Guntram Pauli

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Guntram Pauli (born July 4, 1952 in Graefenthal ) is a German musician.

Career

Guntram Pauli grew up in a musically influenced pastor's family. He received seven years of piano training and played the trumpet in the trombone choir of his father's congregation.

After graduating from high school in 1973 in Munich, he studied sport and graduated as a qualified sports teacher in 1978. In his actual job, however, Pauli only worked sporadically. B. for ten years as a ski instructor in the winter months.

Artistic creation

Since he was 18, Pauli has been a pianist, keyboardist and singer in various Munich rock bands and brought in his first own compositions.

In 1978 he wrote the rock-classical opus Rock Requiem together with the conductor and church musician Christian Kabitz , some of the songs and texts for it were also contributed by his band colleague Klaus Haimerl. The piece was dedicated to the late mutual friend and musician Lothar Thorand. In the same year, the work was premiered at the Christ Church in Munich, further performances followed. In 1981 Pauli, Kabitz and Haimerl produced the DLP of the same name, in which the musicians Thomas Hengelbrock, Bernd Kremling, Billy Lang and Hermann Weindorf were involved. Germany-wide concert series followed. The opus was considered to be groundbreaking in the genre crossover and was allegedly placed by several critics in a series with projects by Jon Lord, Procol Harum or Alan Parsons.

Since 1983 the productions of further concept works followed, for which Pauli also contributed texts for the first time. Another crossover work, Cosmogenia, deserves special mention. Brian Auger , Klaus Kreuzeder (†), Wolfgang Lackerschmid and soloists from the Munich Philharmonic were involved in the production.

During longer stays abroad (North Africa, Crete) between 1987 and 1993, Pauli not only devoted himself to other compositions and text works, but also wrote a volume of short stories ("Die Mäusewoche und nine other little nightmares").

In 1995 Pauli's new version of the Christmas classic " Silent Night " caused a sensation . He had given the contemplative song a critical text under the impression of the Balkan war, attacks in Germany on foreigners and the dramatic progressive environmental destruction, his brother Christoph, a pianist, contributed a rocking arrangement. Attempts by producers to publish the song as an "all-star anthem" with Peter Maffay, Patricia Kaas or Udo Jürgens failed. Finally, Pauli produced the song himself with the help of a small label and the Munich singer Michael Gerwien. Attempts to get it into German radio stations for Christmas largely failed.

In 2007/2008 Pauli fulfilled a dream with the filming of his first work Rock Requiem. Most of the production was directed by Matthias Möldner in the Ukrainian city of Lemberg with musicians there. Since then the work has been and continues to be performed, since 2010, after the death of longtime singer Mario Lehner with Hugo W. Scholz (voc, sax).

In 2012, the successor opus Cosmogenia was performed again for the first time. Pauli has been touring Germany with his cover program Balladissimo and other formations since 2002.

For the 1000th anniversary of the city of Kassel , Pauli composed a city anthem in three variations (pop, rock, classical).

Discography

  • 1981 Rock Requiem (with C. Kabitz, K. Haimerl), TELDEC
  • 1983 Ice Age - Journey into the Light, PTA music
  • 1989 Cosmogenia (with C. Kabitz, M. Schuster)
  • 1995 Silent Night (with C. Pauli, E. Coromines)
  • 1996 Johannes (with M. Schuster, C. Kabitz)
  • 1998 Mainhattan (with C. Pauli)
  • 2000 Every tone has a color
  • 2001 As long as we feel each other (with C. Pauli)
  • 2001 queen for one year
  • 2005 If your child asks you tomorrow
  • 2008 Rock Requiem (new production and film adaptation with Matthias Möldner)
  • 2012 winter

literature

  • The Mouse Week and nine other little nightmares (published in 2011 by Asaro Verlag)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Song for the city anniversary: ​​There are three hymns to choose from on the website of the Hessisch / Niedersächsische Allgemeine from June 12, 2013, accessed on July 10, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Pauli, Guntram
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Graefenthal