Gert Haussner
Gert Haussner (born December 21, 1963 in Vienna ) is an Austrian musician, composer , producer , multi-instrumentalist , director of the Klosterneuburg Chamber Choir and president of the Vienna Aviation Group in the Austrian Aero Club .
Life
Born the first of three children, he began a musical education at the age of 13 in the form of guitar and piano lessons . After graduating from high school , he turned to classical and electric guitar , as well as electric bass , saxophone and vocals . He studied musicology for a few semesters at the University of Vienna , as well as Italian and Spanish, and then moved to the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna to complete the audio engineering course.
After completing his studies, he worked as a sound engineer, studio and live musician, arranger , producer and composer for various projects in rock , jazz and classical style. Around this time he became a member of the choir in the Vienna Art Nouveau Theater, where he participated in four successive opera productions. In 1999 he returned to the opera stage as guitarist for the production of “ The Barber of Seville ” as part of the Klosterneuburg summer opera.
Bands
In 1991 he founded the Boring Blues Band, which still exists today, with Bernhard Slavicek, Mike Maloy , Itze Grünzweig and others , where he mainly works as a saxophonist and singer. As a multi-instrumentalist he occasionally steps in as a guitarist, bassist and pianist. In addition, he worked in various bands, such as " The Madcaps ", "Horak X", "New Kids on the Drums", "Opi & the Röhrljeans", "Percy and the parasoul", "Wiener Vodoo" and began with various artists Projects. In the course of his concerts he has also performed in Italy , France , Ukraine , the Czech Republic , Spain , Germany , Mexico , Hungary , Greece , Estonia , Latvia etc.
Chamber Chorus Klosterneuburg
In 1989 he became the choir director elected the Chamber Choir Klosterneuburg and led this 2001 to a silver medal of the Prague Choir Competition and CD - recordings . In 2006 the chamber choir merged with the “Ensemble Chorus” and was renamed “Chamber Chorus ”. This new ensemble under his direction makes numerous appearances, also for charitable purposes.
"Denzbuch" - Ausseer tablature
In 2003 Haussner had the manuscript of the anonymous baroque tablature (SM 09659) excavated from the Austrian National Library , he completed some missing parts and in 2004 he recorded these 92 pieces himself on 3 CDs as a worldwide first recording on lute , published as s'Ghertso Records, EX-ED 012
other activities
Music teacher
In addition, he also teaches plucked instruments (guitar, bass, lute, mandolin , banjo ) and band arrangements , and in this role has fostered a number of up-and-coming talents.
President Fliegergruppe Wien in the Austrian Aeroclub
In 2006 he got his private pilot's license , 4 years later his aerobatics license and in 2015 his CRI (Class Rating Instructor) including an aerobatic instructor license . Haussner has been the elected President of the Fliegergruppe Wien in the Austrian Aeroclub, founded in 1952, and a member of the Austrian Aviation Museum .
Composition (selection)
guitar
- Geographics II, op.32
- 3 small pieces, op.1
- Fantasia, op.10
- Kurz and Keck, op.14
- Geographics I, op.15
- Etude op.18
- Beer, you are my beer, op.24
- El Toro enamorado
- Graseriana, op 38
saxophone
- Blue balloon
- Saxofive
- Elegy, op.19
- Four animals for alto sax, op.16
Choir / singing
- The ray fugue, op.2
- Murderer Meerschaum, op.34
- Who cares? op. 30
- To be or not to be, op.25
- The fireworks music (GF: Handel, arranged for 8-piece choir a cappella)
- Hole in my Pocket, op.31
- Apocalyptic Chants, op.12
- Beer, you are my beer, op.24
Strings / concerts
- Concerto for mandolin and strings, op.35
Chamber opera
- "The found party book of Katharina B.", op. 28 (text by A. Lukacs)
Discography (selection)
- 1981 "Kammerchor Klosterneuburg" - I am Din (voc)
- 1987 "Vis-à-Vis" - Vis-à-Vis (voc, git, sax, keys, flute)
- 1987 "Madcaps" - Nachtfalter (git, bass, sax, vocals, keys)
- 1989 "Grandpa & the Röhrljeans" - Amazing Grace (sax, voc) | sold out |
- 1993 "New Kits on the Drums" - Pass the Dutchie (prod) CD single
- 1994 "Boring Blues Band" - Live (git, sax, voc)
- 1994 "Theodore Louis Gouvy" - Requiem (Philharmonie de Lorraine, S. Greenawald, E. Maurus, G. Garino, M. Hemm, J. Houtmann) (voc)
- 1996 "Kammerchor Klosterneuburg" - folk songs from all over the world (dir, prod)
- 1996 "Sigi Maron" - Raps and Rüpsen (sax)
- 1997 "Boring Blues Band" - Rhythm in my feet (git, sax, voc)
- 2000 "Hepp / Haussner" - Thanks & keep the change (voc, git, sax, harp)
- 2000 "Beckermeister" - A steep day (sax)
- 2001 "Ashantee Foundation" - Rocksack (prod)
- 2002 "Boring Blues Band" - Back in Sweet Home Gamlitz (sax, voc)
- 2002 Mauro Giuliani , La Tersicore del Nord, op.147 (classical git)
- 2003 "U 3/4 GmbH" - Lego women & Zickentanz (prod)
- 2003 " Karl Horak " - Horak'n'Roll (background voc)
- 2004 The Ausseer tablature "Denzbuch" (lute, producer)
- 2005 Isabel Ettenauer - Works for toy piano (mandoline)
- 2013 Viennese Voodoo - Voodoo? (sax)
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Haussner, Gert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bluebone |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 21, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |