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Michael Laucke
2011
2011
Background information
Also known asYoung Mike
Born (1947-01-29) 29 January 1947 (age 77)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Instrumentalist
  • Music industry businessman
  • Music producer
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Michael Laucke's voice
Recorded 2 November 2015
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Michael Laucke (born 29 January 1947), is a Canadian classical, new flamenco, and flamenco guitarist. He is also a composer and music industry businessman. Laucke's career, now spanning 50 years in 25 countries, averages 150 concerts a season.[3][4] He was given "full recognition as the person who has done more for the guitar in this country than anyone else" by the Canadian federal and provincial governments.[5] In 1971, following the first of his many concerts at the National Gallery of Art, The Washington Post proclaimed that Laucke displayed "the highest form of virtuosity".[6] In 1982, he was selected by Andrés Segovia to perform for the PBS network at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, after which he became Segovia's only Canadian pupil.[7][8]

He has studied with classical guitar masters Andrés Segovia, Julian Bream, and Rolando Valdès-Blain. He shared a loft in New York City in the early 1970s with Paco de Lucía, a master Spanish guitarist who introduced Laucke to flamenco.[9][10] Laucke has broadened the repertoire of the guitar with over 100 transcriptions and 25 Canadian composers have written atonal works for him, including a flamenco concierto for guitar with full symphonic orchestra. He has recorded 16 albums. In 2015, Laucke was nominated for the Order of Canada Lifetime Achievement Award, which is his country's second highest civilian honor. During his half century career he has received many other awards and honors, including the Grand Prix du Disque for the Best Canadian Recording.

Early life

Laucke won against the North American snooker champion

Laucke was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on 29 January 1947. His parents, who were of Russian and Polish-Jewish heritage, separated when Michael was six months old. He was then raised and nurtured by his grandmother, who died at the age of 100. At seven years of age, Laucke appeared in the Montreal Star newspaper for the first time for designing and building a boat from 2,000 toothpicks.[11] An expert with the yo-yo by age ten, he soon discovered that he loved performing and competition.[12][13] He became the Montreal champion in a city-wide yo-yo competition among 2,000 contestants, winning a C$60 bicycle.[14] By the age of thirteen he was a competent snooker player. He also became interested in the guitar.

Because of his brother's disapproval, he would practice guitar in the homes of friends, telling his parents he was doing homework. At the age of 13, thanks to his prowess with the cue stick, Laucke obtained a job as a demonstrator for the Brunswick Corporation, a snooker table manufacturer. Later, as a young adult he became a contender on the professional snooker circuit when he defeated North American champion George Chenier.[15][16] This allowed him to finance 110 trips to New York City to study the classical guitar with Rolando Valdès-Blain. As Laucke's skill with the guitar grew, he had to make a career decision, and at the age of eighteen he chose the guitar over snooker.[17]

Snooker

Laucke learned everything he knew about billiards from George Chenier, North American snooker champ at the time. "Then, as in the stuff of legends, the disciple surpassed his teacher".[18] When Laucke was about 13, Chenier, a Montrealer, left for Europe, and Laucke didn't see him again until four years later, when they faced each other in the North American snooker championships in Montreal. From the age of 13 to 17 Laucke grew up very rapidly, and Chenier did not recognize him either by appearance or by name. Laucke asked Chenier if he recalled the name Le jeune Mike (young Mike). Chenier responded 'You! If I had known it was you, I wouldn't have come back (from Europe).' "And sure enough, two nights later, Laucke had the title." Laucke recalls, "Then I decided to leave snooker, I had done what I wanted to do... My love for the guitar was overwhelming. There was a lot more money in snooker, but snooker was just a passion, and music was my love."[18]

Early career

In 1961 Laucke had his photo taken by Frank Angelo, Laucke's first manager and who later became founder of MAC Cosmetics. Laucke performed his first concert of atonal music in Montreal in 1965, with the Quebec Contemporary Music Society‍—‌Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ) in French. His first concert in New York took place in 1972 at the Greenwich House Music School, where Laucke was discovered by Senator Claiborne Pell,[19] who was the main sponsor of the bill that created the National Endowment for the Arts.[20] In 1973 Laucke starred in a documentary produced by Radio-Québec called La Guitare.[21] In 1976 he performed at Montreal's Summer Olympic Games, transmitted live on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) TV.[22]

With his teacher the classical guitarist Julian Bream

Laucke has studied with several classical guitar masters, first with Franco-Spaniard Rolando Valdès-Blain from 1963 to 1977, Julian Bream in 1969 as winner of the Julian Bream Master classes, and Andrés Segovia from 1982 to 1986.[23][24] Laucke shared a loft in New York City in the early 1970s with Spanish flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucía. They performed together in private for, and befriended, the New York City jet set including fashion designer Calvin Klein, Tiffany jewelry designer Countess Elsa Peretti, Andy Warhol, Halston, and Giorgio di Sant'Angelo.[25][26] Laucke was frequently hired to play at the launching of di Sant'Angelo's new lines and later Klein's.[27] In 1977 he founded Trio 3 with Sayyd Abdul Al-Khabyyr and Pauline Vaillancourt;[28] in the same year D'Addario Guitar strings became Laucke's sponsor.[29][30]

