Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen

Who is Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen?

Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen is a keyboard player, producer and composer. For two decades he has been one of the most known and successful international composers/music producers and artists coming from Germany. With a hit record of more than 60 gold and platinum record awards worldwide, multiple international #1 records. A total of over 65 mill. sold units in USA, UK, Japan and Germany. The last four years he has scored 6 X #1 single hits and 5 X #1 albums. He was nominated for the “Echo Awards” as a producer of the year two times, and nominated for the German Emmy award as host/judge for the TV show “Pop Stars”.

Born in Berlin, he first played in a band called "Vanguard" in 1974–1977 composing their own Rock Opera. Concerts where conducted with compelling artistic video projections from a then young French artist. In 1978. Uwe joined the band "Odessa" with the bassplayer Jürgen Dehmel winning the Berlin Music Contest award as "Best Rock Band". Uwe joined the band Nena in 1981, having his biggest success in the US with the #1 hitsong "99 Luftballons", while being even more successful in German-speaking countries throughout the 1980s. When the band split in 1987 he moved to New York.