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Residence
  
Berlin, Germany

Albums
  
Dune, Forever, Expedicion

Role
  
Singer


Name
  
Verena Strenge

Nationality
  
German

Music group
  
Dune

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Full Name
  
Verena von Strenge

Born
  
July 27, 1975 (age 48) (
1975-07-27
)
Munich, Germany

Education
  
Diploma in Psychology and Ergonomics 2009

Occupation
  
Singer, Dancer, Entertainer, Director of Human Resources

Alma mater
  
Technical University of Berlin

Similar People
  
Oliver Froning, Jim Reeves, Jens Oettrich

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Verena von Strenge (born 27 July 1975, Munich, Germany) is a German singer and dancer best known for being the lead singer for the German happy hardcore dance group Dune from 1996-1997 and 1999-2000.

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Von Strenge love for dance started when she was very young. At the age of five, she was taught classical dance by her grandmother who was a former ballerina. However, von Strenge had to give up her plans of being a professional dancer due to knee problems.

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Career

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Von Strenge initially started her music career with the German happy hardcore dance group Dune as a dancer and singer during live performances. At the time (1995), Dune consisted of Oliver Froning, Jens Oettrich and Bernd Burhoff but in 1996, a new line was formed for the release of their second album, Expedicion, von Strenge become the group’s lead vocalist.

After recording three albums with Dune (Expedicion, Live! and Forever), von Strenge left the group in 1997 to pursue a career as a solo singer. She released three singles: Finally Alone, Heartbeat and Part of Your World.

In 1999, von Strenge rejoined Dune and at the end of the year the single Dark Side Of The Moon was released. Von Strenge also recorded other tracks for Dune, Heaven, Back To The Future, Here I Am and Space Invaders. The single release of Heaven was stopped due a court injection, but the other tracks were eventually released on Dune's greatest hits album, History.

In 2002, von Strenge restarted her solo career, but the single was never released.

In 2005, von Strenge worked as an assistant for German music label 313 Music.

In 2007, von Strenge was the lead vocalist for the music project called Moon Dust; the single released was called Angels, a cover version of the song written and sung by Robbie Williams.

Personal life

In 2009, von Strenge successfully finished her Diploma in Psychology and Ergonomics at the Technical University of Berlin. Von Strenge currently lives and works in Berlin and as of 2011 works as the Director of Human Resources at Plista GmbH. In 2012, von Strenge married and now goes by the name Verena Adam von Strenge.

Albums

(in the German band Dune)

  • 1996 Expedicion (Million Miles from Home, Expedicion, Lost in Space, So Beautiful, Around the World, Rainbow to the Stars, In My Dreams, Hand in Hand)
  • 1996 Live!
  • 1997 Forever (Who Wants to Live Forever, Somebody, Against All Odds, Sea Song, The Power of Love, Nothing Compares 2 U, Hide and Seek, Winter Kills)
  • 2000 History (Rainbow to the Stars, Hand in Hand, Million Miles from Home, Who Wants To Live Forever, Nothing Compares 2 U, Dark Side of the Moon, Back to the Future, Here I Am, Space Invaders)
  • Singles

    (in the German band Dune)

  • 1996 Rainbow to the Stars
  • 1996 Hand in Hand
  • 1996 Million Miles from Home
  • 1996 Who Wants to Live Forever
  • 1997 Nothing Compares 2 U
  • 1997 Somebody (Promo only)
  • 1999 Dark Side of the Moon
  • 2000 Heaven (Not officially released due to court injunction, but promo copies are available and the official video is on YouTube.)
  • 2003 Rainbow to the Stars 2003
  • Solo Singles

  • 1997 Finally Alone
  • 1998 Heartbeat
  • 1998 Part of Your World
  • 1998 Sky (Follow Me) (never released)
  • 2002 Rain & Tears
  • 2007 Angels (under the name Moon Dust)
  • References

    Verena von Strenge Wikipedia