Biography

Career

1962
Monika Martin is born in Taurus on May 7th in Graz.

1972
Monika makes her first stage experience in the children‚Äôs choir of the Grazer Oper, where she e.g. acts as ragamuffin in the opera "Carmen", in "Das Weiße Rössl am Wolfgangsee", in "La Giaconda", and also in "Die Verkaufte Braut" and "Macbeth".

1981/82
After the A-levels at the School of Applied arts Monika begins to study Art History and Folklore, and also starts a Singing study at the University for Music and Performing arts in Graz.

1986
Monika joins the dance music band "Heart Breakers" as lead singer and finances her academic study that way.

1990
The first album with her band "Heart Breakers" entitled "Dafür dank‚Äô ich dir" is released. In the same year Monika receives the doctorate of Philosophy.

1992
Breakup of the band "Heart Breakers" true to the motto "twenty years are enough" (Monika took part for six years).

1993/94

Monika seeks contact to various bands via advertisements, but there is no new collaboration with a band. Monika decides to start up a solo career and sends a demo cassette with three songs to four competent persons in the music business. Walter Widemair from Koch Records in Lienz / East Tyrol recognises the potential and the recognition value of her voice.


1995
Monika signs her first recording contract as solo artist at Koch.

1996
The title "La luna blu" alone makes music business and public prick their ears up. Being one of her "all time hits", the album sells far over 100.000 times and is awarded Gold in Austria. Her first TV appearance at the pre-contest to the Austrian "Grand Prix der Volksmusik” brings the second position, in the contest final place 6. She is both writer and composer of the performed title.

1997
With "Immer nur Sehnsucht" Monika Martin again participates in the Austrian Grand Prix (place 4) and qualifies once more for the final in Zurich (place 6).

1998
Monika expands her career in Germany. Already in January she wins the "Volkstümliche Hitparade" at ZDF and attains place 3 of the "ZDF-Superhitparade der Volksmusik" in Offenburg shortly after.

1999
Monika stays on the road of success in Germany and is awarded the "Goldene Eins" of ARD in Hamburg. At the "Schlagerparade der Volksmusik" with Andy Borg she attains the first place. Furthermore the duet "My Love” , recorded with Nockalm Quintett becomes a success and is awarded Gold.

2000
After have been working as an art teacher for ten years, Monika Martin decides to quit her previous job and work as a fully professional soloist. Her CD "Mein Liebeslied" becomes one of the topselling albums in the total result of the year and attains the third place in the Media Control salescharts behind Kastelruther Spatzen and Hansi Hinterseer. Yet in the same year the album "Klinge mein Lied” attains Gold status and makes Monika Martin the most successful female folk soloist in Austria for 15 years!

2001
As the "silent star", which she is called in the meantime due to her unassuming behaviour, Monika is a well and often received guest at famous TV shows. Her remarkable voice accounts for intensive airplay, which is reflected in numerous positionings in nationwide radio charts.
Her album "Napoli Adieu" enters the charts double successfully: in Austria it remains in the Top20 for weeks, in Germany it even attains the Top10 of the Media Control Schlager charts.
In the Media Control salescharts Monika Martin furthermore ranks third behind Hansi Hinterseer and Kastelruther Spatzen.

2002
The album "Mein Gefühl" ties in with the continuous growth. The single "Hast du heute schon gelächelt‚Äù becomes number 1 in the German airplay charts straightaway. "Mein Gefühl" enters the Top 10 (place 6) of the Austrian album sales charts and also the German album charts, and attains place 7 of Germany‚Äôs schlager sales charts.
Along with the solo album Monika publishes a further longplay album with Francine Jordi and Mara Kayser which is titled "Drei Stimmen d`Amour". Representing a collection of their most popular songs, the album enters the Austrian album charts and becomes number 1 in the German airplay charts.
At the end of the year the album "Stilles Gold" is released, a "best of" her greatest successes, with which Monika is represented in the Austrian album sales charts for 14 weeks.
In Germany especially the duet single with Karel Gott "Lass die Träume nie verloren geh‚Äôn" establishes and is number 1 in the German airplay charts for three weeks. Also in Belgium the title remains number 1 of the hit parade for five weeks.
The result of the year again shows that Monika Martin is the best selling singer behind Hansi Hinterseer and Kastelruther Spatzen.

