{"id":15,"date":"2025-05-22T11:56:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T09:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sugarbearmusic-jqv23jhqaq.live-website.com\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2026-08-01T12:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T10:03:10","slug":"presse-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sugarbear.music\/en\/presse-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Portrait"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15\" class=\"elementor elementor-15\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7b326b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c7b326b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed2d1e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ed2d1e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 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data-interaction-id=\"265fa90\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-id=\"265fa90\">Photo credits: \u00a9Michael Bader, Leipzig<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-320d90b e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"320d90b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f03e6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f03e6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"margin-top: 0 !important;\">Who is sugarbear?<\/h2><p>sugarbear is a singer-songwriter, singer, lyricist, musician and music producer. But what he loves most is singing, and his vocals convey the full spectrum of emotions, from velvety-smooth and seductive to vulnerable and tender, right through to self-assured and strong \u2013 sometimes even all within a single song\u2026<\/p><p>sugarbear\u2019s music is as varied as a colourful box of chocolates and ranges somewhere between pop, rock, folk and chanson.<\/p><p>The songs reflect real-life experiences and an irrepressible zest for life; they combine passion with meaning, provoke thought, encourage reflection and, at the same time, provide excellent entertainment.<\/p><h2>What drives sugarbear?<\/h2><p>The state of the world, life in all its diversity, freedom and its limits, gender relations, love and death.<\/p><h3>Musical Biography<\/h3><p><strong>Childhood<\/strong>:<\/p><ul><li>Guitar,<\/li><li>Violin and Viola<\/li><li class=\"translation-block\">School orchestra <a href=\"https:\/\/web.corvi.schule\/capellacorviniensis.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cappella Corviniensis<\/a><\/li><li>Church choir<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>During college:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>University orchestra,<\/li><li>Folk group Disse Tied (vocals, fiddle, keyboard)<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>While working:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li class=\"translation-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/themanagementsymphony.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Management Symphony: <\/a> Concerts at the <a title=\"Gewandhaus Leipzig\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gewandhausorchester.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gewandhaus Leipzig<\/a>, including performances conducted by Riccardo Chailly (conductor),<\/li><li>Orchestra tour of Venezuela with musicians from the Gewandhaus, conducted by Herbert Blomstedt (conductor)<\/li><li>various chamber music performances<\/li><li class=\"translation-block\">Gay Men\u2019s Choir <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietollkirschen.de\/\" target=\"_self\">\u2018Die Tollkirschen\u2019<\/a> (bass-baritone)<\/li><li class=\"translation-block\">Singing lessons at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.academyofmusic.de\/\" target=\"_self\">Academy of Music<\/a>, Leipzig<\/li><li>Self-study: Piano &amp; Ukulele during the COVID pandemic<\/li><li class=\"translation-block\">Choir (bass) in the project <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ralfrangnickstiftung.de\/de\/projekt.html\/7_projekt-stadtteiloper-leipzig-ralf-rangnick-stiftung\" target=\"_self\">Stadtteiloper Leipzig<\/a> organised by the Ralf Rangnick Foundation<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f47fae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f47fae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1187 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sugarbear.music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Sugarbear-2026-2929-opt.jpg\" alt=\"sugarbear mit Ukulele\" width=\"500\" height=\"755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sugarbear.music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Sugarbear-2026-2929-opt.jpg 500w, https:\/\/sugarbear.music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Sugarbear-2026-2929-opt-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/sugarbear.music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Sugarbear-2026-2929-opt-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p><h3>General Biography<\/h3><ul><li>Born in Hanover \/ Langenhagen, grew up in N\u00f6rten-Hardenberg<\/li><li class=\"translation-block\">Abitur am <a href=\"https:\/\/web.corvi.schule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Corvinianum<\/a> in Northeim<\/li><li class=\"translation-block\">University policy (including the SIC gay group, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asta.tu-clausthal.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AStA<\/a>)<\/li><li>Involvement in the peace and anti-nuclear movements<\/li><li class=\"translation-block\">A degree in Chemistry from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tu-clausthal.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clausthal University of Technology<\/a><\/li><li class=\"translation-block\">PhD at the <a href=\"https:\/\/isfh.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Institute for Solar Energy Research<\/a><\/li><li>Study visits to, amongst others, Brazil, the Czech Republic and Spain<\/li><li>Setting up a software company &amp; IT service provider<\/li><li class=\"translation-block\">Press Officer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csd-leipzig.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CSD Leipzig<\/a> (2006, 2009\u20132010)<\/li><li class=\"translation-block\">Executive Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/rosaloewen.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sportclub Rosal\u00f6wen e.V.<\/a> (2011)<\/li><li>Hobbies: badminton, hiking, travelling, inline skating<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portrait Bildnachweise: \u00a9Michael Bader, Leipzig Wer ist sugarbear? sugarbear ist Singer &amp; Songwriter, S\u00e4nger, Musiktexter, Musiker und Musikproduzent. Am liebsten aber singt er und seine Vocals bieten die ganze Bandbreite an Gef\u00fchlen, von samtweicher Verf\u00fchrer \u00fcber verletzlich und zart bis hin zu selbstbewusst und stark &#8211; manchmal sogar alles in einem Song\u2026 Die Musik von [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sugarbear.music\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sugarbear.music\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sugarbear.music\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sugarbear.music\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sugarbear.music\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":173,"href":"https:\/\/sugarbear.music\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2798,"href":"https:\/\/sugarbear.music\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/2798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sugarbear.music\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}