MEDIA

Hubert von Goisern was born in 1952 in Bad Goisern. Spent seven years in South Africa, Canada and Asia. Returned to Austria in 1983, studied at the Musikhochschule in Vienna. Founded the Alpinkatzen in 1987 and began to deconstruct alpine folk music. Musical breakthrough in 1992. HvG deemed to be the founder of so-called "alpine rock" and best-known representative of "new folk music". Numerous musical projects since this time between the poles of world music and folk music, tradition and the modern. His tours and musical journeys have led him across Europe, the USA, the Arab world, to Tibet and repeatedly to Africa. In addition he has designed fashion, acted in films, composed film music (including the soundtrack for Joseph Vilsmaier's film adaptation of Schlafes Bruder (Brother of Sleep)) and is a man who speaks his mind on political, social and ecological issues. 2007-2009 he toured on the Danube from Linz to the Black Sea and then along the Rhine to the North Sea with a cargo ship converted into a floating festival stage. More than 100 musicians took part in the tour. The logbook of the journey was published under the title Stromlinien (Streamlines). Autumn 2011 Hubert von Goisern topped the charts for 5 weeks with his single Brenna tuats guat and his album Entwederundoder, released in September 2011, has also performed well in the Austrian and German charts. In 2012 Hubert toured extensively through Germany, Austria and Switzerland and in May won two Amadeus Austrian Music Awards. In 2013 he received an honorary Amadeus Award for music that combines genres and brings people together.

• KIAHSUACHA ALBUM: WIA DIE ZEIT VERGEHT
• DA JUCHITZER ALBUM: WIA DIE ZEIT VERGEHT
• IAWARAMOI ALBUM: OMUNDUNTN
• SCHLEINIGER ALBUM: OMUNDUNTN
• KOHLER ALBUM: AUSLAND
• BRENNA TUATS GUAT ALBUM: ENTWEDERUNDODER
• ÜUOÖ ALBUM: ENTWEDERUNDODER
• HEAST AS NIT ALBUM: AUFGEIGEN STÅTT NIEDERSCHIASSEN