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Max Raabe
German singer (born 1962)
This article is about the German singer. For the American businessman, see Max Raab.
Musical artist
Max Raabe (born Matthias Otto,[1] 12 December 1962) is a German jazz singer.
He is best known as the founder and leader of the Palast Orchester.
Career
Raabe developed an interest in the sound of German dance and film music of the 1920s and 1930s, such as the songs of the Comedian Harmonists, from seeing old films on television and from his parents' record collection.[2] He formally studied music at the Berlin University of the Arts, intending originally to become a baritoneopera singer.
He and eleven other students formed the Palast Orchester in 1985. The ensemble initially used music arrangements that Raabe found at various flea markets.[3]
The orchestra practised these arrangements for one year without any public engagements or performances.[4] The orchestra first performed publicly at the 1