fredi luescher / piano / 30.12.1943-30.05.2006
Swiss pianist playing jazz and improvised music, collaborated with
musicians, singers and poets, constantly looking for a personal idiom in the field of improvised music. Therefore worked on compositions of Edward Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk and Carla Bley. Played in a trio with Nathanael Su (as) and Cécile Olshausen (vcl) and in a trio with Daniel Studer (b) and Marco Kaeppeli (dr)
Festivals
Primer Festival International Montevideo (1992), Festival Intime II (Radio DRS 2/1993), Ton Art Bern (1994), Jazzherbst Konstanz (1998), Canaille Frankfurt (1998), Jazzfestival Schaffhausen (1998), Festival altrisuoni Balerna (1999)
CD
WEISS with Urs Voerkel 1991, UTR 4043 CD
EULENGESäNGE VOL I with Markus Eichenberger 1999 ALTRISUONI 040
SMADA - The Music Of Edward Duke Ellington with Nathanael Su 2001 AS 079
DEAR C. – THE MUSIC OF CARLA BLEY with Nathanael Su and Cécile Olshausen 2003 AS 134
Initially a language teacher and self-taught jazz pianist Fredi Lüscher has been a professional musician since 1985. His main interest lies, besides the art of improvisation, with the compositions of Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Carla Bley, Jimmy Giuffre amongst others. Lüscher performed in a duo together with Nathanael Su and in a trio together with Marco Kaeppeli and Daniel Studer.
Festivals and tours
Primer Festival International Montevideo (1992), Festival Intime II (Radio DRS II/1993), Ton Art Bern (1994), Le Jazz se fait label Paris (1997), Jazzherbst Konstanz (1998), Canaille Frankfurt (1998), Jazzfestival Schaffhausen (1998), Festival ALTRISUONI Balerna (1999). Tours in Iran (2001 and 2002), Festival Unerhoert! Zurich (2003 und 2004). Ellington/Bley/Monk - Programme with Nathanael Su (as) (2005).
1998 until 2000 - Newsletter editor of the ‘Schweizer Musik Syndikats’ (occupational union of Swiss improvising musicians)
Since 2000 - Contributions to the ‘mhs aktuell’ (Lucerne School of Music’s newsletter)
2002 - Project manager of a research project at Lucerne School of Music (faculty III) into the aquisition of jazz and improvised music by the stations of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation and composer of a study bearing the same name.
Fredi Lüscher occasionally writes a column with a musical and cultural theme in the WOZ newspaper.
Oeuvre(s) de Fredi Lüscher
Impro-Pre-Duke (1993)
für Fluegelhorn, Klavier, Kontrabass und Perkussion
Durée: 9′ 30″
Manuscrit
Lied im Altholz (1997)
für Klavier und Klarinette
Durée: 2′ 00″
Manuscrit
Fangflug (1997)
für Klavier und Klarinette
Durée: 2′ 30″
Manuscrit
Eulenliebe (1997)
für Klavier und Klarinette
Durée: 3′ 00″
Manuscrit
Horizon (1997)
für Klavier, Kontrabass und Perkussion
Durée: 9′ 00″
Manuscrit
Solo Suite (1997)
für Klavier, Kontrabass und Perkussion
Durée: 4′ 00″
Manuscrit
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