Born on 25 May 1946 in Bad Berleburg; Siegfried Fietz is a German singer-songwriter, composer and music producer. He became known for his 1970 setting of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s poem “Von guten Mächten”, which is included in several regional sections of the Evangelisches Gesangbuch. In 1974 he founded the publishing house Abakus with his wife Barbara; for ten years, until 1996, he presented the programme “Lieder zwischen Himmel und Erde” on Hessischer Rundfunk. Alongside oratorios on biblical figures he wrote a musical about Saint Francis, which was premiered on 27 May 2016 at the Katholikentag in Leipzig. On the gala recording Doc Heilein and Friends Gala 2023 – Ich will keine Schokolade (2023) Matthias Heilein sings “Von guten Mächten” and “Gnade für die Welt”, which Fietz composed to lyrics by Jan Vering; on a further gala recording by Doc Heilein and Friends Matthias Heilein and Timo Böcking sing “Gnade für die Welt”, and Matthias Heilein, Katja Zimmermann, Miriam Schäfer and Doc Heilein and Friends sing “Von guten Mächten”.
Siegfried Fietz
Composer
