Chronology
Life and work year by year. Every entry is documented; we welcome additions and corrections.
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1990s
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7 February 1990
Presentation concert for “Schönberg Improvations”
Vienna
At the Wiener Konzerthaus, Wolfgang Puschnig and Wolfgang Reisinger played live along with the self-playing grand piano; Pepl operated only the sustain pedal.
Concerts
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27 February 1990
Composer portrait at the Vienna Musikverein
Vienna
On Tuesday 27 February 1990 the Ensemble Kontrapunkte under Peter Keuschnig devoted a composer portrait to Pepl in the Brahmssaal, including “Avo”, “Winds”, “Trio”, “Die letzte Bastion”, “Vibes I, II”, “Snow”, “Voice” and “Pizzicat”. Pepl played guitar with the Bösendorfer computer grand piano.
Works
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1991
Lower Austrian Culture Prize for Music
Lower Austria
In 1991 Pepl received the Recognition Prize of the state of Lower Austria in the music category (the state's culture prize). The tribute text from the culture prize brochure is now in the state's database of prizewinners.
Honours
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17 February 1991
Seven works at ORF Studio Tyrol
Innsbruck
Seven works by Pepl were premiered at ORF Studio Tyrol, played by the pianist Thomas Larcher.
Works
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3 December 1991
Kronos Quartet at the Orpheum in Graz
Graz
On Tuesday 3 December 1991, as part of the Steirischer Herbst, the Kronos Quartet performed “Moving Navel”, “String Quartet No. 8” and “Obsession”. The concert was arranged by Heimo Steps of gamsbART; the pieces were transcribed from Pepl's recordings. The earlier website gives 1990 for “Moving Navel”.
Works
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11 March 1992
Premiere of “Anspannen, Überspannen, Abspannen”
Graz
STUDIO PERCUSSION graz performed the commissioned work for five percussionists with pre-recorded tape at the Orpheum Graz, alongside works by Armin Pokorn and Wolfgang Muthspiel. The CD was released in 1995.
Works
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June 1992
Harry Pepl Quartet at the Knitting Factory
New York
In early June 1992, shortly before the recording of “N.Y.C. Impressure”, the quartet played at the Knitting Factory in New York. The club's invitation gives 2 June, Nikolaus Kohler the day before the recording.
Concerts
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4 June 1992 to 5 June 1992
Recording of “N.Y.C. IMPRESSURE”
New York
A few days after a concert at the Knitting Factory, the album was recorded in New York with Claus Stötter, Paul Nowinski and Jojo Mayer. In the liner notes Pepl speaks of his “Realtime-Composing”. The album was released in 1994 on Extraplatte; the dating varies between 1992 and 1994.
Recordings
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December 1992
Cover of Jazzlive
Vienna
The Viennese jazz magazine Jazzlive shows Harry Pepl on the cover of its issue no. 99, photographed by the publisher Rainer Rygalyk; in the issue, Hannes Schweiger reports on the New York Knitting Factory and Pepl's appearance there.
Media
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1993
Last Air Mail concert in Raab
Raab, Upper Austria
At the Whitsun jazz festival in Raab, later known as INNtöne, Air Mail played for the last time, with Jean-Paul Celea on bass and the piece “Dinozzo”. A professional recording exists.
Concerts
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6 May 1993
Premiere of “Über Kurz oder Lang” by the Artis Quartet
Vienna
The string quartet in three movements was written in February 1993 and premiered on Thursday 6 May 1993 in the Brahmssaal of the Musikverein. The ORF recorded the concert; a quiet passage is accompanied by a thunderstorm.
Works
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1994
“Beginnings” with Abstract Truth and a personal showcase at the Porgy & Bess
Vienna, New York
Pepl recorded the album “Beginnings” with Paul Zauner, John Purcell, Kenny Davis and Ronnie Burrage (Amadeo, PAO Records). In the same year he had a three-day personal showcase at the Porgy & Bess in Vienna; on one of the evenings he played with Wolfgang Mitterer, according to Mitterer's chronology also with Gene Jackson.
Recordings
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1994
Concerts with Labarrière, Jackson and Mitterer
Kyiv, Graz, Vienna
Harry Pepl plays one of his last concert series with Hélène Labarrière (double bass), Gene Jackson (drums) and Wolfgang Mitterer (synthesizer), among other places in Kyiv (Ukraine), there according to Mitterer also with Paul Zauner, probably in Slovakia, in Graz with Wolfgang Puschnig and at Porgy & Bess in Vienna. No recording has survived.
Concerts
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May 1994
CD recording for STUDIO PERCUSSION graz
Straßengel near Graz
At the OPUS studio in Straßengel near Graz, STUDIO PERCUSSION graz recorded the three works by Pepl, Muthspiel and Pokorn (Extraplatte EX 242-2).
Recordings
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1995
End of teaching at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz
Graz
Teaching at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz ended in 1995 according to Heckel, the Musikergilde, Jazz thing and nmz; the information sheet and Kohler give 1994.
Teaching
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1995
Home studio in Hernstein: the Lonely Single Swinger Band
Hernstein
From the mid-1990s Pepl recorded a large number of multitrack recordings in his home studio in the cellar in Hernstein, the “Bergwerk”, and catalogued and rated them. He played all the instruments himself and called the project “Lonely Single Swinger Band”; the earlier website gives 1996 as the start.
Ensembles
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November 1995
Piano album “Consequence”
Vienna
In November 1995, twelve freely improvised piano pieces were recorded at the Bösendorfer factory in Vienna. The album remained unreleased during his lifetime and was released on 15 May 2020.
Recordings
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1996
Withdrawal from the stage
Hernstein
From the mid-1990s Pepl performed in public only rarely; the earlier website gives 1996. He continued to produce in his home studio in Hernstein.
Life
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10 March 1996
Piano album “Flow”
Vienna
Twelve real-time compositions were recorded in a single take on the Steinway in the Brahmssaal of the Vienna Musikverein (PAO Records). It is the last album he oversaw in his lifetime.
Recordings
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October 1997
INNtöne Festival with Michel Portal
Raab, Upper Austria
In autumn 1997 Pepl played at the festival in Raab with Michel Portal, Wolfgang Reisinger, Franz Hackl and Toninho Horta. According to Daniel Pepl it was his last live concert.
Concerts
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1998
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April 1998
Interview in Concerto
Vienna
In the interview „Man könnte Klavierspielen müssen“ [“One might have to play the piano”] in the magazine Concerto (no. 2/1998), Pepl talks about his work, Benny Goodman, ECM and the piano. The file name in the archive wrongly gives 1996.
Media
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1999
“Frischwärts” and the Christmas CD
Hernstein
In his cellar studio Pepl recorded “Frischwärts” in four tracks (MIDI guitar with a cowbell sample, drums, electric guitar, acoustic guitar) and burned the “Weihnachts-CD 1999, Vol. 1” with ten titles, including “Fugendichtung”.
Recordings