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Adrienne Haan

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Adrienne Haan
Haan in 2017
Born (1978-04-07) April 7, 1978 (age 46)
Essen, Germany
Alma materAmerican Academy of Dramatic Arts
and St. Mary's University in London (Twickenham), England
Years active1999–present
SpouseKlaus Liever (2007–present)
Websitewww.adriennehaan.com/en

Adrienne Haan (born April 7, 1978) is a German-Luxembourgish actress and singer who has appeared in theatre, cabaret and concert.

Background

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Adrienne Catherine Haan was born in Essen, West Germany on April 7, 1978. She holds dual citizenship in Germany and Luxembourg and she is a permanent resident of the United States of America.[1] Her moniker is "Chanteuse Internationale".[2][3][4]

Education

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Haan graduated from American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1999.[5] In 2019, she received her master's degree in Applied Linguistics and English Language Teaching from St. Mary's University in London (Twickenham), England.[6] She also attended courses at The Juilliard School in New York City and at the Cologne School of Music and Dance.[7]

Career

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Adrienne Haan Tehorah Carnegie Hall, NYC
Adrienne Haan with Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg at an event during the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York City, September 2023

Haan is an actress and singer who specializes in music of the 1920s and 30s, particularly the music of the Weimar period and the music of Kurt Weill.[8][9] Since 1999, she has performed in cabarets and on concert stages in the United States, South America, Europe, Israel, Turkey, China, Africa and Australia where is known for historically accurate renditions of songs in English, German, Luxembourgish, Swedish, French, Spanish, Italian, Hebrew, Yiddish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Mandarin and Zulu.[10] [11] In 2019, she made her debut in Turkey, where she performed for the European Delegation in Ankara on Europe Day 2019 and a performance with her pianist at the Palais de France in Istanbul where she sang the tribute to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, "Yiğidim Aslanım".[12] In 2019, she made her first tour of China, performing her show Broadway Rock Hall.[13] Her Carnegie Hall debut entitled Tehorah celebrated the 50th anniversary of German-Israeli diplomatic relations with an encore performance in Washington DC[14] and at Ravinia.[15] She returned to Carnegie Hall with Tehorah in May 2023.[16][17] Haan has also performed Tehorah for the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) under patronage of his Royal Highness, the Grand Duke of Luxembourg[18] at the theater in Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg. She also performed at the Jewish Festival Warszawa Singera in Warsaw at the Nowy Teatr in Łódź, Poland and at the White Synagogue in Wrocaw, Poland under the patronage of the Ambassador of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to the Republic of Poland, Conrad Bruch.[19] She has performed in the US Embassy of Luxembourg and was featured in a 6 city tour of Israel with the Netanya Orchestra.[20] She has performed at cabarets in New York City including Cafe Sabarsky,[21] 54 Below, Joe's Pub where she performed her show Voluptuous Weimar with Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks[22] and the Metropolitan Room as well as the Triad Theatre in New York City where she is artist in residence.[23][24] Her additional shows include Cabaret Français which she performed at the Embassy of Luxembourg Washington DC in March 2019, her Kurt Weill Soirée, featuring the Dan Levinson Sextet[25] and her Weimar Berlin soirée Berlin, Mon Amour featuring French singer/dancer Magali Dahan.[26] In New Mexico, she performed as part of the Santa Fe Jewish Film Festival.[27] In 2022, Adrienne was hired by the Permanent Mission of the International Francophonie at the United Nations in New York, to musically represent the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg during the 77th General Assembly of the United Nations in NY. She is the first and only Luxembourg artist so far to receive this honor.[28]

Adrienne Haan Europe Day 2019 Istanbul, Turkey

Her theater and musical productions include lead roles in Les Misérables, Evita, Cats, Cabaret, Sunset Boulevard, King Henry VI, and Richard III.[29] Her cabaret show, The Streets of Berlin, is based on Berlin, mon amour, her most recent CD which was released in both German and English in 2010. Both the show and the recording include works by Mischa Spoliansky, Kurt Weill, and Bertolt Brecht arranged for voice, big band and string quartet by Heinz Walter Florin. Her earlier CDs include music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Claude-Michel Schönberg. In Europe, she has appeared on the "Westdeutscher Rundfunk" Television Channel.[5]

Her latest albums Tehorah in German, Yiddish and Hebrew as well as her rock tribute to the French Chanson Rock Le Cabaret! were both published during the COVID-19 pandemic and have received critical acclaim.[8]

In New York City Haan serves on the International Advisory Board of the Duke Ellington Center for the Arts.[30]

She also serves on the honorary entertainment board of the "Survivor Mitzvah Project" helping Holocaust Survivors in Eastern Europe to a better quality of living.[31]

