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Faculty

Georg O. Luksch

Lecturer for Media Music (Faculty of Music)
Artistic Major(s): Media Music

Artistic or pedagogical education

  • Early lessons with father Georg Luksch (piano, clarinet)
  • 1971 - 1980 Classical piano with Prof. Emma Weber-Scipio (private)
  • 1980 - 1984 Classical piano as part of the music focus of the ORG Marianum 1180 Vienna
  • 1987 - Graduate of the SAE (School of Audio Engineering)
  • Over 30 years of productions with international artists in the studio, wide-ranging, cross-genre portfolio in music production, film, theater, advertising, electronic music

Teaching & research

  • Tutor at JAM MUSIC LAB Private University for Jazz and Popular Music & at Gulda School of Music since 2015

Publications

CDs, DVDs

  • 2000 GRAMMY AWARD, REMIXER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL
  • As artist "Club 69" for productions for MADONNA, CHER, WHITNEY HOUSTON, DONNA SUMMER, EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL
  • 2001 GRAMMY AWARD, REMIXER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL, NOMINATION
  • as artist "Club 69" for productions for WHITNEY HOUSTON, PET SHOP BOYS, TONI BRAXTON, JESSICA SIMPSON, FILTER
  • 2003 GRAMMY AWARD, REMIXER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL, NOMINATION
  • as artist "Club 69/Peter Rauhofer" for CHRISTINA AGUILERA "Beautiful
  • 2015 LATIN GRAMMY AWARD, BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM, NOMINATION
  • As co-producer, recording, mixing, mastering for SNOW OWL "Normas".

Film

  • 2016 „Pilgerwege“ Documentary, ORF III, Film Music (Composition, Sound Design, Sound Mixing)
  • 2016 "Troubled Waters" Andreas H. Bitesnich/Greenpeace, film music (composition, sound design, sound mixing)
  • 2017 "Deeper Shades Berlin" Andreas H. Bitesnich, film music (composition, sound design, sound mixing)
  • 2017 "Evangelisches Land" documentary, ORF III, film music (composition, sound design, sound mixing)

Theater music/audio books

  • 2009 „Wallenstein“ Friedrich Schiller (Lübbe Audio), Radio play, double CD (composition, sound design, sound mixing) Actors of the Vienna Burgtheater.
  • 2012 "Agnes" Peter Stamm, Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe (composition, sound design, sound mixing)
  • 2017 "Cissy & Hugo a Carácas" theater music and CD, Ensemble21 (composition, sound design, sound mixing)
  • 2018 "Therese" theater music and audio book double CD, Ensemble21 (composition, sound design, sound mixing)
  • 2019 "The Little Prince" theater music, Ensemble21 (composition, sound design, sound mixing)
  • 2020 "Elektra" theater music, Ensemble21 (composition, sound design, sound mixing)

Music director 

  • 2009 Awarded Austrian State Prize for Multimedia and E-Commerce (Floorfour), Composition, Live-Performance and Music Direction
  • 2011 Austrian State Award for Multimedia and E-Commerce (Floorfour), composition, live performance and music direction
  • 2013 Austrian State Award for Multimedia and E-Commerce (Pi-ve), composition, live performance and music direction

Further work experience

Music production

  • 1990-1997 over 25 classical CD productions with Prof. Jörg DEMUS with solo piano, songs, duets, trio ensembles. (Recording manager, editing and mastering)
  • 1991 "Der Kommissar", "Junge Römer" Falco, single and remix production / GIG Records (arranger, studio musician recording and sound mixing)
  • 1992 Founding of the pop group "Club 69" together with Peter Rauhofer. The first album "Adults Only" generates chart placements in Europe and America. (Composer, studio musician and sound mixing)
  • 2008 "Laçador" Alegre Correa (Joe Zawinul Syndicate), album production (recording, editing, mixing, mastering)
  • 2010 "Art of Contrabass Guitar" album production by Snow Owl. (Recording, editing, mixing, mastering).
  • 2012 "Fool Of Love" Shakespeare, Musikbanda Franui with Karsten Riedel, Cast Recording of the Vienna Burgtheater. (Recording, editing, mixing, mastering)
  • 2017 Album production "Renacer" by Alejandra Torres feat. Peter Herbert, Günter Brück, Roberto Quintero. (Recording, editing, mixing, mastering)
  • 2021 "Jurassic Trip" Gulliaume Connesson / Ensemble Kontrapunkte / RSO Vienna (sound design)

Interactive installations/live performance

  • 2019 “The Emperor of Atlantis“ (Arbos), International Music Festival at the Museum of Art Tel-Aviv (sound design)
  • 2019 "Freiträumen" Atelier Ja-He, Lower Austria (open-air sound installation, live electronics, composition, sound design)
  • 2021 "The Song of the Earth" Jura Soyfer, Geschirrmuseum Wilhelmsburg, Lower Austria (open-air sound installation, live electronics, composition, sound design)
  • 2021 "Visit to Gaia" Daisyworld Wilhelmsburg, Lower Austria (sound installation, live electronics, composition, sound design)

Advertising

  • 2017 „Simply Moving“ / Bösendorfer (Sounddesign, recording, sound mixing)
  • 2017 "The new Bösendorfer 214VC" / Bösendorfer (sound design, recording, sound mixing)
  • 2017 "Bösendorfer Artist Series" / Valentina Lisitsa, Nareh Arghamanyan, Saskia Giorgini, Beatrice Berrut (sound design, recording, sound mixing)
  • 2021 "For The Love Of Music" / Bösendorfer (recording, sound mixing)

Prizes, awards, miscellaneous

  • 2000 GRAMMY AWARD, REMIXER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL
  • as artist "Club 69" for productions for MADONNA, CHER, WHITNEY HOUSTON, DONNA SUMMER, EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL
  • 2001 GRAMMY AWARD, REMIXER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL, NOMINATION
  • as artist "Club 69" for productions for WHITNEY HOUSTON, PET SHOP BOYS, TONI BRAXTON, JESSICA SIMPSON, FILTER
  • 2003 GRAMMY AWARD, REMIXER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL, NOMINATION
  • as artist "Club 69/Peter Rauhofer" for CHRISTINA AGUILERA "Beautiful
  • 2015 LATIN GRAMMY AWARD, BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM, NOMINATION
  • As co-producer, recording, mixing, mastering for SNOW OWL "Normas"
  • 1993-2013 Remixes under the name "Club 69" as well as the DJ-trademark "Peter Rauhofer" for international artists like Madonna, Whitney Houston, Yoko Ono, Falco, Seal, etc. - a list of remixes is attached. (composer, arranger, studio musician and sound mixing) Resulting in the Grammy Award in 2000 and Grammy nominations in 2001 and 2003.
  • 1997 - 2012 Over 25 (!) Top 10 placements on the US Billboard Charts "Club Play".
  • 2001 "Break For Love" Pet Shop Boys, single and remix production / Star 69 Records (arranger, studio musician and sound mixing).
  • 2018 Global Music Awards twice Gold Medal "Best Album - Renacer" and "Emerging Artist - Violin and Voice" for the album production "Renacer" by Alejandra Torres.