Kurt Lauer (musician)

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Kurt Lauer (born January 11, 1945 in Radolfzell am Bodensee , Germany) is a painter and jazz musician living in Kreuzlingen , Switzerland .

Life

Lauer completed his training as a surveying technician. He has been painting since 1958 and went to Switzerland in 1963. He has been a full-time painter since 1974.

Villa Raichle

Since May 1968 he had a small studio in Seeburg Castle for several years . His studio has been in the Villa Raichle for many years. Ernst Hunkeler wrote in the St. Galler Tagblatt in 2014 that his painting was described by a laudator as "Lauerism". He went on to say that in principle it was an emergency solution for the speaker, "albeit an ingenious one: Kurt Lauer's painting cannot be tucked away in any drawer, it is unique - just Laueristic." Lauerism could be understood as perfecting surrealism .

Kurt Lauer played clarinet in the 1970s with the Konstanz band Halleluja Ramblers , which released an album in 1974 on MPS Records . Together with his bandmates Daniel-Pierre Zwick (clarinet, saxophone) and Helmut Meier ( banjo ) as well as with Ralph Hirs ( baritone saxophone ) he also performed with his Kurt Lauer Saxo Group .

Today he is the band leader, clarinetist and saxophonist of the Swiss-German-Dixie-Corporation , which was founded in 1978. The fan club of the Swiss-German-Dixie-Corporation has 1229 members (as of July 22, 2018). In Kreuzlingen he was a co-founder of the “JazzMeile” club, where he was president from 2012 to 2015 and is now honorary president.

Honors

Together with Harry Tschumy, the city awarded him the “Prix Kreuzlingen 2016”. Lauer and his band members were made honorary citizens of New Orleans .

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 2010: “Fantastic from Kurt Lauer”, Galerie zur Alten Bank, Niederuzwil
  • 2014: Kunstschür, Stein am Rhein
  • 2014: «Lauerismus», exhibition by Kunstfreunde Markelfingen in the town hall of Markelfingen
  • 2015: «Lauerismus» - simply the best, gallery of the malzeit-werkstatt, Konstanz
  • 2016/17: Tägerwilen parish hall
  • 2018: Anniversary exhibition, Seeburg Castle , Kreuzlingen

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ernst Hunkeler: Painters soul of Dixie musician Kurt Lauer. June 11, 2014, accessed July 23, 2018 (Chamorro).
  2. ↑ a b visit to Kurt Lauer's studio . In: Kreuzlinger newspaper . December 8, 2015 ( kreuzlinger-zeitung.ch [accessed July 23, 2018]).
  3. ↑ It all started at the castle. In: Kreuzlinger Nachrichten. Retrieved July 23, 2018 .
  4. ↑ a b Angelina Rabener: It all started at the castle. In: Kreuzlinger Nachrichten. Retrieved July 23, 2018 .
  5. ^ Kurt Lauer Saxo Group . JazzIndex.ch.
  6. ↑ The band. Swiss-German Dixie-Corporation, accessed on July 23, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Contact / organizer. Club JazzMeile.
  8. ↑ JazzMeile founders receive “Prix Kreuzlingen” 2016. City of Kreuzlingen, August 2, 2016.
  9. ↑ a b Kurt Lauer. In: malzeit-werkstatt. Retrieved July 23, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Swiss-German Dixie-Corporation goes off happily. Schwäbische Zeitung , May 2, 2015.
  11. ^ Kurt Lauer exhibition in the gallery. Fantastic from Kurt Lauer. Uzwil.ch, November 3, 2010.
  12. ↑ Ernst Hunkeler: Painters soul of Dixie musician Kurt Lauer. St. Galler Tagblatt , June 11, 2014.
  13. ^ Exhibition by Kunstfreunde Markelfingen: Kurt Lauer. 23rd November 2014.
  14. ^ Exhibition by Kurt Lauer. Taegerwilen.ch, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Lauer, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and jazz musician in Switzerland
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Radolfzell on Lake Constance