2003
Monika still remains on place 3 of the Media Control sales charts. Furthermore she attains place 3 in the total result of the schlager sector behind Andrea Berg and Michelle for the first time.
Due to the international music market’s interest, Monika Martin - as first folk singer of the German speaking region ever - publishes an album in English language in seven countries of South Africa (12 of the most famous songs) in 2003. Furthermore the album "Himmel aus Glas" is released, with which the singer remains in the Austrian sales charts for 14 weeks.

2004
The longplay album "La luna blu" is awarded Gold in Austria. Beside the release of two new solo albums, "Eine Liebe reicht für zwei" / "Ave Maria - Lieder zur stillen Zeit" (Christmas album) the first DVD is published. With the clearance sale Monika Martin attains top positions in the German DVD charts (place 5 of the international evaluation) and the DVD charts in Austria (place 4).

2005
Starting with the album "Schmetterling d`Amour" we can also see and hear a slightly different Monika Martin. She is able to bring her typical musical charisma also into songs with a higher tempo, like in "Komm setz mein Herz in Flammen". What makes a typical Monika Martin song, is thus possible in any musical packing. The new variety emanates from a synthesis of the well-tried team and new influences, keen to experiment, amongst others the collaboration with Andreas Bärtels, a top-class composer and writer from Berlin.

2006
One of the first effects of this advancement is the nomination for ECHO 2006, an award that solely depends on the international sales chart figures to make for a nomination of the interpreter. As the only woman among the ECHO nominees in the category "Folk" Monika Martin currently is the most successful female soloist in folk music.
In July her new album "Heute fühl` ich mich wie zwanzig" is released by KOCH Universal Music.
At the "Grand Prix der Volksmusik” Monika Martin attains the fourth place at last after a counting mishap, and has to give back the already received prize for the second place in front of running cameras - because of the manner in which she does that, she is elected the "Winner of hearts” by the media. For the first time Monika Martin receives the sought-after "Goldene Stimmgabel" as most successful "Female soloist folk music", handed over by Dieter Thomas Heck due to the sales of her album "Schmetterling d`Amour".

2007
On the tenth anniversary of the "Krone der Volksmusik" Monika Martin is awarded this important award as most successful female soloist in folk music (best selling CD), handed out by her former disciples in the course of the Eurovision TV show of the same title with Gunter Emmerlich. So she can continue her success of the previous years already at the beginning of the year.
The solo album "Aloha blue" enters the German album sales charts at place 47. In her home country Austria Monika Martin makes it into the Top 10 of the Austrian album sales charts (place 10).

2008
The ECHO nomination in January heralds a "golden" year for Monika Martin. In April the record label Koch Universal announces that the album "Aloha Blue" attained Gold status in Austria. In autumn Monika Martin receives a special award for over one million sold records, handed out by her mother who appears as surprise guest in the course of the "Herbstfest der Volksmusik" with Florian Silbereisen. In November she is elected to place 3 of the "Stadlpost Starwahl‚Äù by her fans. Shortly after Monika Martin wins the "Golden Tulip‚Äù, which is the most important public award of the Benelux. These awards, and finally Gold in Austria for the album "Heute fühl‚Äô ich mich wie zwanzig" show that the new path, struck by Monika Martin since 2005, turns out to be the right one - the results tell their own tale. After the solo album "Und ewig ruft die Liebe" Monika Martin‚Äôs first chant solo album "Erhebet die Herzen" with traditional and new chants is released in autumn.

2009
Following up the released chant album Monika Martin starts her first church tour "Erhebet die Herzen" in January. This very special tour is continued in August (36 church concerts).
The solo album of the year 2009, "Du hast mich geküsst", is released Sep. 18th, 2009, and at the same time the shooting for the second DVD takes place in Croatia.

2010
On March 5th, 2010 Monika Martin`s second best of album "Das Beste von Monika Martin - ganz persönlich" is released as double CD. It is enriched with two new songs - "Der verlorene Sohn" (a homage to Semino Rossi) and the aria "Dein Geheimnis" ("Nessun Dorma"). At the same time the second DVD comes on the market ("Das Beste von Monika Martin - ganz persönlich"). On October 15th, 2010 the new solo album "Wir dürfen träumen davon" (We may dream of it) is released - the dream comes true with 14 new songs, including a duet with the Dutch singer Elisa de Man.