Adrienne Haan United Nations 2022
Performance during the 77th General Assembly of the United Nations in NY. With Charles Michel, president of the European Council, September 2022

Personal life

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In 2007, Haan married Klaus Liever. Her father, Jean Joseph Haan, is a neurologist, and her mother worked as a medical technical assistant. She has one brother.[citation needed]

Discography

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  • 2020: Tehorah Villa Artis, Königswinter, Germany[8]
  • 2020: Rock Le Cabaret! Studio der Welt, Cologne, Germany[8]
  • 2010: Berlin, Mon Amour Berlinica
  • 2006: I Could Have Danced All Night Reader's Digest
  • 2003: Born to Entertain: Hansahaus Studios in Bonn (Germany)

References

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  1. ^ "Adrienne Haan Announces Germany Tour Dates". JCA/. August 13, 2019. Archived from the original on September 12, 2019. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
  2. ^ "Festival de Wiltz Cabaret Français". prabbeli. 2021-10-31.
  3. ^ "International Chanteuse Adrienne Haan Sings at the Metropolitan Room". A.A. Cristi. 2016-08-16. Archived from the original on 2016-10-28. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  4. ^ "Chansons d'Amour Ein Abend für die Liebe". Nürnberger Symphoniker. Archived from the original on 2022-09-02. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
  5. ^ a b Scott Barbarino. "Interview with Adrienne Haan". cabaretexchange.com. Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Koncert: "TEHORAH" | ADRIENNE HAAN".
  7. ^ "Adrienne Haan's Very Personal Approach". Sandi Durell's Theater Pizzazz/. December 10, 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  8. ^ a b c d "New to Adrienne Haan? Start With Her Kurt Weill Show". Will Friedwald. 2022-04-05.
  9. ^ "Review: Adrienne Haan Lives Comfortably Between Fire And Ice at The Triad". Stephen Mosher. 2021-09-22.
  10. ^ "Adrienne Haan channels dynamite energy and freethinking zest into Cabaret and American Art Song GetClassical.org / My Voice". getclassical.org. Archived from the original on March 6, 2015. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
  11. ^ Horsley, Craig (2022-07-23). "Adrienne Haan in One World 2022 at the Triad". Times Square Chronicles. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
  12. ^ "Adrienne Haan concert on the occasion of Europe Day in Istanbul". embassyseries.org/. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  13. ^ "Adrienne Haan to Perform in Turkey, China". chronicle.lu. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  14. ^ "Tehorah: Adrienne Haan Concerts Celebrate 50 Years of German-Israeli Relations". getclassical.org. Archived from the original on July 24, 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  15. ^ "Ravinia Past Performances 2017". unknown. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  16. ^ "Tehorah Is a Glorious Celebration with Adrienne Haan at Carnegie Hall - Times Square Chronicles". t2conline.com. 2023-05-14. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
  17. ^ "Elvis at Café Carlyle? Singer Anthony Nunziata Blazes His Own Path". The New York Sun. 2023-05-19. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
  18. ^ "Adrienne Haan's Tehorah Show in Esch". JCA. 2019-10-30.
  19. ^ "Adrienne Haan to Perform in Esch during Luxembourg Presidency of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance". Chronicle.lu. Archived from the original on September 15, 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  20. ^ "FRENCH CABARET AT THE EMBASSY OF LUXEMBOURG WITH ADRIENNE HAAN, CABARETIST & HOWARD BREITBART, PIANIST". embassyseries.org. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  21. ^ "About". getclassical.org. Archived from the original on November 4, 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  22. ^ "Adrienne Haan's Voluptuous Weimar A Tribute To Berlin's Golden Age in Review". New York Concert Review Inc. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  23. ^ "Menu". The Village Voice. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  24. ^ "ADRIENNE HAAN RETURNS WITH CAPTIVATING KURT WEILL SALUTE". William Wolf. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  25. ^ "Adrienne Haan Returns to New York, Washington for March Concerts". Chronicle.lu. February 4, 2019.[permanent dead link‍]
  26. ^ "ADRIENNE HAAN'S NEW 'BERLIN,MON AMOUR' HIT SHOW". William Wolf. Archived from the original on August 27, 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  27. ^ "Cabaret singer Adrienne Haan performs music of the 1920s and '30s". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  28. ^ "Adrienne Haan to Perform 4 Shows in Luxembourg". ED. 2022-08-27.
  29. ^ "Adrienne Haan". wuerttembergische-philharmonie.de. Archived from the original on February 9, 2015. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
  30. ^ "About". Thedukeellingtoncenter.org. Archived from the original on February 9, 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  31. ^ "The Survivor Mitzvah Project" (PDF). unknown. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
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