Jan Degenhardt

Jan Degenhardt (born 9 July 1962^[1]) is a German lawyer and folk-singer. His father was the political poet, writer, singer and lawyer Franz Josef Degenhardt.

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Jan Degenhardt

Background information
Born	(1962-07-09) 9 July 1962 (age 63) Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany
Origin	Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Genres	Singer, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Singing, guitar
Years active	1999–present
Labels	Conträr Musik

Website	www.j-degenhardt.de

Life and career

Born in Saarbrücken,^[1] he studied jurisprudence in Hamburg from 1983 to 1990. After that he moved to Greifswald and worked as a docent at the Grone-school and the University of Greifswald until 1993. 1992 Degenhardt established as a lawyer in Greifswald.

In 1999, he published his first album with the title „Aufbruch". His same-named Song gets to the highscore list of the SFB in 2000. The same year he reached the second place at "Deutscher FolkFörderpreis".

After a promotion tour Jan Degenhardt published his second album called Stimmen hinter'm Spiegel in summer 2004. The contained song Marathon Berlin reached the 9th place at the Liederbestenliste [de] of the society for German-language music.^[2]

In February 2011, his third album named Schamlos was chosen as CD of the month in June.^[3] The same month the song "Demokratie" reached the 8th place at the Liederbestenliste,^[4] even in July, it moved to second position.^[5]

Beside his father Franz Josef Degenhardt his brother Kai Degenhardt makes music, too.

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Life and career

Discography

Honors and awards

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