Hans Steingen born in April 1963 in Ratingen / Germany

Contact: Big Noise | Hans Steingen Kronprinzenstrasse 97 Germany – 40217 Düsseldorf Email: [email protected]

DISCOGRAPHY, FILMOGRAPHY, CONCERTS, SESSIONS, PROJECTS (selected list):

2009-2010 Music and sounddesign for Adolf Winkelmann’s „Fliegende Bilder“ for „The U“ in the course of the European Capital of Culture RUHR.2010

2010 Film-scoring: „Ein neues Kleid für 17 Kisten“, Documentary

2008 : „“

2008-2009 Album: Marla Glen

2007 TV-movie: "Das Leuchten der Sterne", Director: Adolf Winkelmann, Production: Megaherz, ARD Degeto

2007 Documentary: "Behind The Curtain", Being a Professional Dancer, Filmmaker: Simone Wiest

2006 Steingen conducts: Bruckner, Grieg, Steingen; Rehearsals & Concert with the Orchesterakademie NRW, Tonhalle Düsseldorf 24.11.2006; Program: Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 7, Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Hans Steingen: Overture of "Der Utopist"

2005-2006 TV-movie: "Contergan, Eine einzige Tablette", Director: Adolf Winkelmann, Producer: Michael Souvignier, Zeitsprung, ARD Degeto

2005 Three shows as musical director and pianist with "Antoschka", the star-clown of "The Moscow State Circus": "Ansichten eines Clowns ... über einen kleinen Prinzen"

2005 Arrangements in cooperation with "Die Toten Hosen" for "MTV Unplugged": Die Toten Hosen - - unplugged im Wiener Burgtheater

2005 Film-scoring: dramaturgic music, "Ghetto", Director: Andrius Juzenas, Producer: Thees Klahn

2005 TV-commercials: "T-Mobile", compositions for 2 tv-spots, Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi

2005 Songbook of "Die Toten Hosen: Zurück zum Glück", Bosworth Musik Verlag

2005 Albumproject: "Schnappi und seine Freunde", as Co-producer and Co-author, in cooperation with Iris Gruttmann, for: Univeral Music, platinum-award. 2004-2005 TV-movie: 4 series of "Unter weißen Segeln", in cooperation with Escape Route, Michael Mertens

2004 Songbook of "Die Toten Hosen: Reich & Sexy 2", Bosworth Musik Verlag

2004 Orchestra-arrangement: Die Toten Hosen, "Behauptung", Album "Zurück zum Glück"

2004 TV-movie: Engelchen Flieg, Director: Adolf Winkelmann, Production: Megaherz, ARD Degeto

2003 Producer and co-writer: Album Project, Artist: Jason Hóman

2003 Concerts as soloist with Tonart-Orchester, playing George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

2002 2nd place in the german Eurovision Song Contest (Grand Prix 2002) with Joy Fleming & Jambalaya, Titel: "Joy To The World"

2001-2002 Albumproject with co-writer/co-producer Jason Hóman, Artist: Joy Fleming & Jambalaya, Album: "Joy To The World"

2001-2004 Six hearbooks for children of Anette Lange's "Briefe von Felix"-series, incl. corresponding songs, as co-writer/co-producer in cooperation with Iris Gruttmann

2001 Arragement for “Die Toten Hosen”, Titel: "Nur zu Besuch"

2001 Film-scoring: Herlinde Koelbls "Die Meute", Documentary, WDR “Menschen Hautnah“

2001 Film-scoring: "Der Madendoktor", Documentary, Director: Sandra Hacker, WDR "Menschen hautnah"

2001 "Dortmund B.C.", a composition for the opening-event of the exibition "Dortmund Forever"

2000 Music-production for the Mercedes opening-event of the DTM-Competition Series

2000 EXPO2000 Hannover, german pavillion, "Deutschland.Pict" - "Deutschland.Wave"

2000 platinum-award for "Die Toten Hosen: "

