Josef Luitz

Josef Luitz was born on the 2^nd August 1934 in the city of Vienna; he is an Austrian cellist and a cello teacher. He was the solo player of the musical instrument of the NÖ Tonkünstlerorchester and the co-founder of the international chamber music festival Allegro Vivo.

source of picture: www.allegro-vivo.at

Josef Luitz spent his life as a child in the city of Gablitz near the city of Vienna. His father was a music director of the 1. Gablitzer Musikverein. At first he was an apprentice to a maker musical instrument. He started his career as a player of the cello of the NÖ Tonkünstlerorchester and later became a solo player of the musical instrument.

Josef Luitz was married with Mit Edelgard Sonja Luitz and they both had two children; Joachim of the year 1967 and Angelika of the year 1968.

Engagements

Ø  1957-62 Tonkünstler Orchestra, principal cellist

Ø  1962-99 1st solo cellist of the Tonkünstler Orchestra

Ø  1972-99 Konservatorium Wien, teacher for cello

Ø  1988-89 University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, teacher for chambermusic

Membership in chamber music ensembles

Ø  1962-63 Streichtrio of the Tonkünstler Orchestra

Ø  1963-68 Haydn Quartett Vienna with Thomas Kakuska

Ø  1968-75 Ensemble Kontrapunkte (mainly contemporary musi)

Ø  1972-77 Philharmonia Quintett (with Wolfgang Poduschka)

Ø  seit 1977 Tonkünstler Kammerorchester - Academia Allegro Vivo, co-founder, persident an solo cellist of this orchestra

Ø  1978-95 Concordia Trio (piano trio) with Harald Ossberger und Erich Schagerl

Courses and Seminars

Ø  since 1979 International Chamber Music Festival Austria Allegro Vivo (co-founder and president)

Ø  1981-86 Mid summernight festival in Umeå, Sweden, cello and chamber music

Ø  1985-92 Summer seminars for music teachers in Tullnerbach and Zeillern)

Ø  1989-93 Wiener MusikSeminar (international mastercourse)

Ø  1992- Wiener Musikverein-Nagano, Japan - seminars, chamber music and orchestra

Honors and awards

Ø  1994: Silver Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria

Ø  1997: Gold Decoration for Services to the country of Lower Austria

Ø  2000: Austrian Decoration for Science and Art

Ø  2009: culture prize of the city of Horn

Discography (excerpt)

Ø  Composers of the court of the Holy Roman Empire: G. Muffat, G. C. Wagenseil, J. J. Fux and J. J. Froberger (MHS 601, 1965?)

Ø  Masters of the French Baroque von Jean-Marie Leclair (MHS 655, 1966)

Ø  Rococo delights von Hilde Langfort (1966)

Ø  Spohr Nonet in F, Op. 31, Double-Quartett in E minor, op. 87 (DECCA SSD416, 1974)

Ø  Four sonatas for flute and continuo von Johann Joachim Quantz (MHS 1038, 1979)

Ø  Josef Matthias Hauer (Dokumentationsreihe des Österreichischen Komponistenbundes 1 Vol. 11, 1972)

Ø  F. Schubert: Atzenbrugger Tänze (EMI C05-33232, 1978)

Ø  Caprice Viennois (1985)

Ø  Musik für Streicher (1988)

Ø  Tanztheater 1975-2000 von Peer Raben (BMG Ariola Classics, 2004)

Ø  Duo für Violine und Violoncello von Maximilian Kreuz (Kulinarium Wien - ÖGZM, ?)

Ø  String quartet no. 2a von Nancy Van de Vate (Vienna Modern Masters, 2010)

Ø  Cant del ocells (2011)

Ø  String quartet no. 10 von Don Walker (Vienna Modern Masters, 2013)

Bibliography

Ø  Internationales Kammermusik Festival Austria – Allegro Vivo (1988)

Ø  Allegro Vivo – Das Waldviertel als Musikviertel (1993)

Ø  Fortissimo für die Kammermusik (Bibliothek der Provinz 2003)

Ø  Allegro Vivo in Bewegung (2009)

Ø  Musikhandbuch für Österreich (Hg. ÖGM, Doblinger, 2009)