Chronology
Life and work year by year. Every entry is documented; we welcome additions and corrections.
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1980s
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1980
“Clown und Poet” on Bavarian Broadcasting (BR)
Munich
In the recording “Clown und Poet” from the BR series “Heut' abend”, the clown Oleg Popov meets the actor Klaus Maria Brandauer, who recites texts by Henry Miller, Peter Brook, William Shakespeare, Hermann Hesse, Ernst Jandl and Peter Altenberg. According to the closing credits, the music is played by Olaf Kübler, Robert (Bob) Degen, Günter Lenz, Joe Nay and Harry Pepl, Pepl on his old Gibson Les Paul.
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3 June 1983
ORF “Ohne Maulkorb”
Vienna
The Jazzzwio appeared in the ORF programme “Ohne Maulkorb” (Szene Wien) with songs and interviews. An excerpt was released in 2009 on the DVD “Live In Concerts”.
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1990s
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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.
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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.
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2000s
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September 2006
Nikolaus Kohler's diploma thesis
Vienna
At the University of Vienna, Nikolaus Kohler submitted the first detailed academic study of Pepl, supervised by Regine Allgayer-Kaufmann.
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13 March 2007
Deutschlandfunk “Milestones”
The Deutschlandfunk broadcast the series “Milestones, Klassiker der Jazzgeschichte” on Harry Pepl in its late-night radio programme, with Montreux 81, the ECM trio and Air Mail.
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20 February 2009
Wolfgang Schalk dedicates “And Harry Said Goodbye” to Pepl
Los Angeles
On his album “Wanted” (Frame Up Music), recorded in Los Angeles, USA, with Geoffrey Keezer and Marvin “Smitty” Smith, the Styrian guitarist Wolfgang Schalk dedicates the piece “And Harry Said Goodbye” to Pepl. On Friday, 20 February 2009, Die Presse singles it out as particularly beautiful. Schalk’s Graz teacher Franz J. Posch had once drawn his attention to Pepl.
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2010s
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19 September 2015
Ö1 Jazznacht “Erinnerungen an Harry Pepl”
Vienna
On the occasion of his 70th birthday, Christian Bakonyi presented the Ö1 Jazznacht on Saturday 19 September 2015, with Daniel Pepl, Agnes Heginger and Clemens Salesny in the studio. An archive find of the trio with Herbert Joos and Tony Oxley from Tamsweg was also played.
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2020s
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25 September 2020
Ö1 “Spielräume Special” about Harry Pepl
Vienna
For the Ö1 programme, Daniel Pepl compiled a chronological list of listening examples with commentary. The date is taken from the file name of the list.
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July 2024
Stefan Heckel's dissertation “Instant Composing”
Vienna
Stefan Heckel submitted his dissertation on Pepl's late work at the mdw (University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna), supervised by Harald Huber.
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6 September 2025
Ö1 Jazznacht for the 80th birthday
Vienna
Christian Bakonyi presented the Ö1 Jazznacht for the 80th birthday on Saturday 6 September 2025, with Daniel Pepl, Clemens Salesny and Martin Bayer.
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18 December 2025
Press reports on the concert at the Stockwerk in Graz
Graz
On Thursday 18 December 2025 the Kleine Zeitung and the Kronen Zeitung reported on the Open Music evening at the Stockwerk in Graz, with Salesny, Bayer, Schreiber, Duit and Markus Wallner. The concert date is not stated in the text.
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