Manuela Wiesler

Manuela Wiesler (born July 22, 1955 in Itapiranga , † December 22, 2006 in Vienna ) was an Austrian flautist .

Wiesler, who was born in Brazil as the daughter of an Austrian cameraman and a dancer , came to Vienna with her family in 1957, where she studied at the Music Academy from 1967 to 1971. She continued her training in Paris with Alain Marion . In 1973 she moved to Iceland . In 1976 she won the Nordic Chamber Music Competition in Helsinki . She made her debut in London three years later, and in 1980 she appeared at the Copenhagen Biennale .

After living in Sweden for a few years, she returned to Vienna in 1985. Her repertoire focused on the works of Nordic composers from Carl Nielsen to Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson and Ketil Hvoslef , but she also recorded works by André Jolivet , Marin Marais , Claude Debussy and Jean Françaix .

Discography

• Sigurbjörnsson: Portrait , 1981
• Jolivet: Flute Music Vol. 2 , 1984
• Kroumata Percussion Ensemble & Manuela Wiesler , 1984
• Schubert: Variations on "Dry Flowers" , 1988
• Manuela Plays French Solo Flute Music , 1989
• Musica Vitae Plays Nordic Music, Vol.2 , 1989
• Stonewave , 1989
• To Manuela , 1989
• The Russian Flute , 1990
• Gunnar Berg : Pastourelle; Cosmogony; Aria , 1991
• Manuela Plays French Flute Concertos , 1991
• André Jolivet: The Complete Flute Music, Vol. 1 , 1992
• French Orchestral Works , 1993
• Oiseaux tendres , 1993
• Sigurbjörnsson: Flute Concertos , 1995
• Sven-Erik Bäck : Chamber Music , 1995
• Your Favorite Classics , 1995
• André Jolivet: The Complete Flute Music, Vol. 2 , 1996
• Vagn Holmboe : Concertos for Recorder & Flute , 1997
• Bridges to Japan , 1999
• Frank Martin : Vocal and Chamber Music
• Hvoslef: sextet; Double Concerto for flute & guitar
• Small is beautiful - Short Pieces for Solo Flute , 1997

Web links

• Manuela Wiesler (1955-2006)
• Manuela Wiesler at BIS Records (English)
• Manuela Wiesler at Dacapo Records (English)