George Hennig

Hillside. Opus Magnum, enormous feat and dream-come-true. The work on the symphonic album ’Hillside’ recorded in Skopje October 2018 with the Macedonian Symphonic Orchestra (directed by Oleg Kondratenko) proved often difficult.

In September 2019, Marian Gold, lead singer of the german million-sellers ’Alphaville’ (Forever Young, Big In Japan, both 1984) ordered a vinyl copy (one of the last five in stock!) of the George Hennig album ’First Snow’(released 1978).

Diese Produktion aus Sicht des Produktionsteams als schwierige Erfahrung zu bezeichnen wäre in mancher Hinsicht masslos untertrieben. Alle an der Produktion Beteiligten sind froh, dass das Ende in Sicht ist. Die grafische Gestaltung sowie der Misch- und Mastering-Prozess sind abgeschlossen.

In October 2018, Olivier Truan and George Hennig came together with the Macedonian Symphonic Orchestra conducted by Oleg Kondratenko at the FAME’s Studio in Skopje to record 13 tracks for George’s forthcoming Album “Hillside”.

“Hillside” – collaboration with Olivier Truan
For the 12 Tracks on his new album “Hillside”, George Hennig will collaborate with composer and arranger Olivier Truan. Olivier will transform George’s compositions (already recorded as demos) into miniature “symphonic pop-tunes” composed for a 44-piece orchestra. Hennig and Truan will travel to Skopje in October 2018 to record the twelve tracks with the Macedonian Symphonic Orchestra ‘F.A.M.E.’S.’.

Such a fortunate coincidence took place in late 2017 on a social-media forum between George Hennig and the Italian surrealistic painter Ettore Aldo Del Vigo. George was so impressed by the atmospheric power and expressivity of Ettores world of pictures that he spontaneously asked Ettore if he would be interested in creating a cover design for a pop-album.