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Heinz Winckler

HEINZ WINCKLER - South African Pop Sensation

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"HEINZ WINCKLER HAS BEEN CAST IN THE LEAD ROLE AS 'ROGER' IN THE UPCOMING USA TOUR OF THE HIT BROADWAY MUSICAL RENT!!Heinz is leaving South Africa for New York City in mid September to start rehearsals and will then go on tour throughout the USA and will also be visiting 3 Canadian cities and 2 Japanese cities!Stay up to date with where the RENT tour will be traveling and be sure to catch it when it comes to your city or a city near you."Announcing RENT!

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Brought to you by: The Times Multimedia A BIT OF HISTORY: Heinz Winckler is the first winner of the South African Idols competition that took place in June 2002. Since then he has released 2 chart topping albums, performed Chasing Shadows on the sound track of Disney's Treasure Planet, came fourth in World Idols (Dec 2003) beating the UK's Will Young, was nominated for a South African Music Award and is about to release his much anticipated third studio album.Heinz started playing guitar when he was 16 and started by leading worship in his local church. When he got to University to study law, he joined a band where he sang, played acoustic guitar and wrote songs for 4 years. In 2001 he decided to go solo and after a small but successful coastal tour during the sunny South African December holidays, he knew that he had to make music his life. Shortly after that he heard about the Pop Idol phenomenon and decided to enter. The rest is history!Today Heinz is a house hold name in South Africa where he has done countless shows, including opening for Westlife and he's guest starred on several local soapies and talk shows. } Live Performance of "Thank You"

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Member Since: 6/28/2006
Band Website: heinzw.co.za
Band Members: Heinz Winckler (Solo Male Performing Recording Artist)
Influences: U2, Live, Beatles, Roxette, Lifehouse, Vertical Horizon, Bryan Adams, Matchbox 20
Sounds Like: Ronan Keating meets Teddy Geiger
Record Label: Sony BMG South Africa
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

RENT tour in full swing

Hi allAs I'm writing this I'm sitting in a hotel room in Chattanooga, Tennessee. We came here from Memphis, TN where we did 3 shows over the weekend. Unfortunately I got a bit of flu and this past wee...
Posted by Heinz Winckler on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:36:00 PST

Rent Opening Weekend a Success!

Hey everybody! I'm happy to report that the Rent national tour opening this past weekend in St Louis, MO went extremely well and is seen by all involved and the people that came to see the show as a b...
Posted by Heinz Winckler on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:12:00 PST

Rent Tour: Tech week in York starts!

Hey guys!I'm sitting in my hotel room in York resting a little before the tech week starts tomorrow. We finished with rehearsals on Mon in NY, and now we start the big road trip in the rest of the sta...
Posted by Heinz Winckler on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 06:08:00 PST

Day 10 of RENT tour rehearsals

Hey everybody! I can't believe we've already finished with day 10 of rehearsals for the US national RENT tour for 2007/08! It has been 10 days of hard work, but lots of fun too. It's a real blessing t...
Posted by Heinz Winckler on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 06:46:00 PST

IN NEW YORK REHEARSING FOR RENT!

Hey guys! just wanted to give you an update. I landed in NYC on Saturday 15 Sept and immediately got into rehearsal for RENT on Sunday. There are some new principle actors, of which I'm one, and we al...
Posted by Heinz Winckler on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:20:00 PST

THE YEAR IN A NUT SHELL, AND MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Hey everyone! The year is almost over - and what I year it's been. I don't know about you guys, but it feels to me that the older I get the faster each year seems to pass. It's definitely one I will r...
Posted by Heinz Winckler on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 03:09:00 PST

MY WEDDING AND HONEYMOON

Hello! It's our third week wedding anniversary today! For those who don't know I got married three weeks ago to Alette De Klerk (now Winckler of course...), and we subsequently went on a two week hone...
Posted by Heinz Winckler on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 07:55:00 PST

PERFORMING AND RECORDING ARTIST'S BASIC RIGHTS IN SOUTH AFRICA

ENTERTAINMENT LAW IN SOUTH AFRICA IS UNDERDEVELOPED. THIS FACT AND THE IGNORANCE OF ARTISTS LEAD TO THE EXPLOITATION OF MUSICIANS IN SOUTH AFRICA.Hey guys! A pretty drastic statement to make, but a tr...
Posted by Heinz Winckler on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 07:19:00 PST