Background
She was born in Mährisch-Ostrau in Austria-Hungary (today Ostrava in the Czechoslovakian Republic), as Lore Schirmer.
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Lore Lorentz
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She studied history, German literature and philosophy in Berlin and Vienna.
Career
Together they founded the famous "Kom(m)ödchen" in Düsseldorf in 1947. lieutenant was one of the first political cabarets in Western Germany after the Second World War. Until 1983 Lore and Kay Lorentz were not only the heads of the Kommödchen, they were part of the ensemble at the same time.
From 1983, she started with solo programs.
One of her most famous programs consisted exclusively of texts written by Heinrich Heine. Even though he had written them more than a century before Lorentz" program was performed, they all referred to current topics.
Starting 1976 she taught at the chanson and music at Folkwang Hochschule. 1981: Ehrenpreis des Deutschen Kleinkunstpreises
1986: Staatspreis des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
1989: Großer Kulturpreis der Sparkassenstiftung des Rheinischen Sparkassenund Giroverbandes
She died in 1994 in Düsseldorf of pneumonia.
On Audio Civil Defense:
Denk ich an Deutschland (A cabaret evening with textes of Heinrich Heine).
Civil Defense. (sold out)
Chansons. Civil Defense. Frivolitäten – 10 Diseusen – 10 Chansons. LP. Polydor J 73 555.
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Nationality
Austria Germany