2010
On March 5th, 2010 Monika Martin`s second best of album "Das Beste von Monika Martin - ganz persönlich" is released as double CD. It is enriched with two new songs - "Der verlorene Sohn" (a homage to Semino Rossi) and the aria "Dein Geheimnis" ("Nessun Dorma"). At the same time the second DVD comes on the market ("Das Beste von Monika Martin - ganz persönlich"). On October 15th, 2010 the new solo album "Wir dürfen träumen davon" (We may dream of it) is released - the dream comes true with 14 new songs, including a duet with the Dutch singer Elisa de Man.

2011
Due to a multiplicity of own publications Monika Martin decides to go to seclusion with her team in 2011. With intensity and much time she creates the album „Ein Leben lang vielleicht“, the most even-tempered in her career, which is released in January 2012.

2013
This year has been a year of new orientation. For 18 years Monika Martin had been on a road to success with her recording label Universal (formerly Koch Records). With her team that she collected in all the years it had been fulfilled working. Nevertheless the time had come to bring fresh air and change. Monika Martin separated from Universal in good relations and changed to the young, up-and-coming recording label Telamo. Since many of the „old team“ had become self-employed in the meantime, it was possible to continue cooperation with the majority of familiar colleagues.

2014
In this year my old record label Universal published the double album „Herzregen“. At the same time Monika Martin was about to create her debut album „Mit Dir“ at the new record label Telamo. She is very happy about the fact that this was the first album where she was the official producer.

2015
In March 2015 the album „Mit Dir“ and the DVD „Mit Dir am Meer“ was launched via Telamo. The album reached Gold status on the first day of sale. The shooting for the DVD took place on Mallorca. In Germany the album reached place 13 in the international sales charts, in Austria place 6.
With this album Monika Martin entered a new road in terms of her music. She will continue singing calm songs for her lifetime, but from now on there is also a lively, danceable side in her music.
In Belgium she was awarded the „Goldene Antenne“ of BRF2 in September.

2016
This year Monika Martin entered place 1 more than once in the Austrian Airplay Charts with the song „Die neue Wirklichkeit“. Also for Monika Martin a new reality had begun because, as she stated herself, she had to become 54 to do her first performance in a disco :-)
On October 14th, 2016 Monika started a pioneer project: She performed her first live show on the internet.
2016 also has been the year she was nominated for the Smago!-Award.

2017
On January 8th, 2017 Monika won the Smago!-Award in Berlin as the only Austrian. This award she received for her well-done musical metamorphosis.
In this year Monika will go on a big solo-tour with band for the first time, which will lead her to Germany and for the first time also to Austria.
On October 14th, 2017 there will also be a live concert on the internet again.

A - Z

Affection
That which exists between two human beings is like what is written between the lines.

Bread and butter
Mostly I do not have breakfast because I prefer spending these minutes in bed additionally. It is only for a croissant that I get up earlier.

Cars
Generally I love fast and beautiful cars, but after long tours I am very glad to get off finally.

Deutschland

Due to my shows and the travelling that goes with them, I get to know Germany in all its landscape facets, and I don't want to miss any of the personal contacts I have made.

Eternity

As a Taurus one doesn't want to face the fact that everything is transitory. I hope that my songs will endure...

Fans

My audience is my most important "indicator".

Graz

Graz is worth a visit! Come and see !!!

Heartiness

To me heartiness is the international key to open doors.

Ideas

Ideas and dreams are the first step towards reality.

Jesus

Jesus always gives me hold.

Keeping one's word

I am true to my word.

Living easy

Being withour any worries and feeling safe was my most important basis for everything during my childhood.

Mettle

Swimming against the stream has nothing to do with courage. Sometimes it is only about staying true to oneself.

Never satisfied

One always has the choice wether to be satisfied or to remain unsatisfied.


Oh la la
Topless is not for me. I am much to shy :-)

Preferences
Remote controlled model airplanes and cars I like much more than mixers and juicers.

Questions
Sometimes it would be better to bite my tongue than always speaking out my thoughts.

Rest period
Rest periods are very important to really attain the goal. 

Salamander
When I was a child I used to take amphibians and salamanders out of the Rettenbachklamm and watched them in my aquarium.

Tango
I love to dance...

Ukulele
This always reminds me of my favourite movie "Some like it hot".

Very important
I find it very important that miracles exist. And they happen every day!

Well-being
Health is the visible result if one is centered in himself.

Xylophone
Music is like a spring that never runs dry.

Yokohama
... I like to see on postcards only. I very much prefer being at home.

