Press on Wolfgang Schiftner
What was written and broadcast about Harry Pepl and Wolfgang Schiftner: reviews, portraits, interviews and obituaries, with summary and source.
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18 November 2008 · Report · DE
Kleine Zeitung (p. 58, culture): „Preisregen für heimische Künstler“
News item on the Harry Pepl Prize 2008 for the Graz trombonist and composer Daniel Riegler: a gamsbART scholarship of 4,000 euros on condition that he engages with Pepl’s music and presents a project at the next Austrian Soundcheck.
on condition that he engages with the music of the jazz guitarist who died in 2005
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6 December 2007 · Report · DE
Der Standard (p. 14, Szenario: Watchlist): „Tribute to Harry Pepl“ (Watchlist, Porgy & Bess)
initials „felb“
Tip for the memorial evening at the Porgy & Bess on Thursday, 6 December 2007, two years after Pepl’s death: Wolfgang Mitterer on synthesizer and Wolfgang Schiftner, first winner of the Harry Pepl Prize, with his quartet.
Two years have passed since Harry Pepl, one of the great guitarists of the European jazz scene, died.
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20 November 2006 · Report · DE
Kronen Zeitung (p. 34): „Alter Mut auf neuen Wegen“ (1. Harry-Pepl-Preis geht an Wolfgang Schiftner)
Matthias Wagner
Report on the closing night of the 14th Austrian Soundcheck at the M59 in Graz: the JazzWerkstatt Wien played two sets as a “Tribute to Harry Pepl”, first Clemens Wenger on MIDI keyboard, then the prize-winner Wolfgang Schiftner with Clemens Salesny and colleagues. Gerhard Kosel of gamsbART explained the criteria of the prize, which comes with the obligation to work on Pepl’s legacy.
above all an innovative way of working musically, the courage to leave one’s own traces
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19 November 2006 · Report · DE
Kleine Zeitung (p. 89, culture): „Jazzpreis“ (Rubrik „Aktuell“)
News item on the first award of the Harry Pepl Prize (5,000 euros, endowed by the City of Graz) to the saxophonist Wolfgang Schiftner on Saturday, 18 November 2006, at the Austrian Soundcheck, where he performed with the JazzWerkstatt Wien.
The award is meant to commemorate the leading Austrian guitarist Pepl, who died in 2005, and to be the starting point for a study of his life’s work.
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15 March 2006 · Report · DE
APA-Basisdienst (APA0260, culture): „Starke Töne: JazzWerkstatt Wien lädt wieder zum Festival ins WUK“
APA (initials leh/aku)
Preview of the second festival of the JazzWerkstatt Wien at the WUK in Vienna from 16 March to 8 April 2006. The evening of 19 March is dedicated to the memory of Harry Pepl and Bumi Fian, with guests such as Wolfgang Puschnig, Wolfgang Reisinger and Raphael Preuschl.
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2006 · Encyclopaedia · DE
mica music austria, music database: Wolfgang Schiftner (Eintrag mit dem Harry-Pepl-Preis 2006)
Entry in the mica (Austria's music information centre) music database on the saxophonist Wolfgang Schiftner, born in 1982, co-founder of the JazzWerkstatt Wien. Among his awards it lists the Harry Pepl Prize 2006 at the Austrian Soundcheck (festival in Graz) in Graz, Austria, which makes Schiftner the first winner.