His recording of works by William Walton, Richard Rodney Bennett and François Morel on the Radio Canada International label (RCI 457) won the Canadian Music Council's Grand Prix du Disque in 1979[35] for the Best Canadian Recording. Music critics took note‍—‌Virus Montréal remarked that "Few instrumentalists devote themselves with such vigor, enthusiasm, daring and mastery",[36] and MusiCanada magazine spoke of Laucke's technique and sensitivity.[37] Guitar and Lute magazine declared in April 1980 that the album was splendidly presented: "One of the best in recent years",[38] and in September 1980 Music magazine called him a major talent who "subtly imprints his own personality on the music", investing each phrase with his personal touch.[39]

In 1980, managing an increasing number of concerts and recordings and a busy travel schedule, Laucke became concerned that he would not have enough hours left for practicing. He invented a "practicer", a small, wooden fingerboard, with six strings stretched across a bridge. The device measured eight by four inches and allowed him to practice quietly during travel. Laucke found that "Those extra hours of finger exercises payed off in handsome performance dividends".[14]

Laucke went on to receive several other awards and critical acclaim.[45]

Teaching

He was a professor of guitar at Concordia University in Montreal in 1976, but left two years later to pursue a performing career; he has never personally taught guitar since then. Ten years later, however, Laucke did hand down his guitar knowledge through an eight-tape instructional video series‍—‌its content comprised information learned from his teachers: Andrés Segovia, Julian Bream, Alirio Díaz, and Rolando Valdès-Blain. About this video series Guitar Player magazine said "Laucke's enthusiasm is infectious,"[46] and Frets Magazine spoke of "thoughtful and thorough instruction".[47] He also published articles on classical guitar.

Articles

Laucke has published several articles in music journals about the growth of the guitar in Canada:

  • "The Guitar in Canada" (five pages)‍—‌Soundboard Magazine, California[48]
  • "Growth of the Guitar in Canada", by Michael Laucke (six pages)‍—‌Guitar and Lute magazine, Hawaii[49]
  • "Michael Laucke Writes About the Canadian Guitar"‍—‌Waterloo Music Journal, Canada[50]

World tours

During the CBC documentary on the Great Wall of China

Laucke's career has spanned 50 years, averaging 150 concerts each season, with concert and television appearances in 25 countries.[3][4] He has performed in England (Wigmore Hall),[51][52] the U.S. in Carnegie Hall[53] and the White House,[54] Bulgaria, Hungary,[55] in China, on the Great Wall of China,[56] in Hong Kong,[57] Spain,[58] Israel,[59] India,[60][61] Japan, Morocco, Pakistan and Russia.

In Canada, since 1986 he has given annual concerts at Montreal's Place des Arts[62] Following a concert in 1990 in Quebec City's Grand Théâtre de Québec, the French newspaper Le Soleil wrote a review entitled "Michael Laucke makes one fall in love with the guitar", stating, "More than a virtuoso, charismatic Michael Laucke is pure talent! For him playing is instinctive, just like breathing ...irresistible Michael Laucke."[63] Critics have often written about Laucke's stage presence. A Chicago music critic noted "His relaxed manner, beaming smile and gracious speaking voice won the hearts of the audience before he even played a note".[64]

He performed many concerts in Washington, DC, under the auspices of U.S. Senator Claiborne Pell,[19] including several at the National Gallery of Art. The Washington Post proclaimed that Laucke displayed "the highest form of virtuosity"[6] and is "one of the finest guitarists to have played in Washington in a long time".[65] Pell's former campaign manager and close friend Raymond Nelson handled logistics for many of Laucke's performances in the U.S., until Nelson's still unsolved murder in 1981.[66][19] Ray Nelson helped organize President Carter's inauguration and dedicated a photo of the event to Laucke.[67]

Style and influences

With his group at Place des Arts – Montreal
Sample of the nouveau flamenco (new flamenco) style: Flamenco Road by Laucke (24 tracks)

Laucke's classical/flamenco musical style is a blend of his classical studies with Bream, Segovia, Valdès-Blain, and his friendship with de Lucía.[68][69] Although classical and flamenco guitar are two very different musical styles, Le Soleil the French newspaper chronicled Laucke's feelings and reasoning about performing both.[70][71]

Since the classical guitar is limited, you eventually look for something else. I was doing flamenco, and I love it. There are more varied techniques in flamenco; just in the right hand alone, we have 20 of them."[70] I would like flamenco to become the new jazz! Flamenco has everything that it takes to follow in the footsteps of jazz and become a language to people of all countries and all cultures. We forget that before being a global current, jazz was only the mode of expression of blacks in New Orleans! Like jazz, flamenco is based on improvisation and dialogue between instrumentalists. And flamenco is something even more, since players also interact with the dancers.
(English translation)[71]

