Sascha Klaar / Biography 

 

                           

 
SASCHA KLAAR - BELIEVE IN YOUR DREAMS
Sascha Klaar was born and raised in a Mönchengladbach based family of music maniacs. At the age of 6 he discovered for himself the love for music. Little Sascha began to drum with his mother`s wooden spoon on whatever would make a noise. For the preservation of the furniture and for the love of their son, the parents had pity and bought him as Christmas present the drums he had been eagerly awaiting. The foundation stone for a promising musical career had been laid henceforward. Sascha practiced very hard! At the age of a teenager he had become so good that he was able to gain experience as a drummer on-stage in diverse bands. One of these experiences was with Otto Ortwein, the white “Fats Domino” of the group “Fats and his Cats”. During this time he found his great passion for Rock’n’Roll. At the age of 12 Sascha decided to broaden his musical horizon and he started to play the organ. He formed his first own band. For the sake of studying music he switched once again from the organ to the piano when he was 15 years old.
One year later Sascha began a practical training in a music store and his life took a crucial turn. Being already known as pianist and entertainer, Sascha got an employment in a piano bar in Switzerland. He had planned to stay for 3 months but in the end it was 5 years.
During that time he had been able to gain even more experience. Then he formed his band “The Rockets” under the motto “Let the good times roll”.
Already as a youngster he was nominated for the German Offspring-Pop-Festival Dresden and in November 1991 he received the Honour award as best rising artist of the Franz Goethe Foundation at the Kulturpalast of Dresden.
In 1993 Sascha produced his CD “Kingfish Session`93”, featuring numerous original compositions as well as hits from the 50s and the 60s.

He then made lots of performances with well-established artists like Ray Charles and the Jackson Singers. Despite of the hard life on tour Sascha composed at that time such popular songs as “Special Nights in Berlin” and “Walking on the Beach”.
After the completion of his CD “I feel so good” he received his first prestigious award of the Trade Press “Artist of the Year” in Frankfurt.
Several appearances in TV and at festivals, for example with Hans Meiser (RTL), the Boxing World Championship (Sat.1), Audi, Porsche and at jazz festivals demonstrate that the “Devil at the Piano” has long since achieved a nationwide degree of popularity.
In the year 1999 Sascha got the award as “Artist of the Year” for the second time and he won the “Goldenes Künstlermagazin” in the category “Oldie Show”, where he was in such an exclusive circle with persons like Jennifer Rush, David Copperfield and the “Four Tops”.
In 1999 the death of his beloved father and mentor overshadowed his big success.
On his 15-year stage jubilee in 2003 Sascha Klaar released “The best of...”, a double CD which showed his full musical range in an impressive manner. In honour of his beloved father he dedicated the CD to him as obituary for the steady support on his way to become a big artist.
In 2004 his first DVD “Get up” was released and he received the more than well-deserved prize as “Entertainer of the Year 2004”.
Thanks to his success and his awards within Germany even foreign countries took notice of him and thus Sascha could prove his impressive entertainment qualities in front of a high-ranking audience in Marbella and Mallorca.
Well-known names like Gerd Käfer, E-ON, Viessmann, Hexal, Vorwerk and Cadillac discovered Sascha as a crowd puller and the guarantee for success of many events.
In 2006 Sascha Klaar launches the CD “Das ist mein Leben”. On this CD he does not only show his outstanding musical skills but his intimate side as well, since many songs include things which are important and valuable to him.
The award for the “International Show Prize 2007” presents the temporary climax of his career so far. It mirrors the opinion of the audience and of faculty judges who appreciate his remarkable talent and his hard work.
Wherever Sascha is playing his wild Rock’n’Roll, virtuos Boogie Woogie and soft Blues, thanks to his great entertainment and his passionate delight in playing, he captures the hearts of his audience. Accordingly the German newspaper BILD says about him,
“Music is his passion – The audience is his drug”.

2008 was a particular exciting year for the artist with passion. Besides his numerous performances and the release of his CD and DVD “Ein Leben fuer die Musik”, Sascha accomplished to overcome the European boundaries and he celebrated a huge success in China.
He gave a concert at the German Ball of Economy, presented by the German Chamber of Commerce, and the crowd went wild. Mr Klaar would never have dared to dream of a success like that! There is no end in sight yet, since the year 2009 is set to see the green light as well.
At the beginning of the year he was nominated once again as Artist of the Year and two television appearances will be on the programme. The one in the show “Fröhlicher Weinberg” of the SWR and the other on May 31 in the ZDF`s “Fernsehgarten”.
Due to his great success of the last year, Sascha will give two more concerts in the Middle Kingdom, at the two Balls of Economy of the German Chamber of Commerce in Beijing and Shanghai.