1999 Remix: Guildo Horn "Berlin"

1999 Film-scoring: "Waschen, Schneiden, Legen"

1999 M.O.P.G. SQUAD "The Score", Single in coproduction with Jon Caffery

1998 "Everlasting Friends", single-release (EMI) and tv-commercials for "Holsten Bier"

1998 P. Jembato: Body Voices, album (BMG-Ariola)

1997 platinum-award for "Die Toten Hosen: Opium für's Volk" 1995-1999 Die Toten Hosen, various orchestra-arrangements, various

1995 Arrangements for WDR- Rundfunk Symphonie Orchester

1994-2000 various arrangements and sessions with the members of Munic Philharmonic Orchestra.

1994 Cynthia Tokaya, „Atlantic Assembly“, album-production

1993 [i´lektrik ´mju:zik], album (SPV Records)

1992 ST-Melody Project, album (Virgin & Solid Pleasure, Dieter Maier/Yellow)

1992 Gershwin Event, concert

1991 Dreams on Mozart, album (Sony Music) in cooparation with Jürgen Fritz

1990 Peter Hofmann, album (CBS) in cooparation with Jürgen Fritz

1989 Fitz, Artist: Michael Fitz, album (Ariola)

1988 Jedesmal, Artist: Herwig Mitteregger, album (CBS)

1987 Seminar-trainer and session-concert with members of The English School Of Jazz

1985-87 “Where The Wild Buffalo Roams”, Artist: Twelve Drummers Drumming, album (Phonogram)

1984 seminar-execution: FM-Synthesis and MIDI

1982-84 various piano-solo and ensemble concerts

BIOGRAPHY

# In 2004 ..., 2005 ..., 2006 ..., 2007 ...., 2010 ... various projects. Have a look at the selected list of DISCOGRAPHY, FILMOGRAPHY, CONCERTS, SESSIONS, PROJECTS

# In 2006 he was co-founder of “The World Parliament of Clowns”

# In 2003 he appears as soloist with Tonart-Orchester, playing George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

# In 2002 piano in a symphonic-concert with Tonart-Orchester, Shostakovich Jazz-Suite

# since 2001 Iris Gruttmann and Hans Steingen produce various hearbooks for children of Anette Lange's "Briefe von Felix"-Series.

# since 2000 various record- and filmscoring-projects

# In 2000 he co-founded and starts producing the "In-Between" chamber ensemble. # 1999-2000 he was musical director of "Winkelmann's Deutschland.Pict", the multimedia presentation of the federal states of Germany in the german pavillion on EXPO2000 Hannover. Therefore he composed various pieces, rearranged J.S.Bach's Contrapunctus 1 and recorded extracs of the works e.g. by Haydn, Hindemith and Weill.

# In 1999 the new Big Noise Recordingstudios were opened. The first production was the film-scoring of "Waschen, Schneiden, Legen", Director: Adolf Winkelmann

# Since 1995 he worked on the realization of a music-concept, that accompanies the "EXPO2000 Hannover Logoanimation" and transpose the "EXPO2000 Impulse" to its acoustic equivalent.

# Hans Steingen works as composer, arranger, conductor and producer for record- companies, broadcast, TV and advertising-agencies and on film scores.

# In 1994 he was co-founder of ergo: multimedia-pool for design and communication in Düsseldorf, and is executive for music- and video-productions.

# In 1985 he founded Big Noise Recordingstudio & Musicproduction.

# Since 1982 he worked as session-musician in Germany and .

# From 1979 he increased his musical view through experimenting with different kind of soundprocessing, especially computerbased overtone-synthesis.

# Since 1975 he appeared on stage as solo-artist and as member of different groups and youth-orchestras. At that time he was patronized e.g. by Lions Club Niederrhein.

# studied classic- and jazz-piano, composing and arrangement, among others taught by Jordi Torra and Bernhard Bücker.

# 1966: first piano-lessons