The Palast Orchester was founded in 1986 by Max Raabe and a group of fellow music students in order to play music from the period of Germany´s Golden Twenties. In 1992 they found themselves in the German charts with their song “Kein Schwein ruft mich an” (meaning “not a single pig calls me”), written by Max Raabe. Teaming up with film director Sönke Wortmann two years later for the film “Der bewegte Mann” (The Most Desired Man) made them known to an even wider audience.
Max Raabe & Palast Orchester tour regularly to the USA and Canada where they give concerts in famous venues like Chicago Symphony Hall, Davies Hall in San Francisco and New York´s Carnegie Hall. At present Max Raabe & Palast Orchester are touring with their extremely successful show “Wer hat hier schlechte Laune” in which a mixture of well known and newly discovered 20s/30s originals are entertainingly interspersed with Max Raabe compositions.
On September 29 2023 Max Raabe & Palast Orchester released the album “Mir ist so nach dir”, exclusively with original songs from the 20s/30s. Many of the featured tunes are part of their present show “Wer hat hier schlechte Laune”.