''Musicbox'' programme. That same year, he recorded his first LP record with the title ''Nr1'' that was released in 1970. His second LP called, ''Platte'' was released in 1971, and, subsequently, his first play premiered entitled, ''King-Kong-King-Mayer–Mayer–Ling'' at
Vienna Festival
The Vienna Festival (Wiener Festwochen) is a culture festival that takes place in Vienna for five or six weeks in May and June every year. The Vienna Festival was established in 1951, when Vienna was still occupied by the Participants in World W ...
in 1972.
Chansonnier
As a poet songwriter, his work spans across a period of more than 15 years selecting diverse topics and writing for a German-speaking audience. He has worked with not only international names such as
Ástor Piazzolla,
Dino Saluzzi, and
Freddie Hubbard
Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (April 7, 1938 – December 29, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter. He played bebop, hard bop, and post-bop styles from the early 1960s onwards. His unmistakable and influential tone contributed to new perspectives fo ...
, but also with Austrian artists such as
Toni Stricker,
Wolfgang Ambros
Wolfgang Ambros (born 19 March 1952) is an Austrian ''liedermacher'' (singer-songwriter). He is one of the most important contemporary Austrian musicians and is considered to be one of the founders of Austropop.
Early life
Ambros was born ...
, and
Helmut Qualtinger. Heller's own poetry has been set to music. He has also sung texts by other authors. For instance, "Catherine", from 1970, was set to one of the first hits of Heller. The text came from the then still largely unknown
Reinhard Mey, and the music from the Austro-Canadian
Jack Grunsky. With
Werner Schneyder, he created
Viennese German songs that are translated from
Jacques Brel
Jacques Romain Georges Brel (; 8 April 1929 – 9 October 1978) was a Belgian singer and actor who composed and performed theatrical songs. He generated a large, devoted following—initially in Belgium and France, but later throughout the world ...
, such as "Franz" (after the Brel title "Jef"). Using intimate memories of traumatic childhood experiences, and insights into his life, as well as his Catholic-Jewish origin, he created songs with the title "Angstlied" (''Verwunschen'', 1980). Titles like "Miruna, die Riesin von Göteborg" (''Verwunschen'', 1980) are, in turn, influenced by the
Vienna School of Fantastic Realism. "Das Lied vom idealen Park" (''Narrenlieder'' 1985), or, as a duet with Wolfgang Ambros, he also introduced the Bob Dylan cover, "Für immer jung" (''Stimmenhören'', 1983), are now titles that are part of the Austro-pop cannon. In 1983, he appeared on ''Stimmenhören'' with the song "Erhebet euch Geliebte", a song at the time of the
peace movement
A peace movement is a social movement which seeks to achieve ideals such as the ending of a particular war (or wars) or minimizing inter-human violence in a particular place or situation. They are often linked to the goal of achieving world pe ...
in the early 1980s. Since the early 1980s, he turned increasingly to large public productions, installations and performances, until 1982, where his concert career came to close. In 1985, the album, ''Narrenlieder'', was released. Between 1967 and 1985, he published a total of fourteen LPs, twelve of those were
gold records, and earned him seven times platinum. In 1991, he wrote, looking back on this period:
I started in 1967, to put my poems together using my voice on record and in recitals before millions of people. This was following the example of Bob Dylan's first meaningful and self-published poetry ... 1982 was certainly the zenith of that career, where I had to stop my concerts. I realized at this point, it was spoiled for me, because at 8 pm, I had to act gifted in front of a few thousand listeners, just because they had paid for admission. – Heller in the liner notes of ''Kritische Gesamtausgabe'' published in 1991.
However, on his 60th birthday, Heller gave a concert in April 2007 at the Viennese Radiokulturhaus, after twenty-five years of absence from the stage in a recital entitled, ''Konzert für mich'' (Concert for me).
Between 1968 and 1983, Heller recorded 15 albums as a singer of his own texts, and in part of his own compositions. He was on the road with 9 international concert tours, and was the host and entertainer in 12 evening-filling TV shows.
In 2006, thanks to the initiative of Chris Gelbmann, he released his last album called, ''Ruf und Echo''. The 3-CD compendium is the first release in the past 20 years, containing new songs, and interpretations of old hits by artists like
Brian Eno
Brian Peter George Jean-Baptiste de la Salle Eno (, born 15 May 1948), also mononymously known as Eno, is an English musician, songwriter, record producer, visual artist, and activist. He is best known for his pioneering contributions to ambien ...
