Otto Lechner

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Otto Lechner with his Franz Kafka program at the Rudolstadt Festival 2019
Otto Lechner at a concert with the Bethlehem All Stars in Innsbruck, 2008

Otto Lechner (born February 25, 1964 in Melk ) is an Austrian accordion player and composer. Lechner has contributed to making the accordion popular again in Austria. His way of making music is shaped by many ethnic musical styles, jazz and other genres , and he often combines his music with literature, readings and theater.

Life

Lechner is the son of a transport company. He was severely visually impaired from birth, eventually went blind and decided against further operations at the age of fifteen. Lechner liked to attend and graduated from the Melk Abbey High School. One of his music teachers there was Franz Thürauer . A school friend was the current cabaret artist Josef Hader , with whom he later had many joint appearances. At the age of four he played the accordion in a tavern, later at weddings or with the tusks in the Wachau .

In the end he chose music as his profession, he heads the OJE (Otto's Jazz Ensemble), which also performs his compositions. He also performed with the accordion group Accordion Tribe , with Broadlahn and with the Vienna Raï Orchestra . The Bethlehem All Stars interpret Christmas carols in a world-musical way. He also performed with Iva Bittová , Georg Danzer , Max Nagl , Sainkho Namtchylak , Wolfgang Reisinger , Dhafer Youssef , Joe Zawinul and Sväng . Lechner gave the suggestion for the annual International Accordion Festival in Vienna, which was founded in 2000 by Friedl Preisl and which this year was expanded from small beginnings to a four-week program.

Lechner has lived in Vienna since 1987 and in Gars am Kamp in Lower Austria from 2007 with his partner Anne Bennent , a Swiss actress, singer and former Burgtheater actress. They have one son (* 2004). The couple met at a publishing party that neither of them originally wanted to attend. With her, he creates performances that combine literature and music.

Recordings (excerpt)

Otto Lechner at a concert in Boswil , 2012

solo

Sound books

  • Otto Lechner: Franz Kafka - Not even caught. Sound book with 1 CD. Mandelbaum, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-85476-229-4 .
  • Otto Lechner, Anne Bennent, Hans Neuenfels, Koehne Quartet , Karl Ritter: Franz Kafka - The Crypt Guardian . Sound book with 1 CD. Mandelbaum, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-85476-249-2 .
  • Otto Lechner & Ensemble, Anne Bennent: Elias Canetti - The Voices of Marrakech. Sound book with 1 CD. Mandelbaum, Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-85476-230-0 .
  • Otto Lechner & Ensemble, Anne Bennent: Nizami - Leila and Majnun. Sound book with 1 CD. Mandelbaum, Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-85476-339-0 .
  • Otto Lechner, Peter Rosmanith Music, Anne Bennent Voice: Ilse Aichinger - The Greater Hope. Sound book with 1 CD. Mandelbaum, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-85476-520-2 .
  • Otto Lechner, Peter Rosmanith Music, Tobias Moretti Voice: Norbert C. Kaser - My flute drinks music. Sound book with 1 CD. Mandelbaum, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85476-568-4 .

