Chronology
Life and work year by year. Every entry is documented; we welcome additions and corrections.
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1940s
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10 September 1945
Born in Vienna
Vienna
Harald “Harry” Pepl was born in Vienna on 10 September 1945 and grew up in Floridsdorf. The Frankfurter Allgemeine mistakenly gives 1944.
Life
1970s
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1970
Studio musician in Vienna
Vienna
Pepl left the cover band during a tour to become a studio musician and briefly studied at the jazz department of the Vienna Conservatory. There he met Peter Ponger; through Ernst Kugler he found his way into the ORF studio.
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1977
Farewell to the studio world
Graz
Pepl ended his contract with the ORF Big Band, wanting to play only jazz from then on. Guido Jeszenszky began studying with him in Graz that year.
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1980s
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1980
Move to Hernstein
Hernstein
Around 1980 Pepl moved to Hernstein in Lower Austria, where he lived until his death and later ran his home studio. His piece “Hernstein 144” carries the address.
Life
1990s
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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
2000s
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August 2001
Death of Werner Pirchner
The vibraphonist and composer Werner Pirchner, Pepl's partner in the Jazzzwio, died in August 2001.
Life
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10 September 2005
60th birthday
A few months before his death, Pepl celebrated his 60th birthday and, according to Rainer Rygalyk, still had much planned.
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5 December 2005
Death of Harry Pepl
Wiener Neustadt
Harry Pepl died on Monday 5 December 2005, aged 60, in Wiener Neustadt. Several obituaries give Vienna as the place of death; Jazz thing gives 6 December.
Life
2020s
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10 September 2025
80th birthday
Pepl would have turned 80 on Wednesday 10 September 2025. The press text for the album is titled “Harry Pepl 80”.
Life