Thomas Rabitsch

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Thomas Rabitsch in his studio in 2011

Thomas Rabitsch (born November 19, 1956 in Vienna ) is an Austrian keyboardist and music producer . From the 1970s onwards, Rabitsch worked for numerous Austrian bands as a keyboard player for live performances and studio productions and as a producer.

Career

The Slow Club - Rabitsch with Hansi Lang (Vienna 2008)
Slow Club Revisited - Rabitsch with Violetta Parisini (Vienna 2012)

From 1976 to 1977 Rabitsch was the keyboard player of the band "Antipasta" , the predecessor of the EAV and founding member of the Hallucination Company (1977 to 1981), from 1978 also member and artistic producer of the albums of the Viennese "shock rocker" band Drahdiwaberl . There he performed with the bassist Hans Hölzel (later Falco ) and accompanied him on his tours from 1984 to 1994 as a band leader and live keyboardist. In the 1980s he also worked with numerous well-known and lesser-known Viennese interpreters, including Peter Cornelius , Boris Bukowski , Dana Gillespie and Franz Morak . From 1991 to 1996 he was a member of Heli Deinboek's band . In 1990 he was the producer of the first Austrian hip-hop album Swound Vibes by The Moreaus a . a. with Peter Kruder .

In addition, Rabitsch produces audio books , theater and film music, etc. a. for F @ lco - A Cyber ​​Show and is involved in numerous projects - u. a. from 2002 as musical director - active for Austrian radio . His better-known projects in this area include the musical direction of Starmania and Dancing Stars .

In 2004 Falco's Danube Island concert was released on DVD under the name LIVE Donauinsel , Rabitsch was the band leader and keyboard player. He produced the project. In the same year Rabitsch founded the label serious entertainment with Markus Spiegel and his wife Anja . Also in 2004 was the formation The Slow Club with Hansi Lang and Wolfgang Schlögl . Rabitsch works there as a keyboard player.

Since 2006 he has been supporting Austrofred on the piano at the Austrofred Gala.

In 2007, Rabitsch and his team reconstructed Falco's 1994 concert in Wiener Neustadt, where Falco performed with a large orchestra for the only time. The image quality of the historical recordings has been significantly improved, all instrumental parts of the musical accompaniment have been replayed, only Falco's voice was originally taken over. The result was the DVD Symphonic , which was released on February 1, 2008 and immediately took first place in the Austrian charts.

In 2008 Rabitsch revised the recordings of Falco's Danube Island concert on the occasion of the anniversary of the Danube Island Festival . This resulted in a so-called Anniversary Edition (DVD and CD in one) and a short time later individual versions. The Donauinsel Live edition was distributed by Sony BMG Music Entertainment and reached number 1 in the Austrian music DVD charts in the first week.

In 2009 he was nominated for the Amadeus Austrian Music Award because of the music arrangements for Falco recordings ( Symphonic and Donauinsel Live ) .

For Nadine Beiler he composed and produced the soul ballad The Secret Is Love , with which Nadine won the Austrian qualification for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf . The Secret Is Love reached the final of the competition and came in 18th.

Projects

Musical productions

More productions

  • ????: producer of AD
  • ????: We want everything and more , Starmania NG (producer)
  • ????: Take a deep breath , Vera Böhnisch (producer)
  • 1998: Remixes by the band Keilerkopf
  • 2000: F @ lco - A Cyber ​​Show (Musical) (Producer of the CD)
  • 2000: Remixes by the band Heinz from Vienna
  • 2001: Various productions for Aphrodelics
  • 2002: Do you speak Austrian? (Audio book) (producer)
  • 2002: The most gruesome thing in the world (producer)
  • 2002: Stars in Your Eyes (single), Starmania Allstars (co-producer)
  • 2003: Tomorrow's Heroes (single), Starmaniacs (producer)
  • 2003: Just A Little Love For Christmas (title), Starmania NG
  • 2004: Starshine (title), Starmania NG (producer)
  • 2004: My Bonnie Is Over The Ocean (children's songs CD) (producer)
  • 2005: Your help is needed , Austria for Asia (producer)
  • Executive producer / co-producer of all other Starmania CDs
  • Producer of Engel, Stern und Schlittenfahrt , The most beautiful children's songs , Advent & Christmas in Austria

Theater music

  • String jump (orchestral arrangements)
  • F @ lco - A Cyber ​​Show (Musical Director) Musical by Joshua Sobol , Ronacher , Vienna, April 1, 2000 (Director: Paulus Manker , with André Eisermann , Hansi Lang , Roman Gregory , Georgij Makazaria )
  • Alpine king and philanthropist (music for the Austrofred program )
  • Elvis & John, Winterreise , Romeo & Julia , Jungle Book , Das weite Land , Blood Brothers , Broadway melody 1492 , Mundo Loco (producer of the album of the same name in 1982), Happy Xmas, Nazis in space , Na Sowas (music for the cabaret program von Karlheinz Hackl ), Klanggarten (1983) (room installation, music)

Film music

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See: musikverlag.orf.at/musikverlag/unsere-kompisten/ : "Rabitsch also composes for theater, film and television and has been responsible for the musical direction of all ORF entertainment formats since 2002."
  2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rabitsch.cc
  3. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kleinundkunst.at
  4. ↑ http://charts.orf.at/oe3/records/123894/main?charttype=dvd&tmp=11114  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / charts.orf.at  
  5. ^ Golden award for music producer Thomas Rabitsch . City hall correspondence of October 5, 2016, accessed on October 7, 2016.

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Commons : Thomas Rabitsch  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Rabitsch, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian keyboard player and music producer
DATE OF BIRTH November 19, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna