In the organizer's words:

After "Abwesenheitsnotizen" 2025, Lennart Schilgen now sees a "need for transfiguration". In his second program, he poems and sings against an inadequate reality. And exposes between the lines where the world and he himself lie to themselves everywhere. It's possible that a few uncomfortable truths will emerge. But don't worry: 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 participate in things.

With "sparkling linguistic artistry" (AZ) and subtle, light-footed comedy, he mainly talks about the things he fails at: making decisions. Impressing girls around the campfire. Abolishing capitalism. In return, he succeeds in wresting new facets from the "guy with guitar and piano" concept. Musically adept, he plays with genre traditions and jumps casually between styles and moods: from beatlesque pop to tightly marching protest anthems, from comically creepy stalker ballads to "Reinhard Mey parodies to kneel down to" (Mannheimer Morgen).

This has already earned him a number of cabaret awards, such as the Prix Pantheon jury prize in 2019, the Stuttgarter Besen in 2018 and the Tuttlinger Krähe in 2020. Of course, he knows that such prizes are not necessarily indicative of quality. But when he wins them himself, he can overlook them surprisingly well.

Vita
Lennart Schilgen was born in Berlin in 1988, received classical piano lessons at an early age and later taught himself to play the guitar. He began writing his own songs and performing them while still at school - initially only with his band "Tonträger", but since 2012 also as a solo artist. In 2011, he took part in the Celle School, and has been a member of the SAGO singer-songwriter school since 2013.
2015 1st solo program "Engelszungenbrecher", premiere at the Zebrano-Theater, Berlin
2019 2nd solo program "Verklärungsbedarf", premiere at the Bar jeder Vernunft, Berlin
https://lennartschilgen.de/