Duo, ensemble and sideman

  • Otto Lechner with ORCHESTRA COLORES - Live at the first Ruins Open Air (Ruine Aggstein, 1984) (Bootleg)
  • Josef Hader & Otto Lechner - at the 1st Langegger cabaret weekend (1986) (Bootleg)
  • OJE - Otto's Jazz Ensemble - Live at Langeggerhof (1986) (Bootleg)
  • The 1st strict chamber orchestra. RST records, 1991.
  • Christina Zurbrügg & The Orchester Rudi Fuchs - Scared (1991)
  • Klaus Trabitsch - Luftdeppert (1992)
  • Otto Lechner Orchester Live - Seventh Heaven (1995)
  • Otto Lechner - Da Himmevoda (Maxi-CD) (1996)
  • Otto Lechner, Klaus Trabitsch & the Bethlehem All Stars: Still. Greyhound Records, Released: 1996 (AT: Gold )
  • Klaus Trabitsch - The Scent of the Mountains (1997)
  • Accordion Tribe - Accordion Tribe (1998)
  • Otto Lechner-Max Nagl - En Passant (1999)
  • Klaus Trabitsch - 1999 nozenneinaneinzg (1999)
  • Peter Rosmanith - Aans (2000)
  • Otto Lechner, Karl Ritter , Melissa Coleman - Nuages ​​(2001)
  • Max Nagel Ensemble - Ramasuri (2001)
  • João de Bruçó - Sideway (2001)
  • Marwan Abado / Peter Rosmanith - Marakeb (2001)
  • Broadlahn - Broadlahn LIVE with Bodo HELL and Otto LECHNER (2001) Extraplatte
  • Klaus Trabitsch - Time (2003)
  • Otto Lechner and Arnaud Méthivier : Arnottodrom. 2004
  • Kadero - Perdu (rai du maroc) (2005)
  • Klaus Trabitsch and friends - Butzemann-The most beautiful children's songs (2005)
  • Noël Akchoté - Toi-Même (Yourself) (2008) Music Edition-Winter & Winter.
  • Peter Rosmanith - Snow Sand (2008)
  • Ljubinka Jokic & Yok (2009)
  • Otto Lechner and Arnaud Méthivier: The Cyklop And I. Cristal Records , 2011.
  • Otto Lechner, Wolfgang Puschnig , Achim Tang , Dhafer Youssef : Hot Room. Extraplatte, 1998, 1 CD, 59 min., ISBN 978-3-221-13932-2 .
  • Peter N. Gruber and Otto Lechner: Fis. Extraplatte , Vienna 2000, 1 CD, 46 min., ISBN 978-3-221-14582-8 .
  • Peter N. Gruber and Otto Lechner: The Lily. Extraplatte, Vienna 2001, 1 CD, 54 min., ISBN 978-3-221-14882-9 .
  • Otto Lechner, Klaus Trabitsch & the Bethlehem All Stars: Don't be afraid. Concert recordings in Orpheum & Vindobona. Greyhound Records, Vienna 2001
  • Otto Lechner, Klaus Trabitsch & the Bethlehem All Stars - White -Christmas Songs 2 (2010)
  • Los Gringos (Lechner, Trabitsch, Rosmanith) - El Corazon (2012)
  • Alex Miksch - nur a Opfe (2019)
  • Otto Lechner - BORA - Music for a Wind (film music by Otto Lechner for> Bora - Tales of a Wind <) (2019)

On sampler

  • Friends Of Miles Smiles - Friends Of Miles Smiles (1994)
  • Various Artists - Austro-Pop Christmas (2000)
  • International Accordion Festival Vienna 2002
  • With pipes and tongues 2017 - a festival by and with Otto Lechner, Kartause Aggsbach 2017

With Anne Bennent

Movie

  • Accordion Tribe. Documentary, Switzerland, Austria, 2004, 87 min., Written and directed by Stefan Schwietert , produced by Maximage, Fischer Film, SF , ORF . With Guy Klucevsek , Lars Hollmer, Maria Kalaniemi, Bratko Bibic, Otto Lechner. Review: see also: Accordion Tribe .

Web links

Commons : Otto Lechner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Otto Lechner & Toni Burger in: music austria - music information center austria , August 2, 2007.
  2. ↑ a b c Wolfgang Freitag: Bennent & Lechner: "I'm not someone who can switch off." 2007, interview.
  3. ↑ a b c Thomas Jorda: Stories from the real world. ( Memento from September 5, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) In: Niederösterreichische Nachrichten . September 30, 2010, beginning of article .
  4. ↑ Interview. In: The press . November 23, 1996, ( PDF file; 5 p., 18.4 kB).
  5. ↑ World Music & Christmas. In: Niederösterreichische Nachrichten . December 20, 2010.
  6. ↑ Manfred Horak: Festival of great feelings and high expectations. 9th International Accordion Festival Vienna 2008. In: Folker! , 2008, see akkordeonfestival.at
  7. ↑ About Otto Lechner in: ottolechner.at , 2007.
  8. ↑ Thomas Jorda: She still wants to plant cherry trees. In: Niederösterreichische Nachrichten . March 3, 2008, beginning of article .
  9. ↑ Manfred Papst: World music from the squeeze chest. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung of March 26, 2005.
  10. ↑ Awards for music sales: AT
  11. ↑ Meeting of The Warden of the Tomb - Cornelia Lower Meier: "Nights last year here." . In: The Standard . May 8, 2009.
  12. ↑ Audio book review on Nizami: “Leila and Majnun ” at sandammeer.at
  13. ^ Review of Accordion Tribe in: epd Film . No. 4, 2005.
personal data
SURNAME Lechner, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian accordion player
DATE OF BIRTH February 25, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Melk