Josef Luitz

Josef Luitz (2009)

Josef Luitz (born August 2, 1934 in Vienna ) is an Austrian cellist and instrumental teacher. He was solo cellist of the Lower Austrian Tonkünstlerorchester and is a co-founder of the international chamber music festival Allegro Vivo .

Life

Luitz grew up in Gablitz near Vienna. His father was Kapellmeister of the 1st Gablitz Musikverein. He first learned the trade of musical instrument maker .

After his professional training, he worked for three years as an adjuster for automatic lathes. In his free time he took lessons from Walther Kleinecke.

His career as a cellist began with the Lower Austrian Tonkünstlerorchester as part leader. He rose to become the orchestra's solo cellist. Then there were solo concerts and a lot of chamber music activity.

Josef Luitz is married to Edelgard Sonja Luitz. The marriage has two children, Joachim (1967) and Angelika (1968).

Engagements

1957–62 Lower Austria Tonkünstlerorchester, section leader of the cellos
1962–99 1st solo cellist in the Tonkünstler Orchestra of Lower Austria
1972–99 Vienna Conservatory, private university , teacher for cello
1988–89 University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna , one-year teaching assignment for chamber music

Memberships in chamber music ensembles

1962–63 String Trio of the Nö. Tonkünstlerorchester
1963–68 Haydn Quartet Vienna with Kzm. Thomas Kakuska , documentation plate for the Haydn House in Rohrau

1968–75 Ensemble Kontrapunkte (repertoire mainly contemporary music)

1972–77 Philharmonia Quintet (with Wolfgang Poduschka)

since 1977 Tonkünstler Chamber Orchestra - Academia Allegro Vivo, co-founder, director and solo cellist of this orchestra

1978–95 Concordia Trio (piano trio) with Harald Ossberger and Erich Schagerl

Course leaders and seminars

since 1979 International Chamber Music Festival Austria, Allegro Vivo (co-founder and chairman of the association). The courses and concerts became the musical and cultural focus of the Waldviertel.
1981–86 Midsummer Night Festival in Umeå , Sweden, cello and chamber music courses
1985–92 summer seminars of the Lower Austria Music School, advanced training courses for Lower Austria music school teachers (in Tullnerbach and Zeillern Castle near Amstetten)
1989–93 Vienna Music Seminar (International Master Class)
1992- Wiener Musikverein-Nagano, Japan - seminars, chamber music, orchestra

Awards

Discography (excerpt)

Composers of the court of the Holy Roman Empire: G. Muffat, GC Wagenseil, JJ Fux and JJ Froberger (MHS 601, 1965?)
Masters of the French Baroque by Jean-Marie Leclair (MHS 655, 1966)
Rococo delights by Hilde Langfort (1966)
Spohr Nonet in F, Op. 31, double quartet in E minor, op.87 (DECCA SSD416, 1974)
Four sonatas for flute and continuo by Johann Joachim Quantz (MHS 1038, 1979)
Josef Matthias Hauer (Documentation series of the Austrian Composers' Association 1 Vol. 11, 1972)
F. Schubert: Atzenbrugger Dances (EMI C05-33232, 1978)
Caprice Viennois (1985)
Music for strings (1988)
Dance theater 1975-2000 by Peer Raben (BMG Ariola Classics, 2004)
Duo for violin and violoncello by Maximilian Kreuz (Kulinarium Wien - ÖGZM,?)
String quartet no.2a by Nancy Van de Vate (Vienna Modern Masters, 2010)
Cant del ocells (2011)
String quartet no.10 by Don Walker (Vienna Modern Masters, 2013)

literature

The discography is supplemented by articles in books:

"International Chamber Music Festival Austria - Allegro Vivo" (1988)
"Allegro Vivo - The Waldviertel as a music quarter" (1993)
"Fortissimo for Chamber Music" (Library of the Province 2003)
Music manual for Austria (Ed. ÖGM, Doblinger, 2003)
"Allegro Vivo in Motion" (2009)

Between 1998 and 2007 Josef Luitz conducted numerous interviews with well-known artists for the Austrian Music Network.

Individual evidence

↑ Allegro Vivo - Mission Statement , accessed on July 29, 2014.
↑ Vienna Music Seminar , accessed on July 29, 2014.
↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 on page 1344 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
^ Austrian Music Network - Portraits , accessed on July 30, 2014.

personal data
SURNAME	Luitz, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian cellist and instrumental teacher
DATE OF BIRTH	August 2, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna

[1] Allegro Vivo - Mission Statement , accessed on July 29, 2014.

[2] Vienna Music Seminar , accessed on July 29, 2014.

[3] List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 on page 1344 (PDF; 6.9 MB)

[4] Austrian Music Network - Portraits , accessed on July 30, 2014.