Claudia Koreck (born 28 May 1986 in Traunstein) is a German singer-songwriter, performing in Bavarian dialect, German and English.
Life and career Claudia Koreck grew up first in Traunstein, later in (municipality Surberg). She started making music at age twelve, and in 2002 and 2003 was winning entry of the contest of the Berliner Festspiele. She plays the guitar. After her Abitur (German school leaving qualification) Koreck moved to Munich. She started education in modern Greek studies at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, which she gave up after one semester.
In 2007 Claudia Koreck was discovered with her song "Fliang" (Bavarian: Flying) by radio channel Bayern 3. Her first album, also titled Fliang, was published 17 August 2007. It reached number one of best-selling albums in Bavaria, and reached number 15 in German music charts. She was a member of the project .
Koreck in 2008 contributed the title song of Joseph Vilsmaier's remake of with the single "s'ewige Lem" (Bavarian: The eternal life). On 13 February 2009 she represented Bavaria in Stefan Raab's Bundesvision Song Contest with the song "I wui dass du woaßt" (Bavarian: I want you to know) and took 10th place. On the same day her second studio album Barfuaß um die Welt (Bavarian: Barefoot around the world) was published. In 2011 she played as supporting act of the Eagles at their concerts in Germany. Also in 2011 she performed the song "" for Disney Junior.
In 2013 Koreck recorded the song "Weida miteinand" (Bavarian: Onward together) with other artists from Bavaria under the umbrella of the music project .
In 2016 she performed at the jubilee of the music festival (German: Songs on a summer evening). The CD (German: 30 years of Songs on a summer evening) includes her songs "Bunter Vogel" (German: Colourful bird) and "Stadt Land Fluss" (German: City country river).
In 2020 Claudia Koreck wrote the official Sternstunden [de] song 2021 together with , "Auf bessere Zeiten" (German: To better times), for which she could gain a number of high-profile artists. Participants were: , , , Claudia Koreck, , Ganes, Gunnar Graewert, , Hans-Jürgen Buchner, Hannes Ringlstetter, , Martin Schmitt [de], , , , Sebastian Horn und . The song was on number one of the GfK Entertainment charts for Bavaria for four weeks.
For the first episode of the 14th season of the TV series Der Bergdoktor (German: The mountain doctor), Koreck performed a cover version of the song "Irgendwie, irgendwo, irgendwann" (German: Anyhow, anywhere, anytime) by Nena. The episode, first aired on 14 January 2021, is titled "Aus Mut gemacht" (German: Made from courage), alluding to a passage of the lyrics. On 23 January 2021 the song reached number one in the iTunes Charts.
Personal life In September 2010 a son was born to Claudia Koreck, followed in January 2014 by a daughter. She lives with her husband, producer Gunnar Graewert, and her children at her town of birth, Traunstein.
Members of the Claudia-Koreck-Band
Claudia Koreck (singer, guitar) Gunnar Graewert (singer, keyboard, ukulele, saxophone) Andreas Bauer (bass) Oscar Kraus (drums) Kilian Reischl (guitar)
Discography
Albums
2007: Fliang (Bavarian: Flying) – number 15 in German album charts 2008: Fliang 2nd edition 2009: Barfuaß um die Welt (Bavarian: Barefoot around the world) – number 8 in German and number 51 in Austrian album charts 2011: menschsein (German: being human) – number 30 in German album charts 2011: I kon barfuass um die welt fliang und dabei menschsein (Bavarian: I can fly around the world barefoot while being human) (double CD) 2013: Honu Lani – number 55 in German album charts 2015: Stadt Land Fluss (German: City country river) – number 36 in German album charts 2016: Kinderplatte (German: Children's record) 2017: Holodeck – number 89 in German album charts 2018: Weihnachtsplatte (German: Christmas record) 2018: Kinderplatte – Weihnachten im Wald (German: Children's record – Christmas in the forest) 2019: Auf die Freiheit (German: To freedom) 2021: Perlentaucherin (German: Pearl diver) – number 18 in German album charts 2023: Kalender (German: Calender) 2025: The Loveolution Project (with Gunnar Graewert) – soundtrack to novel Sing lauter, Heidi!
Singles 2007: "Fliang" (Bavarian: Flying) – number 99 in German single charts 2007: "I mog de Dog" (Bavarian: I like the days) 2008: "Schuah aus" (Bavarian: Shoes off) 2008: "s'Ewige Lem" (Bavarian: The eternal life) 2010: "Beautiful" (with Donavon Frankenreiter) 2012: "Danzn" (Bavarian: Dancing) 2013: "Unter meiner Deckn" (Bavarian: Under my blanket)
Video album 2008: I kon fliang (Bavarian: I can fly) (live)
Projects with Menschenskinder 2006: Wenn der Mensch (German: When the human) (single with menschenskinder) 2007: Wenn Du lachst (German: When You laugh) (EP with menschenskinder) 2008: Neue Generation (German: New generation) (CD with menschenskinder)
Filmography 2013: Der Bergdoktor (German: The mountain doctor) (TV series, episode: "Zwänge", German: Constraints) 2020: kulturschatz – kunstschaffende in bayern (German: cultural treasure – artists in Bavaria) (documentary with participation of Claudia Koreck)
Bibliography 2025: Sing lauter, Heidi! (German: Sing louder, Heidi!) (novel, with Gunnar Graewert)
Awards 2016: Ehrenpreis der Jugendsiedlung Hochland 2022: Rupertiwinkler Dialektpreis 2024: Bavarian Order of Merit 2024:
Weblinks
claudiakoreck.com
References