Helmut Zacharias

Helmut Zacharias (Berlin, 27 January 1920 - Brissago, 28 February 2002), also known under the pseudonym Charles Thomas, was a German violinist and composer.He wrote more than 400 compositions and sold 14 million records.

In addition, he appeared in a number of films, usually as a musician.



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[hide] *1 Biography  ==Biography[ Edit] == He was born in Berlin, the son of a singer and a violinist/conductor. [2]  from the age of 2 ½ years, he gave violin lessons from his father and from his 6th, he played in the club, a cabaret Faun in Berlin. [3]  two years later he succeeded Gustav Havemann's masterclass lesson of the Music Academy of Berlin, the youngest (up to then) student. [4]  another three years later (' 31), he was for the first time to listen to it on the radio, where he Mozart's Violin Concerto No 3 in G Major from 1775 played. At the age of 14 (' 34), he began touring. [3]  around the same time period, he was strongly influenced by the all-string jazz bands of Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli's, whose plates were available in Germany. [5]
 * Œuvre 2
 * 2.1 discography
 * 2.2 Filmography
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In 1940, he was "discovered" by the German EMIDepartment Lindström-Electrola[5], a year later he had a first hit with Schönes Wetter Heute. [1]  In the 1950s, he was considered as one of the best jazz violinists of Europe and was praised as The Magic Violinist and Germany's Mr. Violin. His biggest success came on 22 september 1956 when his number When the White Lilacs Bloom Again reached the 12 place in the Billboard Hot 100.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Lonergan_6-0" len="177" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [6]  <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-OldiesDotCom_7-0" len="181" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7]  another highlight he reached with the song Tokyo Melody, the official anthem of the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The song reached on 21 November 1964 the ninth place in the UK Singles Chart.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-TokyoMelody_8-0" len="180" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [8]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In the late 1950s he migrated to Switzerland<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Musiker_9-0" len="176" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[9]  and he performed with many well-known artists such as Yehudi Menuhin. Between 1968 and ' 73 had his own television show and in 1985 he received a medal of the order of merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-OfficalWebsite_4-1" len="183" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [4]  In 1995, it was determined that he suffered alzheimer's and two years later he retired from public life. He died in 2002 to Switzerland in Brissago and is buried at the Friedhof Ohlsdorf to Hamburg.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">He was married to Hella from 1943 until his death and together they had three children. His son Stephan wrote among other things the soundtrack of the film Der Untergang (2004). ==Œuvre<span class="mw-editsection" len="328" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p lang="en" len="595" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Disco- and below a selective filmography:<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10" len="170" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[10] ===Discography<span class="mw-editsection" len="334" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Filmography<span class="mw-editsection" len="334" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===
 * 12 Violin Sonatas, op. 2 (Vivaldi) (1953)
 * Ich liebe bobbing Mund (1955)
 * Hello, Scandinavia (1958)
 * Holiday In Spain (1959)
 * Songs Of Old Russia (1959)
 * Candelight Serenade (1960)
 * A Violin Sings (1962)
 * On Lovers ' Road (1963)
 * Candlelight Serenade (1965)
 * The Golden Plate Of Helmut Zacharias (1967)
 * Happy Strings Happy Hits (1967)
 * James Last Meets Helmut Zacharias (1967)
 * Happy Strings Or Zacharias (1968)
 * Light My Fire (1968)
 * Mexico Melody (1968)
 * Zacharias Plays The Hits (1969)
 * Zacharias Plays Verdi & Puccini (1970)
 * Zacharias Plays Verdi & Bizet (1970)
 * Greatest Hits (1973)
 * Buenos Días (1974)
 * Swinging Hits (1977)
 * Les Belles Années (1978)