Rudi Zapf

Rudi Zapf & Zapf'nstreich at the International Culture Exchange in Freiburg 2012

Rudi Zapf with dulcimer
2010 in Holzkirchen

Rudi Zapf on the button accordion
2014 at Seeon Abbey

Rudi Zapf (born December 25, 1959 in Munich ) is a German musician and cabaret artist .

life and career

Since studying music (1977–1983) with dulcimer , button accordion and horn , he has played with various music and cabaret groups (Die Guglhupfa, Die Meiers, Trio Bavario, Never Been There, Augsburg Chamber Orchestra). Appearances in the Bavarian cabaret and cabaret scene as well as concerts on the stages of Im Schlachthof , Tollwood and Gasteig made him known.

His tours took him through Germany , Austria , Switzerland and many other European countries to Africa , South and Central America , Morocco , Tunisia , Belarus , India , China and Central Asia .

Over 30 CD productions of the dulcimer virtuoso appeared with classical, world music and cabaret . From 1989 to 2005 he also organized the international dulcimer festival in Munich every two years. After a break of more than eight years, the 10th and final festival took place from April 4 to 6, 2014 in Pliening .

Ensembles

Rudi Zapf & Zapf'nstreich
Rudi Zapf Trio - Limitless
Duo Rudi Zapf & Ingrid Westermeier
Duo Rudi Zapf & Wolfgang Neumann
Rudi Zapf & Augsburg Chamber Orchestra
Rudi Zapf & friends (Sunny Howard, Ingrid Westermeier and Ludwig Klöckner)

Discography

1981 Guglhupf musicians ( Bellaphon )
1984 Guglhupfa "Tohuwabohu" ( Trikont )
1984 virtuoso dulcimer music (Trikont)
1986 Classical Hammered Dulcimer (Trikont)
1986 A rural music (Bogner)
1987 ... down the drain! (Trikont)
1987 Never Been There (Intuition)
1988 Meier's record (Wolpertinger)
1988 Hammer Dolce (Trikont)
1988 The World Music Album (Intuition)
1988 Audio Stakkato 2 (Audio / Phono)
1989 BavaRio (Trikont)
1989 Never Been There "Ambience" (Vera Bra)
1990 No celebration without Meier (Extra Records)
1991 Musical world tour (Trikont)
1993 Meierabend (Extra Records)
1993 Festive dulcimer music (Extra Records)
1995 Never Been There "third out of three" (Extra Records)
1995 Da Capo (Pantaleon)
1996 Zapf'nstreich "MCMXCVI" (Pantaleon)
1996 Real Folk Music (Bogner)
1997 It's Only Kraut ... But I Like It ( Profolk )
1997 The best from Otti's Schlachthof (cook)
1997 musicians (Wiener Konzerthaus)
1997 Dance & Folk Festival Rudolstadt (Heideck)
1998 Dandelion (Pantaleon)
1998 companions (Pantaleon)
1998 cult 98 (Dachau Festival)
1998 Best of Rudi Zapf (Pantaleon)
2000 Irish & Klezmer (Pantaleon)
2002 Zapf'nstreich "MMII" (Pantaleon)
2004 Rudi Zapf Trio "Boundless" Vol. 1 (Pantaleon)
2004 Rudi Zapf Trio "Boundless" Vol. 2 (Pantaleon)
2005 International Dulcimer Festival, Vol. 1 + 2 (Pantaleon)
2007 From Ireland to Spain (Pantaleon)
2008 Rudi Zapf & Münchner Saitentratzer (Pantaleon)
2009 Rudi Zapf & Zapf'nstreich "MMIX" (Pantaleon)
2010 Rudi Zapf & Friends "Atmospheric Christmas" (Pantaleon)
2011 Rudi Zapf & Zapf'nstreich "Unterwegs" (Pantaleon)
2013 Rudi Zapf & Friends "Rejoice" (Pantaleon)
2014 Rudi Zapf Trio "Boundless Vol. 3" (Pantaleon)
2017 Rudi Zapf & Ingrid Westermeier "From Europe to South America" (Pantaleon)
2017 Rudi Zapf & Friends "World Christmas Concert" (Pantaleon)
2018 Rudi Zapf & Zapf'nstreich "Weltwärts" (Pantaleon)

Music books

Sheet music book 1: Bavarian & Irish
Sheet music 2: world travel & boundless
Sheet music book 3: String breaker

Awards

1986 Award of the City of Munich
1989 German Record Critics' Prize
1990 tz-Rose for a Christmas concert with the Augsburg Chamber Orchestra
1997 Garching cabaret mask
1998 The Green Wanninger
2002 Bavarian poet thaler
2019 Ruth at the Rudolstadt Festival

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Manfred Sack: Record . In: The time . October 27, 1989, ISSN 0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed September 5, 2019]).
^ Süddeutsche Zeitung: World tour with dulcimer. Retrieved September 5, 2019 .
↑ mdr.de: Rudi Zapf - the dulcimer networker | MDR.DE. Retrieved September 5, 2019 .
↑ Bavarian & Irish (= music book / Rudi Zapf . No. 1 ). Score edition. ( dnb.de [accessed on September 5, 2019]).
↑ World tour & limitless (= sheet music / Rudi Zapf . No. 2 ). Score edition. ( dnb.de [accessed on September 5, 2019]).
↑ Saitentratzer (= music book / Rudi Zapf . No. 3 ). Score edition. ( dnb.de [accessed on September 5, 2019]).
↑ GRUENE-Bezirkstag-OBB.DE: The Green Wanninger. Retrieved September 5, 2019 .
↑ The Poet Thaler. In: Welcome to the Munich tower writers. April 8, 2018, accessed on September 5, 2019 (German).
↑ Michael Helbing: Where conditions dance: Rudolstadt Festival as a utopia in political climate change. July 8, 2019, accessed on September 5, 2019 (German).

personal data
SURNAME	Zapf, Rudi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German musician and cabaret artist
DATE OF BIRTH	December 25, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH	Munich

[1] Manfred Sack: Record . In: The time . October 27, 1989, ISSN 0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed September 5, 2019]).

[2] Süddeutsche Zeitung: World tour with dulcimer. Retrieved September 5, 2019 .

[3] r.de: Rudi Zapf - the dulcimer networker | MDR.DE. Retrieved September 5, 2019 .

[4] Bavarian & Irish (= music book / Rudi Zapf . No. 1 ). Score edition. ( dnb.de [accessed on September 5, 2019]).

[5] World tour & limitless (= sheet music / Rudi Zapf . No. 2 ). Score edition. ( dnb.de [accessed on September 5, 2019]).

[6] Saitentratzer (= music book / Rudi Zapf . No. 3 ). Score edition. ( dnb.de [accessed on September 5, 2019]).

[7] GRUENE-Bezirkstag-OBB.DE: The Green Wanninger. Retrieved September 5, 2019 .

[8] The Poet Thaler. In: Welcome to the Munich tower writers. April 8, 2018, accessed on September 5, 2019 (German).

[9] Michael Helbing: Where conditions dance: Rudolstadt Festival as a utopia in political climate change. July 8, 2019, accessed on September 5, 2019 (German).