,
Xavier Naidoo,
Thomas D
Die Fantastischen Vier (, "The Fantastic Four"), often shortened to Fanta 4, is a German hip hop band from Stuttgart. The members are Smudo, Michael Schmidt (Smudo), Andreas Rieke, Thomas Dürr, and Michi Beck. They were, together with Advanced ...
, and
The Walkabouts.
Cultural manager
Heller was appointed as an Artistic Director of the Artistic and Cultural Programme that ran parallel to the
2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to FIFA World Cup hosts ...
in Germany. His company, Artevent, was also responsible for the presentation of the Germany bid for the 2006 FIFA World Cup project. He designed the final presentation in 2000 for the successful West German application, and, in 2003, designed a "Fußball-Globus", an architectural project consisting of a huge lit-up football globe that toured through Germany standing in public places such as
Brandenburg Gate
The Brandenburg Gate ( ) is an 18th-century Neoclassical architecture, neoclassical monument in Berlin. One of the best-known landmarks of Germany, it was erected on the site of a former city gate that marked the start of the road from Berlin t ...
in Berlin. Heller invented the motto for the Football World Cup, ''Die Welt zu Gast bei Freunden'' (
A time to make friends).
For the World Cup, Heller planned an opening gala in
Berlin's Olympic Stadium, where
Brian Eno
Brian Peter George Jean-Baptiste de la Salle Eno (, born 15 May 1948), also mononymously known as Eno, is an English musician, songwriter, record producer, visual artist, and activist. He is best known for his pioneering contributions to ambien ...
, and
Peter Gabriel
Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and human rights activist. He came to prominence as the original frontman of the rock band Genesis. He left the band in 1975 and launched a solo career wit ...
would be involved. On 13 January 2006, it was canceled by
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (), more commonly known by its acronym FIFA ( ), is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. It was founded on 21 May 1904 to o ...
. The reason cited was that the turf, which would have been re-installed after the end of the gala, would not be in perfect condition for the first game there.
Since 2003,
Robert Hofferer is his manager, and leads the firm Artevent, with headquarters in Vienna.
Actor
From 1976 until 1981, Heller played major roles in various international movies.
In the late 1960s, Heller joined as a financier in the film, ''
Moos auf den Steinen'', with
Erika Pluhar
Erika Pluhar is an Austria, Austrian actress, singer, and author, born on 28 February 1939 in Vienna. She is the daughter of Anna and Dr Josef Pluhar. Pluhar's younger sister, Ingeborg G. Pluhar, is a painter and sculptor. Erika Pluhar is not rela ...
in one of the main roles, for which he claims to have used up his inheritance. It was not long before he was in front the camera as an actor: Heller played roles in
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg's ''
Hitler: A Film from Germany'', in ' by
Radu Gabrea, in ''
Doktor Faustus'' by
Franz Seitz, and in
Peter Schamoni's ''
Frühlingssinfonie'', in
Maximilian Schell
Maximilian Schell (8 December 1930 – 1 February 2014) was a Swiss actor. Born in First Austrian Republic, Austria, his parents were involved in the arts and he grew up surrounded by performance and literature. While he was still a child, his fa ...
's 1979 film, ''
Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald'', which is based on
Ödön von Horváth
Edmund Josef von Horváth (9 December 1901 – 1 June 1938) was an Austro-Hungarian playwright and novelist who wrote in German, and went by the ''nom de plume'' Ödön von Horváth (). He was one of the most critically admired writers of his g ...
's play. In 1969, Heller participated in a televised version of
Arthur Schnitzler
Arthur Schnitzler (15 May 1862 – 21 October 1931) was an Austrian author and dramatist. He is considered one of the most significant representatives of Viennese Modernism. Schnitzler’s works, which include psychological dramas and narratives ...
's tragicomedy, ', directed by
Peter Beauvais. In 1989, he also worked as a stamp artist; on behalf of the
United Nations Postal Administration, he designed a stamp to commemorate
UN Vienna's tenth anniversary.
Publications
Heller has received numerous international awards. He has to date written 14 printed publications, among them are collections of stories ''Die Ernte der Schlaflosigkeit in Wien'', ''Auf und Davon'', ''Schlamassel'', and ''Als ich ein Hund war'', the novel ''Schattentaucher'', and the collection of poems ''Sitzt ana und glaubt, er is zwa'' (with Helmut Qualtinger), as well as two picture books ''Jagmandir – Traum und Wirklichkeit'', and ''Die Zaubergärten des André Heller''. 21 TV documentaries have been produced about Heller's projects, productions, and plans. These were done by the likes of
Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog (; né Stipetić; born 5 September 1942) is a German filmmaker, actor, opera director, and author. Regarded as a pioneer of New German Cinema, his films often feature ambitious protagonists with impossible dreams, people with unusu ...
, Syberberg, and
Elsa Klensch
Elsa Klensch ( Aeschbacher; 21 February 1930 – 4 March 2022) was an Australian and American journalist, novelist, and television personality, often working in the world of fashion.
She was the producer and host of '' Style with Elsa Klensch'' ...
, among others.
Private life
Heller was married from 1970 to 1984 to the actress, singer, and author
Erika Pluhar
Erika Pluhar is an Austria, Austrian actress, singer, and author, born on 28 February 1939 in Vienna. She is the daughter of Anna and Dr Josef Pluhar. Pluhar's younger sister, Ingeborg G. Pluhar, is a painter and sculptor. Erika Pluhar is not rela ...
. For some years, he lived in the 1970s with the actress
Gertraud Jesserer, and much later, with the actress
Andrea Eckert. Heller was romantically involved for short periods in the mid-1980s with Anke Kesselaar,
Rudi Carrell
Rudi Carrell (born Rudolf Wijbrand Kesselaar; 19 December 1934 – 7 July 2006) was a Dutch entertainer. Along with famous entertainers such as Johannes Heesters and Linda de Mol, he was one of the most successful Dutch personalities active ...
's former wife.
Heller lives in an apartment in the in Vienna's
Innere Stadt
The Innere Stadt (; ; "Inner City") is the 1st municipal Districts of Vienna, district of Vienna () located in the center of the Austrian capital. The Innere Stadt is the old town of Vienna. Until the city boundaries were expanded in 1850, the I ...
quarter that is owned by the Augustinian monastery of
Klosterneuburg. In 2000, Heller received, there, the then
German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder
Gerhard Fritz Kurt Schröder (; born 7 April 1944) is a German former politician and Lobbying, lobbyist who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005. From 1999 to 2004, he was also the Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (S ...
. Heller lives temporarily in the
Giardino Botanico in
Gardone Riviera. He currently lives with the former model Albina Schmid in Vienna, and travels the world. He has one son, Ferdinand, who goes under the stage name "
Left Boy" for his music.
Performances, installations, stage designs
* 1981 – Flic Flac, a poetic
music hall
Music hall is a type of British theatrical entertainment that was most popular from the early Victorian era, beginning around 1850, through the World War I, Great War. It faded away after 1918 as the halls rebranded their entertainment as Varie ...
performance as part of the
Vienna Festival
The Vienna Festival (Wiener Festwochen) is a culture festival that takes place in Vienna for five or six weeks in May and June every year. The Vienna Festival was established in 1951, when Vienna was still occupied by the Participants in World W ...
the tour through Europe
* 1983 – The Pyro-Poem of ''Theater des Feuers'' (Teatro de Fogo) modeled on
baroque
The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from ...
light and color games held in
Lisbon
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. Heller financed this
spectacle
In general, spectacle refers to an event that is memorable for the appearance it creates. Derived in Middle English from c. 1340 as "specially prepared or arranged display" it was borrowed from Old French ''spectacle'', itself a reflection of the ...
from his own pocket that almost put him on the brink of bankruptcy.
* 1984 – ''Sturz durch Träume'' a fire show before the
Reichstag building
The Reichstag (; ) is a historic legislative government building on Platz der Republik in Berlin that is the seat of the German Bundestag. It is also the meeting place of the Federal Convention, which elects the President of Germany.
The Ne ...
in Berlin attracts 650 000 paying spectators
* 1984 – ''Feuertheater mit Klangwolke'' in front of the Berlin Reichstag
* 1985 – ''Misstraue der Idylle'' for the
Bundesgartenschau
The Bundesgartenschau (; BUGA) is a biennial federal horticulture show in Germany. It also covers topics like landscaping. Taking place in different cities, the location changes in a two-year cycle. About once every ten years, an international ...
in Berlin, Heller created a floral painting from 40,000 plants.
* 1985 – ''Begnadete Körper'' had its premiere on 2 November, in the
Deutsches Theater in Munich. Great masters of the acrobatics schools in
Anhui
Anhui is an inland Provinces of China, province located in East China. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze and Huai rivers, bordering Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the east, Jiang ...
and Beijing tour through Europe. Heller was the first non-Chinese artist to be allowed to work with Chinese master acrobats and to present their refined skills to the West.
* 1986 – In
Graz
Graz () is the capital of the Austrian Federal states of Austria, federal state of Styria and the List of cities and towns in Austria, second-largest city in Austria, after Vienna. On 1 January 2025, Graz had a population of 306,068 (343,461 inc ...
, Heller created a ' (poetry garden) where he had a core set of important writers create poems with flower shapes
* 1986 – ''Himmelszeichen''
hot air balloon
A hot air balloon is a lighter-than-air aircraft consisting of a bag, called an envelope, which contains heated air. Suspended beneath is a gondola or wicker basket (in some long-distance or high-altitude balloons, a capsule), which carri ...
sculptures that are celestial signs floating above the skies of London, Munich, Venice, Oslo, New York, Moscow, San Francisco and across the Niagara Falls.
* 1986 – ''Salut für Olga'' The show sought a revival of
vaudeville
Vaudeville (; ) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment which began in France in the middle of the 19th century. A ''vaudeville'' was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a drama ...
arts
* 1987 – ''
Luna Luna'', staged in
Hamburg
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, was Heller's Festival of Modern Art. Numerous well-known contemporary artists participated, including
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat (; December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American artist who rose to success during the 1980s as part of the neo-expressionism movement.
Basquiat first achieved notoriety in the late 1970s as part of the graffiti ...
,
Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Fox Lichtenstein ( ; October27, 1923September29, 1997) was an American pop artist. He rose to prominence in the 1960s through pieces which were inspired by popular advertising and the comic book style. Much of his work explores the relations ...
,
Salvador Dalí
Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquess of Dalí of Púbol (11 May 190423 January 1989), known as Salvador Dalí ( ; ; ), was a Spanish Surrealism, surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, ...
,
Joseph Beuys
Joseph Heinrich Beuys ( ; ; 12 May 1921 – 23 January 1986) was a German artist, teacher, performance artist, and Aesthetics, art theorist whose work reflected concepts of humanism and sociology. With Heinrich Böll, , Caroline Tisdall, Rober ...
,
Keith Haring
Keith Allen Haring (May 4, 1958 – February 16, 1990) was an American artist whose pop art emerged from the Graffiti in New York City, New York City graffiti subculture of the 1980s. His animated imagery has "become a widely recognized visual l ...
,
Friedensreich Hundertwasser
Friedrich Stowasser (15 December 1928 – 19 February 2000), better known by his pseudonym Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser (), was an Austrian visual artist and architect who also worked in the field of environmental protection ...
and
Jim Whiting.
* 1987 – ''Lachen Machen'' Clown Parade
* 1988 – ''Body and Soul'', a show of black American heritage stage show with musicians, singers, dancers, and grotesque comedy artists from
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is bounded roughly by the Hudson River on the west; the Harlem River and 155th Street on the north; Fifth Avenue on the east; and Central Park North on the south. The greater ...
, Mubale, and
New Orleans
New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or The Big Easy among other nicknames) is a Consolidated city-county, consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 at the 2020 ...
; tour through New York and Europe. (Spirituals,
New Orleans jazz,
ragtime
Ragtime, also spelled rag-time or rag time, is a musical style that had its peak from the 1890s to 1910s. Its cardinal trait is its Syncopation, syncopated or "ragged" rhythm. Ragtime was popularized during the early 20th century by composers ...
,
bebop
Bebop or bop is a style of jazz developed in the early to mid-1940s in the United States. The style features compositions characterized by a fast tempo (usually exceeding 200 bpm), complex chord progressions with rapid chord changes and numerou ...
, sandshoe,
blues
Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated among African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues has incorporated spiritual (music), spirituals, work songs, field hollers, Ring shout, shouts, cha ...
,
soul
The soul is the purported Mind–body dualism, immaterial aspect or essence of a Outline of life forms, living being. It is typically believed to be Immortality, immortal and to exist apart from the material world. The three main theories that ...
,
scat,
tap dancing)
* 1988 –
Giardino Botanico Fondazione André Heller Acquisition of Fondazione André Heller in
Gardone Riviera, Italy, approximately 10.000 m
2 botanical gardens
* 1989 – Chinese National Circus
* 1991 – ''
Jagmandir'', the eccentric private theater of the Maharana of Udaipur, India
* 1991 – Sinking Giant flower sculpture and fountain ''Versinkende Riesin'' in the gardens of
Schönbrunn Palace
Schönbrunn Palace (Austrian German, German: Schloss Schönbrunn ) was the main summer residence of the House of Habsburg, Habsburg rulers, located in Hietzing, the 13th district of Vienna. The name ''Schönbrunn'' (meaning "beautiful spring") ha ...
