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11 December 2010 · Review · DE
Süddeutsche Zeitung (Landkreisteil): „Wilder Wind aus Österreich“
Patrizia Steipe
Concert report from the Kulturkeller in Feldafing (Bavaria, Germany): on Wednesday, 8 December 2010, the Christian Muthspiel Trio plays its programme “Against the Wind” with the music of Werner Pirchner and Harry Pepl.
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The Süddeutsche Zeitung calls the two a cult duo and their Jazzzwio a group that gave European jazz important impulses; the preview appeared on 4 December 2010.
In the seventies and eighties Pirchner and Pepl formed the legendary “Jazz-Zwio”, a group that gave European jazz important impulses.
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13 October 2011 · Report · DE
Kleine Zeitung: „Fährtensuche im Zwio“
Michael Tschida
Preview of a reading by Christoph Ransmayr and Martin Pollack at the Literaturhaus Graz.
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Michael Tschida uses the Jazzzwio of Harry Pepl and Werner Pirchner as the image of an ideal duet; the same text appeared in the Neue Vorarlberger Tageszeitung on 20 October 2011.
The crowding of the z's and the tacked-on w also nicely illustrated, visually, what bound the Viennese guitarist and the Tyrolean vibraphonist so closely: artistic density, blind understanding, congeniality.
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20 June 2013 · Review · DE
Tiroler Tageszeitung: „Im Banne von zwei Legenden“
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Report on the first Laurentius concert on the Bergl in Imst (Tyrol): on Thursday, 13 June 2013, Stephan Mathoi (guitar) and Philipp Hager (vibraphone) play pieces by Werner Pirchner and Harry Pepl as well as their own compositions.
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Preview on 12 June 2013 (“Entgleiste Klassik am Imster Bergl”).
Admittedly, the qualities of the legendary duo of Werner Pirchner & Harry Pepl in the line-up of guitar and vibraphone are and remain unmatched.
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28 March 2014 · Review · DE
Die Presse: „Werner Pirchner: Genie und Irrsinn“
Christoph Huber
Review of Malte Ludin's documentary “D.U.D.A.!” about Werner Pirchner. Die Presse recalls the Pirchner-Pepl Jazz-Zwio and the duo's collaboration with Jack DeJohnette.
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With his kindred partner Harry Pepl he also collaborated impressively with great jazz musicians such as Jack DeJohnette.
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1 April 2014 · Review · DE
Der Standard: „Vom verspielten Tiefsinn“
Ljubiša Tošić
Review of “D.U.D.A.!” about Werner Pirchner. The film, the critic regrets, recalls only briefly the international side of his career, the JazzZwio with Harry Pepl; online as early as 31 March 2014.
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Together with the guitarist Harry Pepl, the vibraphonist Pirchner ran a “JazzZwio” whose subtly burning chamber music attracted attention throughout Europe
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14 February 2015 · Radio · DE
Ö1, Die Lange Nacht des Werner Pirchner: „Die Lange Nacht des Werner Pirchner“
Albert Hosp (Gestaltung)
A “Lange Nacht” (long night) programme for the 75th birthday of the vibraphonist and composer Werner Pirchner.
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The programme mentions the duo with Harry Pepl at the Montreux Jazz Festival (renowned jazz festival in Switzerland) and thereby shows the connection between the two musicians; the focus is on Pirchner.
in a duo with the guitarist Harry Pepl
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1 September 2015 · Review · DE
Der Standard: „Im Salon der munteren Katharsis“
Ljubiša Tošić
Report from the final day of the Jazzfestival Saalfelden 2015: Christian Muthspiel remembers Werner Pirchner with his trio and thus also Pirchner's Jazzzwio with Harry Pepl, as chamber music marked by respectful affection for the original.
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Online as early as 31 August 2015.
Together with the guitarist Harry Pepl he formed the Jazzzwio, and Muthspiel recalls that too
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1 September 2015 · Review · DE
Salzburger Nachrichten: „Das Beste? Es kam auch diesmal zum Schluss“
Report from the Jazzfestival Saalfelden 2015: Christian Muthspiel, Franck Tortiller and Jerome Harris delve deep into the work of Werner Pirchner and also of the Viennese guitarist Harry Pepl, with whom Pirchner formed the legendary Jazzzwio.
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Muthspiel takes the “throaty K” out of this music, but successfully brings out its inner light and its elegance.
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3 September 2015 · Review · DE
Die Furche: „Traditionen kippen - und Neues entsteht“
Anton Thuswaldner
Festival report from Saalfelden 2015: with Franck Tortiller and Jerome Harris, Christian Muthspiel remembers Werner Pirchner, who formed the legendary Jazz-Zwio with Harry Pepl.
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Together with Harry Pepl he formed the legendary Jazz-Zwio
Together with Harry Pepl he formed the legendary Jazz-Zwio, to which we owe such immortal titles as “Hosentraga”, which takes up the form of the Indian raga.
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26 October 2015 · Radio · DE
Ö1, Spielräume Spezial: „Heimat bis Du großer...“ (Würdigung von Harry Pepl zum Nationalfeiertag)
Klaus Wienerroither (Gestaltung)
Programme for the Austrian National Day, Monday, 26 October 2015, 5.10 pm, commemorating the guitarist and composer almost ten years after Pepl’s death.
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The title alludes to the line „Heimat bist du großer Söhne“ [“Homeland of great sons”] of the Austrian national anthem; the programme opens with “In this case it really is one of the sons” and calls Air Mail “probably one of the best jazz groups of Austrian origin”. Playlist: Air Mail with “Shifting People” and “The Halley’s Comet / Light Blue Blues”, “Salt and Pepl” with the ORF Big Band under Richard Österreicher, “Harry Pepl’s Blues” with Benny Goodman, “Against The Wind” live with the Jazzzwio, “Eastern Island Ears” with Dave Liebman and Wolfgang Reisinger, a part of “Anspannen, Überspannen, Abspannen” with STUDIO PERCUSSION graz, Peter Alexander’s “Sag’ mir quando, sag’ mir wann” (Pepl as studio guitarist) and finally “Air, Love & Vitamins” with Werner Pirchner and Jack DeJohnette.
The tribute to an individualist.
In this case it really is one of the sons.
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14 July 2016 · Radio · DE
Ö1, „On Stage“ (Programmhinweis der Wiener Zeitung): Christian Muthspiels Werner-Pirchner-Hommage beim Jazzfestival Saalfelden 2015
Andreas Felber
On Thursday, 14 July 2016, at 7.30 pm, Ö1 (ORF's cultural radio station) broadcasts Christian Muthspiel's homage “Homesick” from the Jazzfestival Saalfelden 2015 with Franck Tortiller and Jerome Harris.
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Besides pieces by Werner Pirchner, compositions by his Jazz-Zwio partner Harry Pepl are heard.
compositions by his former Jazz-Zwio duo partner Harry Pepl were also heard
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8 April 2017 · Report · DE
Ö1 (oe1.orf.at, article): „Pirchner und Pepl“ (Muthspiel Trio spielt „Against the Wind“)
Haide Tenner (Gesprächspartnerin)
Item on the CD “Against the Wind”, on which the Christian Muthspiel Trio plays works by Harry Pepl and Werner Pirchner.
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In conversation with Haide Tenner on the “Klassik-Treffpunkt”, Muthspiel tells how the CD came about out of the commemoration of Pirchner and the programme “Pepl/Pirchner”.
The musicians play works by the composers Harry Pepl and Werner Pirchner, who died early.
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20 September 2017 · Report · DE
Ö1 (oe1.orf.at, article): „Der Musiker Werner Pirchner“
Short portrait of Werner Pirchner (13 February 1940 to 10 August 2001) as a jazz musician and composer.
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It lists the Pirchner-Pepl-JazzZwio, founded in 1975, with its appearances until the mid-1980s, among others in Velden, Montreux and Saalfelden; the focus is on Pirchner.
With the guitarist Harry Pepl he founded the Pirchner-Pepl-JazzZwio in 1975
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10 October 2017 · Report · DE
Ö1 (oe1.orf.at, article): „Der Gratwanderer Werner Pirchner“
Article on Werner Pirchner for the tenth anniversary of his death, shown on the page with the date 10 October 2017 but referring in the text to 10 August 2011.
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It names the Jazz-Zwio with Harry Pepl as a stage that also made Pirchner known in the international jazz scene; the focus is on Pirchner.
together with Harry Pepl in the legendary JazzZwio
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11 January 2018 · Report · DE
OÖ Nachrichten: „Eine Zentrale der Jazz-Musik“
On the closing of the Kasper-Keller in Linz (Café Jentschke): its 35 years as a hub of jazz began on 22 November 1982 with the “Zwio” of Werner Pirchner and Harry Pepl, booked by the landlord Hans Peter Kasper. A longer version appeared on nachrichten.at.
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For this evening the landlord and passionate jazz connoisseur Hans Peter Kasper booked “Zwio”, the duo of the Tyrolean composer and multi-instrumentalist Werner Pirchner and the Viennese guitarist Harry Pepl.
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10 September 2018 · Portrait · DE
wienerzeitung.at: „Begnadeter Harry Pepl“
Short portrait for his birthday on 10 September: musical influences in the family (opera, Count Basie, Schrammel music), first engagements with Harald Neuwirth and Erich Kleinschuster's sextet, the ORF Big Band, fame through the Pirchner-Pepl JazzZwio, performances with Benny Goodman, Dave Holland, Wolfgang Puschnig and Dino Saluzzi and at festivals in Montreux, Berlin and Saalfelden. As students the text names Wolfgang Muthspiel, Peter Havlicek and Guido Jeszenszky.
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a gifted guitarist and an exceptional phenomenon
Otto Kolleritsch
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3 August 2019 · Interview
christianmuthspiel.com (ORjazzTRA Vienna, Interviews): Interview zum ORjazzTRA Vienna
Christian Muthspiel names four concerts in Graz that made him a jazz musician: Albert Mangelsdorff solo, the Carla Bley Big Band, the Art Ensemble of Chicago and the duo of Harry Pepl and Werner Pirchner.
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And not to forget the fourth concert: Harry Pepl and Werner Pirchner.
Christian Muthspiel