Reinhard Lakomy
Reinhard Lakomy (19 January 1946 in Magdeburg, Germany – 23 March 2013 in Berlin, Germany) was a German-language composer, pianist, singer-songwriter, and arranger. His musical styles ranged from pop, jazz, and electronic music to radio plays and musicals for children. In the German Democratic Republic, Lakomy was one of the artists with the most official releases next to the Puhdys.
Reinhard Lakomy
Gabriele Senft · Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-1987-0107-016 / CC-BY-SA 3.0 · This image was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the German Federal Archive (Deutsches Bundesarchiv) as part of a cooperation project. The German Federal Archive guarantees an authentic representation · CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- Born
- 1946 · Magdeburg.
- Died
- 2013 · Berlin.
- Nationality
- German Democratic Republic · Germany
- Occupation
- singer · pianist · composer · poet · keyboardist · vocalist · conductor
- Fields
- music
- Honours
- Art Prize of the German Democratic Republic · National Prize of East Germany
- Languages
- German
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Reinhard Lakomy (19 January 1946 in Magdeburg, Germany – 23 March 2013 in Berlin, Germany) was a German-language composer, pianist, singer-songwriter, and arranger. His musical styles ranged from pop, jazz, and electronic music to radio plays and musicals for children. In the German Democratic Republic, Lakomy was one of the artists with the most official releases next to the Puhdys.
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His most famous works include the audio musical for children "Der Traumzauberbaum", which he co-produced with his wife, Monika Ehrhardt. His daughter Hanna Lakomy participated in the 1992 children's music album Der Wasserkristall.
The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is music. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are pop, electronic, folk rock and experimental rock. Distinctions recorded are Art Prize of the German Democratic Republic and National Prize of East Germany.
• Mädchen, mir kommt's verdächtig vor | Es war doch nicht das erste Mal (1972, Amiga) • Und ich geh' in den Tag | Wenn du gehst (1973, Amiga) • Du könntest mein Mädchen sein | Autofahren (1973, Amiga) • Mir doch egal | Ein irrer Typ (1975, Amiga) • Klavierstunde | Manchmal find' ich keinen Schlaf (1975, Amiga) • Es war doch nicht das erste Mal (EP, 1983, Amiga)
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LPs
as the Lakomy-Ensemble • Reinhard Lakomy (1973, Amiga) • Lacky und seine Geschichten (1974, Amiga) • Lackys Dritte (1975, Amiga) • daß kein Reif... (1976, Amiga) • Die großen Erfolge (Best of, 1977, Amiga)
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Reinhard Lakomy is recorded with the occupation film score composer. Classed in the genre experimental rock. Classed in the genre electronic music. Classed in the genre bard song. Recorded as having received Art Prize of the German Democratic Republic and National Prize of East Germany.
For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Berlin, Komponisten-Kongress ADN-ZB Zimmermann 12.2.87-A
Zimmermann, Peter · Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-1987-0212-038 / CC-BY-SA 3.0 · This image was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the German Federal Archive (Deutsches Bundesarchiv) as part of a cooperation project. The German Federal Archive guarantees an authentic representation
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1946
Reinhard Lakomy was born on 19 January 1946.
2013
Reinhard Lakomy died on 23 March 2013.
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Magdeburg.
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Berlin.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q2140826: Reinhard Lakomy
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- “Reinhard Lakomy”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Literature
All titles are in German: * * • Rainer Bratfisch: Lakomy, Reinhard. In: Wer war wer in der DDR? 5. Ausgabe. Band 1, Ch. Links, Berlin 2010,. • Autobiography *
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