Otto Lechner
Illustration — Otto Lechner in a concert with the Bethlehem All Stars, Innsbruck 2008 Otto Lechner (born February 25, 1964) is an Austrian accordionist. Lechner taught himself to play the accordion starting at age four. He has been blind since age 15.
Otto Lechner
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- 1964 · Melk.
- Nationality
- Austria
- Occupation
- composer · musician · accordionist
- Fields
- jazz
- Education
- Stiftsgymnasium Melk
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Illustration — Otto Lechner in a concert with the Bethlehem All Stars, Innsbruck 2008 Otto Lechner (born February 25, 1964) is an Austrian accordionist. Lechner taught himself to play the accordion starting at age four. He has been blind since age 15.
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Lechner is a member of the group Accordion Tribe and musical director of two ensembles in Vienna, Otto's Jazz Ensemble and Das Erste Wiener Strenge Kammerorchester. He lives in Vienna with his partner and collaborator, Anne Bennent.
Otto Lechner is recorded with the occupation accordionist. Classed in the genre jazz. Recorded as composer, musician and accordionist.
Otto Lechner at a concert in Boswil, Switzerland, in 2012
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Accordeon player Otto Lechner from Austria performing his Franz-Kafka-Program in the town church of Rudolstadt, 2019.
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- 1.Otto Lechner & Toni Burger in: music austria - music information center austria, 2. August 2007.
- 2.Wolfgang Freitag: Bennent & Lechner: „Ich bin nicht jemand, der abschalten kann.“ 2007, Interview.
- 3.Thomas Jorda: In: Niederösterreichische Nachrichten. 30. September 2010, Artikelanfang.
- 4.Interview. In: Die Presse. 23. November 1996, (PDF-Datei; 5 S., 18,4 kB).
- 5.Kurzbiografie von Otto Lechner im Programm-Folder zu Mit Pfeifen und Zungen. Ein Festival von und mit Otto Lechner, 29.8–1.9.2019, Kartause Aggsbach (pdf).
- 6.Auftritt des 1. Strengen Kammerorchesters am 12. November 1990 im Theater des Augenblicks (Wien) auf YouTube
- 7.Weltmusik & Weihnacht. In: Niederösterreichische Nachrichten. 20. Dezember 2010.
- 8.Manfred Horak: Festival der großen Gefühle und hohen Erwartungen. 9. Internationales Akkordeon Festival Wien 2008. In: Folker!, 2008, siehe akkordeonfestival.at
- 9.Über Otto Lechner in: ottolechner.at, 2007.
- 10.Thomas Jorda: Kirschbäume will sie noch pflanzen. In: Niederösterreichische Nachrichten. 3. März 2008, Artikelanfang.
- 11.Manfred Papst: Weltmusik aus der Quetschkommode. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung vom 26. März 2005.
- 12.Auszeichnungen für Musikverkäufe: AT
- 13.Besprechung von Der Gruftwächter – Cornelia Niedermeier: „Nächte dauern hier Jahre.“. In: Der Standard. 8. Mai 2009.
- 14.Hörbuchrezension zu Nizami: „Leila und Madschnun“ bei sandammeer.at
- 15.Silvia Hallensleben. Accordion Tribe. filmzentrale.com.
- 16.Kulturpreisgala im Festspielhaus St. Pölten. ots.at. 2022-11-05.
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