For Dirk Zöllner, these are childhood memories: songs by Lift, Biege, Biebl, Bartzsch and Lakomy. In the final days of the GDR, he started a musical career in Berlin with his band "Die Zöllner" - at about the same time, Manuel Schmid was born in Altenburg. The German attempt at a social alternative was already a long way off when Manuel discovered the soundtrack of the East for himself. The discovery became an obsession and made him the frontman of the "Stern Combo Meissen", a band that was already celebrating its 20th anniversary when he was born.
Manuel Schmid, who is now causing quite a stir in the German-speaking music scene, is also bringing keyboardist and saxophonist Marek Arnold into the project. He is a fixture in the international progressive rock scene and has released albums with Steve Hackett (GENESIS), Ion Anderson (YES) and Derek Sherinian (DREAM THEATER).
Dirk Zöllner is accompanied by his partner André Gensicke, with whom he founded “Die Zöllner” in June 1988. Seventeen albums have emerged from their creative collaboration. Zöllner has also published three books and is a columnist for the “Freie Presse” and is committed to peaceful social cohesion.
The rough and the tender, improvisation and strict structure - during the lockdown, in the spring of 2021, the symbiosis of the very different voices of Dirk Zöllner and Manuel Schmid came about. At a living room concert, they cultivated the songs they loved for the first time in a streaming concert. On the tour, this interplay can now be experienced live.
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