Many people have already heard his voice. Now we get to know the radio and television presenter Thorsten Schorn as an ESC commentator.
Of course everyone asks him about the footsteps, about the traces that his great predecessor Peter Urban left behind after 25 years. The voice, the timbre, the calm and that subtle hint of irony with which the NDR music expert always left in limbo how seriously he actually took this hour-long Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) circus. You should listen to Urban’s accompaniment from the speaker’s booth in order to be able to classify the questions as to whether he, the successor, has the confidence to do so, how great the pressure will be if Thorsten Schorn takes over as commentator at the ESC from May 7th.
Thorsten Schorn has been behind the radio microphone for 27 years
He’s left there, says Schorn, he doesn’t have to sing, he just has to comment – and the thing about the footsteps? He points to his shoes, size 45 1/2, any questions? But it’s not about shoes and sizes, it’s about what the audience most associates with Urban and Schorn, their voice. And for people who grew up on the radio, this is something like the inner concert grand piano. Men like Urban and Schorn have it a little easier because they can easily speak from a depth of 125 hertz. This gives her voice a character. Many people wouldn’t recognize Thorsten Schorn by his face, but would think: “Oh, that guy!” when they hear him speak. The Cologne boy Schorn has been sitting behind the radio microphone for 27 years, most of that time at 1LIVE and on WDR 2. In 2015 he received the German Radio Prize for his work. And if you’ve always wondered whose voice provides the loving background irony in Guido Marie Kretschmer’s “Shopping Queen”: It’s Thorsten Schorn’s, who has been doing so for more than 2,500 broadcasts.
Yes, he was lucky with his voice, Schorn said recently; there was probably a drop of olive oil when he was conceived.
Source: Stern
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