Berndt Luef

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Berndt Luef, Forum Stadtpark Graz, Austria; November 17, 2007

Berndt Luef (born August 9, 1952 in Knittelfeld , Styria ) is an Austrian vibraphonist and composer in the field of jazz and rock music .

life and work

Luef wanted to study piano after graduating from high school, but lost the little finger and the ring finger of his left hand in an accident at work during a holiday internship in 1970; the middle finger remained stiff. He learned to play the drums because he still wanted to become a musician, and one year later began to study at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz ( classical & jazz). After completing his classical studies in 1979, he concentrated on the vibraphone (artistic diploma 1983). Since then he has lived as a freelance artist in Graz .

Luef played as a drummer in various ensembles , for which he also wrote compositions. Between 1979 and 1990 he was a member of the rock group Mirror , from 1984 on as the leader of the group. In 1982 he founded the Berndt Luef Trio with vibraphone, bass and drums and in 1993 the music collective Jazztett Forum Graz , comprising up to 12 musicians , for which he wrote numerous cyclical compositions in which he also dealt with political events (such as “The Bosnian Tragedy "on the civil war in ex-Yugoslavia and" epitaph "on the death march of the Hungarian Jews through Styria in 1945). He also works as a soloist.

Luef is also a founding member of the cabaret group Die Blauen Engel (with Leo Lukas, among others ).

Between 1988 and 2006 he was the honorary head of the music department in the Forum Stadtpark .

Honourings and prices

In 2001 he won the composition prize of the Austrian Association of Composers with the jazz ballad "Eyelash".

Compositions (excerpt)

  • The Bosnian tragedy , Instrumental - Oratorio in five sets
  • The Refugees , jazz toccata in 3 movements
  • Snowman's tales , instrumental fairy tale in 6 movements
  • Art EP , composition for the reopening of the Forum Stadtpark in 2000
  • UDM , jazz suite in 3 movements for the opening of Inge Morath's photo exhibition in Graz
  • Watercourses , jazz suite in 3 movements for jazz trio
  • Epitaph , a musical epitaph in 6 sections
  • Revilo , jazz suite in 3 movements in memory of Oliver Nelson
  • FoStaGra , 5-movement work for the exhibition by Günther Waldorf in the Graz City Museum
  • Work Stations , jazz suite in 3 movements
  • Correlations , jazz suite in 3 movements
  • Greith , Hepcat , Waltz for Robert , compositions for wind orchestra and jazz group
  • Pedro Noda de la Cruz , Elegy on a Spanish prisoner murdered in the Bretstein concentration camp
  • Lifelines , jazz suite in 3 movements for jazz trio

Discography

solo

  • In motion (LP, Extra plate EX 91; 1991)
  • Current (Extra plate EX 144 092 CD; 1992)
  • Some Cats Knows (Extra CD EX 175 093 CD; 1993)
  • Musical Outlines (Extra CD EX 191 094 CD; 1994)

Jazztett Forum Graz

  • L5 (extra plate EX 275; 1996)
  • Work Stations (Extra plate EX 326; 1998)
  • Deviation (extra plate EX 394; 2000)
  • Saida (FoSta 99004; 2002)
  • Epitaph (FoSta 99005; 2002)
  • Trialogue (extra plate EX 594; 2003)
  • correlations (extra plate EX 694; 2006)
  • On that score (FoSta 99008; 2007)
  • Voyage out (extra plate EX 794; 2009)

Berndt Luef Trio

  • SkyDance (extra plate EX 494; 2001)
  • 30 years of Berndt Luef Trio (extra plate EX 994-2)

Berndt Luef Quartet

  • Felidae (FoSta 99006; 2003)
  • CLOUD MIRROR (FoSta 99007; 2005)
  • Jazzologues (2008)
  • intimations (2008)

Forum city park

  • Perception (FoSta 99001; 1999)
  • GEB (FoSta 99002; 1999)
  • Some steps of ... (FoSta 99003; 2000)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Berndt Luef - biography (accessed June 12, 2009)
  2. ↑ Musicians Guild - Berndt Luef (accessed April 6, 2012)
personal data
SURNAME Luef, Berndt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Knittelfeld