Ivo Moring

{{Infobox musical artist | name = Ivo Moring | image = | image_upright = | image_size = | landscape =  | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|08|27}} | birth_place = Hamburg, Germany | origin = | death_date =  | death_place = | genre = Pop | occupation = Record producer, songwriter, percussionist | instrument = | years_active = 2001–present | label = | associated_acts = Sarah Brightman, Savage Garden, Coolio, New Kids on the Block | website =  }}

'''Ivo Moring''' (born August 27, 1971) is a German record producer, songwriter, and percussionist, best known for his work with DJ Otzi as co-producer of "Ein Stern".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ivo-moring-mn0000985280/credits|title=Ivo Moring {{!}} Credits|website=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=2020-04-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche/person-69511|title=Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts|website=Offiziellecharts.de|access-date=2020-04-19|archive-date=2021-06-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608111436/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche/person-69511|url-status=dead}}</ref> He has worked with Heather Nova, Darren Hayes of Savage Garden, Jennifer Paige, Sarah Brightman, Limahl, Jordan Knight & New Kids On The Block, Cazzette, Sarah Connor, Lutricia McNeal, Chris Norman, Oonagh, Beyond the Black, Christina Stürmer, and Sandra und Coolio.<ref name=":0" />

==Career== Moring began playing percussion professionally in the orchestra of the Hamburg State Opera.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hamburg.de/contentblob/66330/4e6f2b2376c6676fe911c00abe94efb1/data/bbs-jms-tonart-07.pdf|title=Tonart|date=April 1999|page=24|website=Hamburg.de|access-date=2023-08-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://epub.sub.uni-hamburg.de//epub/volltexte/2011/8248/pdf/bbs_jms_tonart_05.pdf|title=Tonart|date=April 1998|page=12|website=Epub.sub.uni-hamburg.de|access-date=2023-08-10}}</ref>

Ivo Moring has worked with Heather Nova, Darren Hayes of Savage Garden, Jennifer Paige, Sarah Brightman, Limahl, Jordan Knight & New Kids on the Block, Sarah Connor, Lutricia McNeal, Chris Norman, Beyond the Black, Sandra und Coolio.

In 2007, he co-produced "Ein Stern" by DJ Otzi, peaking at number one and remaining on the chart for 12 weeks. It became the second most successful song in German chart history.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/1312605/gronemeyer-otzi-double-up-at-germanys-echo-awards|title=GrÃ¶nemeyer, Ã–tzi Double-Up At Germany's Echo Awards|date=2008-02-15|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2020-04-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Winehouse Keeps Radiohead Off Euro Summit|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/1314427/winehouse-keeps-radiohead-off-euro-summit|date=2008-01-10|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2020-05-08}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

Ivo Moring composed 60 minutes of music in 7.1 surround-sound for the Blu-ray-movie project BluElement's ''Forsenses'', released worldwide in 2009. It became the best selling national music Blu-ray DVD in Germany. The follow-up film ''Timberlounge'' reached the Top 10 in the national DVD-chart.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-09-23|title=Forsenses II – Timber Lounge (2011)|url=https://singulibrium.wordpress.com/2012/09/23/forsenses-ii-timber-lounge-2011/|access-date=2020-12-20|website=Singulibrium.wordpress.com|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

Moring was the co-writer of "Nie Genug" by Christina Stürmer, "Space Cowboy", and "Perfect Love".<ref name=":0" /> He produced "Idiot", which received the award for "Hit of the Year 2012" in Germany.

In 2014, he produced and co-wrote two albums by Oonagh, receiving two ECHO-awards.<ref>{{Cite web|title=DE: BMG Writers And Artists Scoop Nominations In All 20 Categories For The ECHO 2015|url=https://www.bmg.com/de/news/de-bmg-writers-and-artists-scoop-nominations-in-all-20-categories-for-the-echo-awards-2015.html|date=2015-03-05|website=BMG|language=en|access-date=2020-05-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=DE: BMG Artists And Writers Honored At The ECHO Awards 2015|url=https://www.bmg.com/de/news/de-bmg-artists-and-writers-honored-at-the-echo-awards-2015.html|date=2015-03-27|website=BMG|language=en|access-date=2020-05-08}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

Moring co-wrote "Blind Heart" by Swedish-based DJ Duo Cazzette,<ref name=":0" /> which reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Dance Chart in 2015.

