Chronology
Life and work year by year. Every entry is documented; we welcome additions and corrections.
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10 September 2020
Ö1 marks his 75th birthday
On Thursday, 10 September 2020, the day on which Pepl would have turned 75, Ö1 (ORF’s cultural radio station) marks the occasion in the music programme “Pasticcio” and plays “Air, Love & Vitamins”. The “Spielräume Special” on Harry Pepl follows on 25 September.
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25 September 2020
Ö1 “Spielräume Special” about Harry Pepl
Vienna
For the Ö1 (the ORF's cultural radio channel) programme, Daniel Pepl compiled a chronological list of listening examples with commentary. The date is taken from the file name of the list.
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10 December 2021
Ö1 remembers the ORF Big Band
Vienna
For the 50th anniversary of the founding of the ORF Big Band, Ines Reiger and Klaus Wienerroither present a “Spielräume Nachtausgabe” on Ö1 (ORF’s cultural radio station) on Friday, 10 December 2021. The programme text names Pepl alongside Fritz Pauer and Erich Bachträgl among the important Austrian musicians who complemented the orchestra’s international quality „kongenial“ [“congenially”].
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15 December 2023
Ö1 Jazztime with Stefan Heckel
Vienna
At the RadioCafe of the Vienna RadioKulturhaus, Stefan Heckel presents his solo piano album live on Ö1 (ORF’s cultural radio station) on Friday, 15 December 2023, and talks with Johann Kneihs about his research into the method of instant composing, which ORF Teletext announces as that of the „großen Jazzgitarristen Harry Pepl“ [“great jazz guitarist Harry Pepl”].
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July 2024
Stefan Heckel's dissertation “Instant Composing”
Vienna
Stefan Heckel submitted his dissertation on Pepl's late work at the mdw (University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna) in Vienna, Austria, supervised by Harald Huber.
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6 September 2025
Ö1 Jazznacht for the 80th birthday
Vienna
Christian Bakonyi presented the Ö1 (the ORF's cultural radio channel) Jazznacht for the 80th birthday on Saturday 6 September 2025, with Daniel Pepl, Clemens Salesny and Martin Bayer.
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26 October 2025
Death of Jack DeJohnette
Jack DeJohnette dies on Sunday, 26 October 2025, aged 83, in Woodstock (New York, USA). The APA report on his death states on Monday, 27 October, that Pepl was the only Austrian musician to record three albums with him in the 1980s; the Salzburger Nachrichten, a Salzburg daily, recall the recordings on ECM (the renowned European jazz label) with Werner Pirchner, the Austrian composer and vibraphonist, and Pepl.
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24 June 2026
Ö1 Radiosession with Michael Kahr and Martin Harms
Vienna
In the relaunched “Ö1 Radiosession”, Klaus Wienerroither talks on Wednesday, 24 June 2026, with the pianist Michael Kahr and the saxophonist Martin Harms; their duo project “Jazz & the City” is devoted to figures of jazz in Vienna, expressly including Harry Pepl. Ö1 (ORF’s cultural radio station) had announced the duo on 27 May 2026 among the first guests of the series, with repertoire „von Anton Karas bis Harry Pepl“ [“from Anton Karas to Harry Pepl”].
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