Werner Pirchner

Werner Pirchner

Genres: jazz, electronic, folk, free jazz, world

About Werner Pirchner

Werner Pirchner (* 13 February 1940 - 10 August 2001) 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 Prichner 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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Werner Pirchner — Top 7 songs

Artist Song title Like / Dislike
Werner Pirchner Sonate vom rauhen Leben pt. III
Werner Pirchner Boo Boop
Werner Pirchner Philipp
Werner Pirchner Streichquartett fur Blaserquintett
Werner Pirchner Good news from the Ziller Valley pt. II
Werner Pirchner Do you know Emperor Joe pt. IV
Werner Pirchner Kammer-Symphonie 'Soiree Tyrolienne' pt.III
Sonate vom rauhen Leben pt. III
Streichquartett fur Blaserquintett
Good news from the Ziller Valley pt. II
Do you know Emperor Joe pt. IV
Kammer-Symphonie 'Soiree Tyrolienne' pt.III