Werner Pirchner
Composer
1940 – 2001
Who was Werner Pirchner?
Werner Pirchner was an Austrian composer and jazz musician.
He was born in Hall in Tirol, and had his musical start playing jazz. In 1963 he played vibraphone in the Oscar-Klein-Quartett.
The last 15 years of his life he worked as a composer only. In 1973, his first tape was published. In 1974, he composed the music for the film Der Untergang des Alpenlandes. In 1975, Bert Breit invited him to compose the film music about Tyrol, for which he composed the "Streichquartett für Bläserquintett", PWV 15.
In Austria Pirchner was well-known, since he composed the "Sounddesign" for the ORF-culture radio Ö1 in 1994. In 1995, he composed the music for Hofmannsthals Jedermann at the Salzburger Festspiele.
He died in Innsbruck.
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- Born
- Feb 13, 1940
Hall in Tirol - Also known as
- Pirchner, Werner
- Died
- Aug 10, 2001
Innsbruck
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on July 23, 2013
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