Jan Vering
{{Short description|German cinematographer (1954–2021)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
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| birth_place = Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|01|01|1954|df=y}}
| death_place = Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
| occupation = {{hlist|Gospel singer|journalist|dramaturge}}
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Jan Vering (1954 – 1 January 2021) was a German gospel singer, newspaper editor and dramaturge at the Apollo Theater in Siegen.
Life
Vering was born in Münster and grew up in Vechta.{{cite news | last = Schwab | first = Steffen | date = 1 January 2021 | title = Musiker und Theatermann: Siegener Jan Vering ist tot | url = https://www.wp.de/staedte/siegerland/musiker-und-theatermann-siegener-jan-vering-ist-tot-id231248884.html | access-date = 3 January 2021 | newspaper = Westfalenpost | language = de}} He performed spirituals, gospels and songs by Duke Ellington in jazz clubs, in youth centres and at Kirchentag conventions. In 1983, he took part in a project about Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" ("Ich habe einen Traum") by writer Christian A. Schwarz and composer Siegfried Fietz. He often performed with the pianist Johannes Nitsch and the guitarist Werner Hucks.{{cite web | date = 3 January 2021 | title = "Gnade für die Welt": Jan Vering verstorben | url = https://www.jesus.de/gnade-fuer-die-welt-jan-vering-verstorben/ | access-date = 6 January 2021 | website = jesus.de | language = de}}
Vering appeared as a singer for 18 years, performing more than 2500 concerts in Europe. In 1989, he began to work as a journalist for the {{ill|Westfälische Rundschau|de}} in Siegen. He turned to a position as dramaturge at the new Apollo-Theater in 2007, retiring 10 years later.
Vering died in a nursing home in Wilnsdorf on the night of 1 January 2021.{{Cite web|title=In der Silvesternacht verstorben: Ex-Apollo-Dramaturg Jan Vering ist tot|url=https://www.siegener-zeitung.de/siegen/c-lokales/ex-apollo-dramaturg-jan-vering-ist-tot_a221501|access-date=3 January 2021|website=Siegener Zeitung|language=de}}
Work
= Books =
- Zeugen zur Sache. Hänssler, Holzgerlingen 1981
- Ein Lesebuch. Oncken, Kassel 1988
- Siegfried Fietz – Von guten Mächten und bewegten Zeiten (biography of Siegfried Fietz) Gerth Medien, Asslar 2011, {{ISBN|978-3-86591-582-5}}.
- Aufbruch wagen: Skulputen, Bilder. Kunstbroschüre. Abakus Musik Barbara Fietz, Greifenstein 2012
= Audio books =
- Liedbeschreibung. {{ill|ERF-Verlag|de}}, Wetzlar 1988
- Zeugen zur Sache. ERF-Verlag, Wetzlar 1988
- Biografie von Siegfried Fietz: Von guten Mächten und bewegten Zeiten. Abakus Musik, Greifenstein 2017
References
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External links
- {{Discogs artist|Jan Vering}}
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Category:German gospel singers