Peter Schilling

Peter Schilling appeals to the part of me that loves pop with imagination. A synthpop artist out of Stuttgart, he wove science fiction into his songs: astronauts, aliens, catastrophes, themes most chart-chasers would never touch. His 1983 hit Major Tom (Coming Home) climbed charts worldwide and won him the Goldene Stimmgabel that same year. What I admire is how he married cold synthesizer textures to real emotional ache, making the futuristic feel human. Breaking out of the German-language market to score an international hit was no small feat. He left behind a song that still resonates, and that, to me, is the mark of a true craftsman.

Name (English)

Peter Schilling

Name (Japanese)

ペーター・シリング

Reading

ぺーたー・しりんぐ

Born

January 28, 1956 (age 70)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Monkey

Origin

Stuttgart, Stuttgart Government Region, Germany

Occupation

singer / recording artist / songwriter / musician / singer-songwriter

Awards & achievements

• 1983 Goldene Stimmgabel

• Official sitehttps://www.peterschilling.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Schilling
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62951

Tags

• Stuttgart Government Region
• singer
• recording artist
• songwriter

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.