, Vienna
* 1991 – ''Wonderhouse'' at the
Broadhurst Theatre
The Broadhurst Theatre is a Broadway theatre, Broadway theater at 235 West 44th Street (Manhattan), 44th Street in the Theater District, Manhattan, Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. Opened in 1917, the thea ...
on Broadway in New York City
* 1992 – ''Bamboo Man'' a 55-meter-high sculpture floating in the harbor of Hong Kong
* 1992 – ''Wintergarten-Varieté'' with Bernhard Paul, inauguration of the theatre-building in Berlin, Germany
* 1995 – ''Swarovski Crystal Worlds'' Heller designed in
Wattens, Tyrol
* 1996 – ''
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
The ( German for ''Brockhaus Encyclopedia'') is a German-language encyclopedia which until 2009 was published by the F. A. Brockhaus printing house.
The first edition originated in the '' Conversations-Lexikon'' published by Renatus Gotthelf ...
'' 2000 design of the 24-volume deluxe edition of this encyclopedia for the 20th edition (also: Millennium Edition)
* 1997 – ''Boat of Salt'' in the
Dead Sea
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in Israel
* 1997 – ''The Dumb Prophet'', a light sculpture in
Aït Benhaddou
Aït Benhaddou () is a historic ksar, ''ighrem'' or ''ksar'' (fortified village) along the former Caravan (travellers), caravan route between the Sahara and Marrakesh in Morocco. It is considered a great example of Moroccan architecture, Moroccan ...
, Morocco
* 1997 – ''Yumé'' – Flight through dreams a Japanese kaleidoscope, Tokyo and European tour
* 1998 – ''Meteorit'' a place of amazement, wonder chambers on the Energy theme for the Rheinisch-Westfälische Elektrizitätswerk,
Essen
Essen () is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and Dortmund, as well as ...
, Germany
* 1998 – ''Anima Planning'' for an animal park on a former
Krupp
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site in
Bochum
Bochum (, ; ; ; ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. With a population of 372,348 (April 2023), it is the sixth-largest city (after Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg) in North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous German federa ...
(not implemented)
* 1999 – ''Voices of God'' an event with spiritual singers, musicians, and dancers from 12 cultures,
Marrakesh
Marrakesh or Marrakech (; , ) is the fourth-largest city in Morocco. It is one of the four imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakesh–Safi Regions of Morocco, region. The city lies west of the foothills of the Atlas Mounta ...
, Morocco
* 2000 – ''Der Erdgeist'', a 14-meter-high sculpture, half-man, half bird, watches over the pavilion's Living Planet Square, the
World Wide Fund for Nature
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at the Expo
* 2002 – ''In The Heart of Light'' – ''Night of The Prima Donnas'': A poetic documentation of a myth conceived and produced by André Heller and adapted for the screen by Pepe Danquart
* 2002 – ''Foreboding/La Voix Humaine.'' The
Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris was the venue for the staging of "Anticipation / La Voix Humaine", a cooperation between André Heller and
Jessye Norman in October 2002.
* 2003 – ''Football Globe'' the architectural herald for the 2006
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often called the World Cup, is an international association football competition among the senior List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams of the members of the FIFA, Fédération Internatio ...
in Germany; one tour in Germany, one tour internationally (Tokyo, Paris, Milan, Zurich)
* 2004 –
Jessye Norman, a documentary by André Heller and Othmar Schmiderer
* 2005 – ''Afrika! Afrika!'' African music, dance and acrobat show (performing 2005 until at least 2009)
* 2006 – Opening Ceremony of the 2006 FIFA World Cup
* 2007 – Extension of the Swarovski Crystal Worlds.
* 2011 – ''Magnifico'' a fantastic horse show, showing a
kaleidoscope
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of
fairy tale
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scenes around the horse motif
* 2015 – Opening of the 'Al Noor Insel' in
Sharjah
Sharjah (; ', Gulf Arabic: ''aš-Šārja'') is the List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, third-most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, after Dubai and Abu Dhabi. It is the capital of the Emirate of Sharjah and forms part of the D ...
commissioned by Shurooq, the
Sharjah Investment and Development Authority, in the United Arab Emirates.