Zorro
I don't strain my soul with violent films and thrillers any more.

Clips

Sag mir alles
Mein Engel bist Du
Weihnachtsmedley
Dich aber liebe ich
Milchkaffee
Ich wollte mit Dir
Impressionen
Mein Engel bist Du
Sternenrendezvous

Childhood memories

Monika Martin als Baby (ein Jahr alt)

Monika Martin as a baby (one year old)

 

Monika Martin ihrem roten Dreirad (vier Jahre alt)

Monika Martin on her red tricycle (four years old)

 

Monika als Rotkäppchen im Kindergarten

Monika as Little Red Riding Hood at kindergarten

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Monika Martin als Gewinnerin der "Krone der Volksmusik 2007"

 
 
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Monika Martin mit Janic im Europapark

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Monika Martin mit Hansi Hinterseer und Carolin Reiber beim "Wunschkonzert der Volksmusik" im ZDF am 14.08.03

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Drei Stimmen d`Amour

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Wohlfühlen kann man sich überall -

auf der Bühne und ...

 

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... auch am Bauernhof. Wichtig ist nur, dass die Seele im Gleichgewicht ist.

 

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Mein größter Fan - meine Mutti!

 

 

 

 

Urheber Fotos
Photocontrast Berlin, Renate Judek 2, 8, 10, 19, 25, 26, 33-48, 54-57
Kasper KEG - Werbeagentur 11, 20-23
Wolfgang Muthspiel 12-14
Heidi Kretzschmar 49, 50
Manfred Röhrig 52, 53

Portrait

Date of birth:
May 7th in Graz
Star sign:
Taurus
Eye colour:
Green - grey
Hair colour:
Depends on the hairdresser
Likes:
Directness, honesty
Dislikes:
Dishonesty, injustice and unpunctuality
Excellences:
To respond to the shortcomings of others, strength of purpose
Shortcomings:
To not always love my shortcomings, getting up in the morning
Education / Profession:
A-levels at the School of Applied arts in Graz
University studies of Art History and Folklore
Conferral of the Doctorate of Philosophy (1990)
Art teacher (1990 - 2000)
Since 1994 owner of a pottery shop in Graz
Musical background:
At the age of 10 in the children’s choir of the Grazer Oper
Singing study at the University for Music and Performing arts in Graz (1982)
Lead singer of the "Heart Breakers" (1986 - 1992)
Composer and lyricist, chorister
Since 1996 active as soloist
Since 2000 professional soloist
Hobbies:
During my childhood I had homing pigeons and model aircrafts; today I collect Alt-Meissener porcelain
Career start:
1995 with the idea to start a solo carreer
Most successful tracks:

"Eine Liebe reicht für zwei" ‚ "Goodbye Farewell" ‚ "Klinge mein Lied" ‚ "La luna blu" ‚ "Napoli Adieu" ‚ "Später - wann ist das?" ‚ "Hast du heute schon gelächelt" ‚ "Wolgalied" ‚ "Lass die Träume nie verloren geh`n" (Duett mit Karel Gott) ‚ "Wir schaffen das" ‚ "Du warst da..." ‚ "Heute fühl ich mich wie zwanzig" ‚ "Jedes Ende ist ein Beginn" ‚ "Dich aber liebe ich" ‚ "Pie Jesu" ‚ "Ave Maria" (Bach-Gounod) ‚ "Der verlorene Sohn" ‚ "Mein Engel bist du"

Awards:
Gold for the track "My love" (1999 with Nockalm Quintett)
Gold in Austria for the album "Klinge mein Lied" (2000)
Gold as an author for Kastelruther Spatzen (2003)
Gold in Austria for the album "La luna blu" (2004)
Gold in Austria for the album "Aloha Blue" (2008)
Gold in Austria for the album "Heute fühl` ich mich wie zwanzig" (2008)
4-fold participation at the Grand Prix der Volksmusik, thereof 3 times as finalist
January 1998: 1st place at "Volkstümliche Hitparade" on ZDF with "Goodbye Farewell"
1998: 3rd place at the annual score of "ZDF-Superhitparade"
January 1999: Winner of "Goldene Eins" of ARD
Since 2000 place 3 in the Media Control sales charts (behind Kastelruther Spatzen and Hansi Hinterseer), hence best female soloist
September 2006: "Goldene Stimmgabel" award, category "Most successful female soloist folk music"
January 2007: "Krone der Volksmusik" award, also category "Most successful female soloist folk music"
September 2008: Special award for over one million sold solo records in the German-speaking region
November 2008: Winner of the "Golden Tulip" of the Benelux as "Best female solo artist"
2006, 2008 and 2009: nomination for ECHO in the category "Folk music" as the only woman and therefore most successful female soloist in folk music.
Goldene Antenne, BRF2 Belgium (2015)
Gold in Austria for the album „Mit dir“ (2016)
Smago!-Award, Berlin (2017)
 