Moring produced an album for Wendy Starland, who played a role in discovering Lady Gaga.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Lady Gaga Talent Scout Feels 'Validated' After Winning $7.3 Million in Lawsuit|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6320051/lady-gaga-wendy-starling-rob-fusari-lawsuit-interview|date=2014-11-19|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2020-05-08}}</ref> In a ''Billboard'' story after winning her case against Rob Fusari, Starland stated "We've created a stadium rock sound that is not something I've heard before from any other female solo artist".{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

In 2016, Moring and BMG Rights Management founded "EduArtists", a label for educational music for children. In 2018 Moring wrote and produced an album in nine different languages for the international language learning platform Bambino Lingo.<ref name=":0" /> He developed Fabi Fuchs, a music brand for children, with the first album released by Amazon originals in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our team|url=https://bambinilingo.com/our-team/|access-date=2020-12-21|website=Bambinilingo.com|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-01-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118112738/https://bambinilingo.com/our-team/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> He was also significantly involved in the development and production of the children's brands "Lena, Felix & Kita-Kids", "Major&Melody", "Schnabi Schnabel" and the German adaptation of the brand "Heavysaurus". The YOGINIES, developed together with designer Franca Wrage, teaches children about sustainability and mindfulness.

In 2018, Moring was a producer of ''Meteor'' by Matthias Reim.<ref name=":0" /> ''Meteor'' reached number 3 on the German albums chart.

Moring released numerous songs and productions in the style of downbeat, zero-beat, chill-out, ambient and lounge. International album-releases of his own projects include ''TRANQUILLO'' and ''SUGARMAN''.<ref name=":0" />

On March 20, 2020, China's first male ''bel canto'' quartet, Super Vocal,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kelly|first=Sharon|date=2019-12-04|title=Decca Records Celebrate 90th Anniversary In China {{!}} uDiscover|url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/classical-news/decca-records-china/|access-date=2020-12-17|website=Udiscovermusic.com|language=en-US}}</ref> performed "Qui con me (Ni De Se Cai)" ("Your Colors") on the Hunan Satellite TV singing competition ''Singer 2020'', bilingual with Italian and Chinese lyrics. The performance received more than 40 million views in 24 hours.<ref>{{Cite web|last=新华网|date=2020-03-28|title="声入人心男团"发布新单曲《你的色彩》|url=https://k.sina.cn/article_2810373291_a782e4ab02001n0ct.html?from=ent&subch=oent|access-date=2020-12-17|website=K.sina.cn}}</ref> The studio version single of "Ni De Se Cai" was released on March 27, 2020, by Decca China. "Ni De Se Cai" was composed by George Komsky, Roxanne Seeman, and Moring with Italian lyrics “Qui Con Me" written by Saverio Principini, and Chinese lyrics "Ni De Se Cai" written by Cheng He. The song was produced by Nick Patrick and Wu Qinglong.<ref>{{Cite web|title="声入人心男团"发布新单曲《你的色彩》-新华网|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/ent/2020-03/28/c_1125780149.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328222902/http://www.xinhuanet.com/ent/2020-03/28/c_1125780149.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 28, 2020|access-date=2020-12-17|website=Xinhuanet.com}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Super Vocal - Ni De Se Cai|url=https://tidal.com/browse/album/135009384|website=Tidal.com|date=27 March 2020 |language=en-US|access-date=2020-12-17}}</ref>

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==External links== * [http://hitparade.ch/showperson.asp?name=Ivo+Moring Directory Hitparade] * [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Ivo+Moring Directory Discogs] * [http://www.alanaproductions.de/ Artist website] * [http://eduartists.de eduartists.de] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124211208/http://eduartists.de/ |date=2018-01-24 }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moring, Ivo}} Category:1971 births Category:Living people Category:Musicians from Hamburg Category:German male songwriters Category:German record producers