* 2016 – Opening of the 'Anima Garden' southeast of
Marrakesh
Marrakesh or Marrakech (; , ) is the fourth-largest city in Morocco. It is one of the four imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakesh–Safi Regions of Morocco, region. The city lies west of the foothills of the Atlas Mounta ...
near
Ourika.
* 2017 – Inauguration of the "Weingöttin" (Vine Goddess), at the Castle of Taggenbrunn, at the vineyard of Andrea and Alfred Riedl.
* 2017 – New design of one room named "Heroes of Peace" in the Swarovski Crystal Worlds.
Works
* ''King Kong King Mayer-Ling – ein Stück Theater'', opening premiere of the Vienna Festival, Austria
* ''Sein und Schein'' – play, premiered in 1993 at the
Burgtheater
The Burgtheater (; literally: "Castle Theater" but alternatively translated as "(Imperial) Court Theater", originally known as '' K.K. Theater an der Burg'', then until 1918 as the ''K.K. Hofburgtheater'', is the national theater of Austria in ...
in Vienna
* ''
Im toten Winkel'' – documentary about
Hitler
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's secretary
Traudl Junge, won the Panorama Audience Award for the Berlinale 2002
* ''Scheitern, scheitern, besser scheitern'' a conversation between Gert Voss and
Harald Schmidt
Harald Franz Schmidt (born 18 August 1957) is a German actor, comedian, television presenter and writer best known as the host of two popular German late-night shows.
Early and private life
A son of refugees who fled from Sudetenland (now Cz ...
Writing
* ''Sie nennen mich den Messerwerfer'' (TBV Fischer 1974)
* ''Die Ernte der Schlaflosigkeit in Wien'' – illustrated book (Goldmann 1975)
* ''Auf und davon'' (Hoffmann and Campe, 1979)
* ''Die Sprache der Salamander'' – Songs 1971–1981 (Hoffmann and Campe, 1981)
* ''Flic Flac'' – A vaudeville poetic photographs by
Stefan Moses – pictorial (Ullstein, 1982)
* ''Wallfahrten zum Allerheiligsten der Phantasie'' (Henschel Verlag 1990)
* ''Schlamassel'' (S. Fischer, 1993)
* ''Brockhaus-Enzyklopädie'' 2000 – Shaping the 24-volume luxury edition (1998)
* ''Bilderleben'' – Öffentliches & Privates – pictorial (dvdrip 2000)
* ''Als ich ein Hund war'' (Yale University Press 2001)
* ''Schattentaucher''(dvdrip 2003)
* ''Wie ich lernte, bei mir selbst Kind zu sein: Eine Erzählung'' (How I learned to be with my child self) A narrative story based on his childhood, youth at a Jesuit boarding school, (S. Fischer, 2008)
Discography
* ''Die frühen Jahre'' (1966–1969)
* ''No. 1'' (1970)
* ''Platte'' (1971)
* ''Das war André Heller'' (1972)
* ''Neue Lieder'' (1973)
* ''A Musi A Musi'' (1974)
* ''Bei lebendigem Leib'' (live, 1975)
* ''Abendland'' (1976)
* ''Basta'' (1978)
* ''Bitter und Süß'' (1978)
* ''Ausgerechnet Heller'' (1979)
* ''Heurige und gestrige Lieder'' (with
Helmut Qualtinger, 1979)
* ' (1980)
* ' (1983)
* ''Narrenlieder'' (1985)
* ''Liebeslieder'' (1989)
* ''Kritische Gesamtausgabe'' 1967–1991 (1991)
* ''Ruf und Echo'' (2003)
* ''Bestheller'' 1967–2007 (2008)
* ''Spätes Leuchten'' (2019)
Awards
* 1986 –
Bambi Award
* 1993 – Berlin Bär (''
BZ''-Culture Award)
* 2004 – Amadeus Austrian Music Award for ''Ruf und Echo''
Amadeus Austrian Music Award
. Retrieved 25 March 2012
* 2004 – André Heller was elected to the list of 50 most important Austrians over the past 50 years with a readership survey from the daily Kurier.
* 2011 – Romy for ''Scheitern, Scheitern, besser Scheitern'', Best Documentary TV
* 2011 –
Notes
External links
*
www.andreheller.com
official website
*
* Discogs
André Heller
{{DEFAULTSORT:Heller, Andre
1947 births
Living people
Male actors from Vienna
Austrian people of Jewish descent
Austrian artists
Austrian singer-songwriters
Austrian male singer-songwriters
Austrian male film actors
20th-century Austrian male actors
Austrian film directors
German-language film directors
Austrian contemporary artists
BASF (record label) artists