Lennart Schilgen

Lennart Schilgen sees a need for transfiguration. In his second program, he poems and sings against
against an inadequate reality. And exposes between the lines where the world and he himself
lie to themselves everywhere. It is possible that a few uncomfortable truths will emerge. But don't
fear: leaving your comfort zone has rarely been so comfortable! There are party songs
for people who don't like going to parties. Break-up songs for people who don't like to break up.
And audience participation for people who don't like to take part in things.

With "sparkling linguistic artistry" (AZ) and subtle, light-footed comedy, he tells stories
about the things he fails at: making decisions. Girls around the campfire
impress girls at the campfire. Abolishing capitalism. In return, he succeeds in giving the "guy with guitar and piano" concept
piano" concept with unheard facets. Musically adept, he plays with genre
traditions and jumps casually between styles and moods: from Beatlesque pop to tightly
marching protest anthem, from the comically creepy stalker ballad to the "Reinhard Mey-
parody to kneel down to" (Mannheimer Morgen).

In the meantime, this has already earned him several cabaret awards, such as the jury prize of the Prix
Pantheon 2019, the Stuttgarter Besen 2018 and, most recently, the Tuttlinger Krähe 2020,
that such prizes don't necessarily say anything about quality. But when he wins them himself, he can
he can overlook that surprisingly well.

www.lennartschilgen.de

Photo: Frank Eidel