Konrad Beikircher

Konrad Beikircher studied at University of Bonn. The recorded working language is Italian and German. Places of work recorded in the authority are Bonn. Distinctions recorded are Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia, Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, KölnLiteraturPreis and Friedestrompreis.

• Name — Konrad Beikircher • Birth Name — Konrad Johann Aloysia Beikircher • Born — 22 December 1945 • Birthplace — Bruneck, South Tyrol, Italy • Died — 28 July 2026 • Place of death — Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany • Education — University of Bonn • Occupation — * Cabaret artist • musician • author • Years Active — 1978–2026 • Spouse — Anne Siering-Beikircher (m. 1989) • Children — 5

Beikircher was born in Bruneck, South Tyrol, the youngest son of Adolf Beikircher, who headed the municipal power station in the town, and Flora von Ingram. The opera singer Ivo Ingram Beikircher and the classical philologist Hugo Beikircher are his brothers, and the conductor Lukas Beikircher is his nephew. In 1964 he moved to Vienna to study psychology and journalism. In 1965 he transferred to the University of Bonn, where he studied psychology, musicology and philosophy. After graduating as a Diplom psychologist, he worked from 1971 as a prison psychologist at Siegburg Prison. In 1986, he left to work as a freelance cabaret artist.

Beikircher made his stage debut on 28 March 1978 at the Jazz-Galerie in Bonn. His best-known body of work is the Rheinische Trilogie ("Rhenish Trilogy"), a series of recorded programmes about the Rhineland that he expanded from the late 1980s onward. In 2025, he announced a farewell tour titled Arrivederci and said he intended to end his stage performances at the end of 2026.

Beikircher's first wife died in 1981. He married again and separated from his second wife in 1986. From 1989, he was married to the artist Anne Siering-Beikircher. He had two children from his second marriage and three from his third. He lived in the Schweinheim district of Bad Godesberg, Bonn. Beikircher died on 28 July 2026, at the age of 80.

Konrad Beikircher is recorded as having received Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia, Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and KölnLiteraturPreis. Recognition and collections. Beikircher received Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia, Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, KölnLiteraturPreis and Friedestrompreis.