Christina Stürmer

Christina Stürmer, born on June 9, 1982 in Altenberg near Linz, is an Austrian pop – rock -singer. Since her participation in the ORF casting show “Starmania” (2003) and the subsequent releases in German-speaking countries, she has sold over 1.9 million records.

Early life and education

She began her school career at elementary school, continued at secondary school and grammar school until she dropped out of grammar school and began training as a bookseller, which she successfully completed in 2001.

Musical beginnings and breakthrough

Christina Stürmer grew up in Altenberg near Linz in the Mühlviertel region of Upper Austria. She began her musical career at the age of nine with the flute, switching to the saxophone at 13. At 16, she founded her first band Scotty and gained her first stage experience as a singer. Her big breakthrough came in 2003 when she took part in the ORF casting show Starmania and quickly won the hearts of the public. Her debut album “Freier Fall”, released after the show, sold over 100,000 copies and marked the beginning of her successful career.

Musical development and successes

Following the success of her debut album, Stürmer released her second album Soll Das Wirklich Alles Sein in 2004.

In 2005, she ventured onto the German market with the album Schwarz Weiss, a compilation of reworked songs from her first two albums. With her musical style, which combines elements of rock and pop, she appeals to a wide audience and is also appreciated by indie fans.

In 2006, Stürmer was awarded the Echo, an important German music prize, which further cemented her success in Germany. Despite occasional criticism from the domestic press, which dismissed her as a “sales mascot”, she was able to establish herself as an artist to be taken seriously.

More albums and musical diversity

Stürmer’s 2008 album Laut-Los featured unplugged versions of her well-known songs as well as new tracks that ranged musically from rock and pop to country and swing. Ich Hör Auf Mein Herz was released in 2013, underlining her desire to break away from her casting show image and be perceived as an adult artist. Further albums such as Seite An Seite (2016) and Überall Zu Hause (2018) showed her development as a musician, even if they sometimes remained in quieter balladic waters.

Retreat and comeback

After a quiet phase, Stürmer withdrew from the limelight, but returned in August 2023 with an “MTV Unplugged” album, the first of its kind to be recorded by a German-speaking musician in Vienna’s Volkstheater. The first single from this album, Ich Lebe (MTV Unplugged), was released in fall 2023, and the full album MTV Unplugged In Wien has been announced for March 2024.

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Style and reception of Christina Stürmer

Christina Stürmer presents herself musically with rock-oriented mainstream pop, which has developed more and more in the direction of German rock over the course of her career. Her style initially covered a wide range of genres from alternative rock to pop. Since her participation in “Starmania”, she has sung exclusively German lyrics. With her fifth album “Lebe lauter”, she follows in the tradition of German pop-rock bands such as Juli and Silbermond and is considered the most successful representative of Austropop in Austria. Her lyrics deal with topics such as love, drugs, authority, war and peace as well as philosophical aspects. She is often compared to Avril Lavigne. The songs are mostly written by external composers, most recently band member Oliver Varga was also involved.

Christina Stürmer has triggered a new wave of Austrian pop and rock music, marketed by the Austrian radio station Ö3 as “New Pop and Rock from Austria”. Her international band consists of Oliver Varga (guitar), Klaus Pérez-Salado (drums), Matthias Simoner (guitar, keyboards) and Rue Kostron (electric bass). The band performs under the name “Christina Stürmer & Band” and is perceived as a rock band.

TV

In the second season in 2015, she took part in the VOX show “Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert” took part. She performed alongside Xavier Naidoo , Andreas Bourani Daniel Wirtz, Die Prinzen, Hartmut Engler and Yvonne Catterfeld on.

Studio albums

• 2003 Free fall
• 2004 Is that really all there is to it?
• 2005 Really everything! – Live in the Wr. Stadthalle
• 2006 Live louder
• 2007 Live louder – Live EP
• 2009 In this city
• 2010 Close-up
• 2013 I listen to my heart
• 2016 Side by side
• 2018 At home everywhere
• 2024 MTV Unplugged in Vienna