Richard Oesterreicher

Richard Oesterreicher 2017

Richard Oesterreicher, Vienna 2013.

Richard Oesterreicher (wrongly often Austrian ; born November 10, 1932 in Vienna ) is an Austrian conductor and jazz musician ( guitar , trombone , harmonica , vocals ).

Live and act

Richard Oesterreicher is the son of a music teacher. He first studied with his father and from 1947 began an apprenticeship as a typesetter, alongside which he studied guitar and piano at the Vienna Conservatory . He completed his studies with Walter Heidrich in Vienna. From 1958 to 1967 he worked as a professional musician with his own combo, then as a studio guitarist, arranger and musician in the ORF entertainment orchestra .

In 1972 Oesterreicher became a member of the ORF Big Band , whose musical direction he took over in 1976. During this time he also composed signations for the ORF shows Wer A says , Champion , O du mein Österreich and Countdown . He also wrote the soccer songs Immer wieder Österreich and Österreichischer Fußballmarsch (We're going to Argentina) , which he recorded for Ariola .

He also conducted the following Austrian contributions to the Eurovision Song Contest :

• 1978: Springtime - Mrs. Caroline Robinson
• 1979: Christina Simon - Today in Jerusalem
• 1980: Blue Danube - You are music
• 1981: Marty Brem - When you are there
• 1982: Mass - Sunday
• 1983: Westend - Hurricane
• 1984: Anita - just gone
• 1985: Gary Lux - Children of the World
• 1986: Timna Brauer - Time is lonely
• 1987: Gary Lux - Just feeling
• 1990: Simone - No more walls
• 1991: Thomas Forstner - Venice in the Rain

In 1981 he founded the Richard Oesterreicher Big Band , which worked in television shows and record productions with artists such as Udo Jürgens , Peter Alexander , Bill Ramsey , Caterina Valente , Kurt Sowinetz , José Carreras , Edita Gruberová , Marianne Mendt and Karin Bachner .

Oesterreicher also gained fame as a jazz soloist on guitar or harmonica, who performed with musicians such as Art Farmer ( Gentle Eyes ), Wayne Darling , Herb Ellis , Frank Mantooth , Peter Herbolzheimer , Fritz Pauer , Albert Mair ( Wiener Standards: Wiener Lied Meets Jazz ), Erich Kleinschuster , Paul Kuhn , Toni Stricker , Karl Hodina , Viktor Gernot and Gina Schwarz performed.

literature

• Christian Fastl: The Oesterreicher family. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7001-3046-5 .

Web links

Commons : Richard Oesterreicher  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Works by and about Richard Oesterreicher in the catalog of the German National Library
• Biography (Production Management)
• Richard Oesterreicher at Discogs (English)