Currently:
The latest 21st Album „Sehnsucht nach Liebe“ (Longing for love) was launched Sep. 30th, 2016. At the same time the 4th DVD „Monika Martin - Mein Graz“ entered the market.
Status:
Since the year 2000 Monika Martin is the most successful female soloist in her genre according to sales volume. In Germany she has advanced to one of the most successful Schlager singers behind Andrea Berg and Helene Fischer.
Management & Promotion:
Panta Musik GmbH
Hechenwanger Str. 1
D-86926 Greifenberg

Tel.: 0 81 92 / 933 04-0
Fax: 0 81 92 / 999 733

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www.pantamusik.de

Little wild animals in big trouble

Since beginning of the year 2012 I support the association "Kleine Wildtiere in großer Not" ("Little wild animals in big trouble").

I asked my fans in a big mailing to do without presents for me at the concerts, and to support this association by making donations. 

How did that come?

When I was a child, I took home all possible small and young animals, intending to "save" them. There were young blackbirds, sparrows, greenfinchs, and once it was a little young hedgehog. Nearly all of them, except some very few cases, have died, maybe because of the wrong feed or because of the wrong keeping. I had to painfully learn that only the good will to help is not enough, and that much expert knowledge and experience is needed in order to really help. The voluntary staff of the association "Kleine Wildtiere in großer Not" know from years of experience exactly how to help, and which young animal needs how much of which feed in order to survive, so that it can afterwards be reintroduced to its natural surrounding.


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About the association:

The association is located at Hilmteichstraße 106 in A - 8010 Graz and has been founded by the chairlady Monika Großmann in 2005. Its aim is to accomodate, nurture and tend injured and orphaned wild animals, and to reintroduce them to the wild again. In the meantime the association's dedication got around so far, that animal foundlings are brought from all Austria, especially because there isn't any further institution of that kind all over the country. To the main part the association is financed by donations and membership fees.

If one really wants to please me, I would ask to bring me no more presents to the concerts, but to make your present a donation for the association "Kleine Wildtiere in Not".

Everyone who decides do make a donation to this association instead of giving me a present, will be displayed in a special "Monika Martin fan donator's list" on the association's website without mention of the contribution's amount. In order to discern donations from Monika Martin's fans from other donations, the association has installed a separate bank account number (see below).

And here are the details of the donation's account for Monika Martin fans:

Bank name: Steiermärkische Sparkasse
Account number: 00022596035
Bank code: 20815
IBAN: AT 84 20815 00022596035
BIC: STSPAT2GXXX

Association's website: www.wildtiere-in-not.at

24-hours-emergency hotline (all over Austria): 0650 - 64 52 53 5


I THANK YOU in advance in the name of the many little animal babies who get a second chance because of You!

Love,

Monika.

PS: Even if some voices might get loud and say that one should not help a wild animal that is weak, injured or fallen out of the nest, because it has no chance to survive in the future anyway: in my opinion it is always someone else who decides if that animal will then survive or not.



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Liebe
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Eine Martinee, in privaten Räumlichkeiten im Herzen von Graz, ist dazu da, um sich länger und ohne Zeitdruck von Mensch zu Mensch austauschen zu können. Zudem ist es mir wichtig, solch eine „Martinee“ mit kulinarischem Genuss aus meinem Heimatland Steiermark zu verbinden.
Ende 2019 habe ich mich dazu entschlossen, neben diesen sehr beliebten Martinee-Veranstaltungen eine erweiterte Variante in Form von Clubkonzerten anzubieten.

Sie sind besonders für jene Fans gedacht, die auf meine Musik, meine Lieder und den live-Gesang bei einem Zusammentreffen nicht verzichten wollen. Aber das allein ist es nicht, was diese Clubkonzerte so besonders macht! Es ist vielmehr eine Kombination von Musik und Erzähltem.

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