Peter Freudenthaler
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Peter Freudenthaler (born 19 February 1963) is a German rock musician, singer and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist and one of the founding members of pop rock band Fool's Garden. He is the author of the song "Lemon Tree", which made the band, and him in particular, famous worldwide. In addition to participating in Fool's Garden, Freudenthaler has also collaborated with other music artists.
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Born | (1963-02-19) 19 February 1963 (age 61) |
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Years active | 1976–present |
Peter Freudenthaler graduated from the Hebel Gymnasium high school in Pforzheim[1] and later in 1990 entered the Stuttgart Media University,[2] where he became acquainted with Volker Hinkel, who invited him into his music project Magazine. In 1991, Magazine was renamed Fool's Garden.
In 2012, Alexander Rusakov, in his book "Who is Who, or MUZPROSVET in Global Contemporary Popular Music", put Peter Freudenthaler on No. 792 in the rating of 1000 best musicians of global contemporary popular music for his participation in Fool's Garden.[3] In 2017, Peter received the Portus Medal for Merit to Pforzheim from the city's mayor Gert Hager.[4]