His blend of classical and flamenco styling, sometimes referred to as "new flamenco" (nuevo flamenco),[71] led music critic Eric McLean of the Montreal Gazette to proclaim, "It is Laucke's interest in flamenco that makes him special: He might be called the first interpreter of flamenco music, in the sense that he borrows these traditional works by Sabicas, Carlos Montoya and Paco de Lucía, and employs them in his own fashion, a practice to which they agree."[72] He was given "full recognition as the person who has done more for the guitar in this country than anyone else" by the Canadian federal and provincial governments, and is one of "five of Canada's best-known soloists", according to The Music Scene magazine published by Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN).[73]

In an interview for Voir magazine, Laucke stated, "It is also very influenced by my classical background. So it's a smoother flamenco."[74] An example of this style can be heard in Laucke's treatment of the well-known classical guitar transcription "Leyenda". It is given a flamenco rendition using several percussion instruments (claves, maracas, special castanets mounted on wood blocks, chimes and a large gong), bass and flute.

On 12 September 2001, Laucke released a CD called Flamenco Road comprised mainly of his own compositions in the new flamenco style, which he also arranged. The recording used 24 tracks, arguably the only recording in this style to employ such elaborate instrumentation. The title song used three nylon string guitars (classical and flamenco), a drum set (seven microphones), a conga set (three microphones), bongos, three electric guitars, falsetto vocals, three keyboards (including piano), and three trumpets. Flamenco Road reached number one on video charts across Canada for five consecutive weeks.[44]

Laucke summarized: "The Spanish guitar remains my first love. The flamenco guitar is my passion."[10]

Paco de Lucía

With his friend and mentor Paco de Lucía, signed "a hug"

In the 1970s, Laucke moved to New York City to further his career. He was asked by his mentor, Rolando Valdès-Blain, if he would mind sharing his one room apartment with flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucía.[14] De Lucía was installed in the living room, but to practice, de Lucía would shut himself in the bathroom because he liked the resonance of the hard tiles.[75] Although Laucke had played flamenco since he was a child, he was not comfortable playing it in public, so it had remained something he played only for his own pleasure. In the French newspaper Le Soleil, Laucke declared, "This meeting changed my life. We lived together in New York, and he taught me flamenco works which were not written anywhere and to which no other guitarist had access." Laucke taught de Lucía music by Bach and Villa-lobos and de Lucía in return showed Laucke some of the secrets of his art of flamenco, an oral tradition handed down through generations, "their secrets and knowledge jealously guarded". "So for me to be taught all these techniques by a guitarist of Paco's caliber was an incredible stroke of luck", Laucke says. (English translation)[9]

"Entre dos Aguas" (Between Two Seas) by Paco de Lucía, played by Laucke

Laucke affirmed in the Montreal Gazette that "[de Lucía] was the greatest natural talent I have ever come across. I would hear these incredibly complex melodies resonating against the bathroom tiles. At the time he was creating a piece called Entre dos aguas (Between two Seas), and it was this work that would later make him a national hero in Spain." De Lucía did not read music, and Laucke offered to teach him. But de Lucía refused. When the question arose as to whether Laucke would ever play de Lucía's compositions in public, he advised Laucke, "you must do it in your own style".[76]

During this period, de Lucía and Laucke gave a concert in the Spanish Embassy, and it was there that Countess Elsa Perretti, jewelry designer at Tiffany's, first heard the two guitarists. She immediately invited them to one of her parties in her New York penthouse, "the closest thing to the 18th century intellectual and artistic salon to be found anywhere these days".[77] De Lucía and Laucke performed there in private for the New York City jet set, including fashion designer Calvin Klein, Andy Warhol, Halston, and Giorgio di Sant'Angelo. "I was only 21 at the time, and it all seemed like a dream," Laucke recalled.[10]

Laucke teamed up with de Lucía to give a series of concerts combining the two repertoires.[77] Many newspapers talked about this association. Voir magazine reported, "Making music and living alongside such a being led Laucke to have a different view of this music that previously seemed too easy for someone who had a classical training background. His cohabitation with de Lucía led to a special and powerful musical exchange which Laucke continues to treasure. It is only this year (1990) that Laucke has managed to record works which de Lucía taught him." Of course, de Lucía has his own personal style, and in fact all flamenco works are intimately connected to their composer. "But in Laucke's interpretation of de Lucía's compositions, their essence comes alive."[10] The Canadian Spanish magazine El Popular said, "Moreover, the great guitarist Laucke is convinced that flamenco possesses enormous seductive powers. 'The harmonies and the rhythm leave no one indifferent', says Laucke."[78]

The newspaper Aurora (Israel) stated, "Michael Laucke had, above all, two great masters‍—‌Segovia on the classical guitar and de Lucía in flamenco. Segovia did not appreciate flamenco and he often referred to it as Tavern music. Laucke does not share this opinion and speaks of works of art in the compositions of Sabicas and de Lucía which contain the hidden secrets of this original, pure form of Spanish music expression."(English translation)[58] Laucke believes that, "For a guitarist, playing flamenco is most rewarding because this music is tailor-made for the guitar and allows the classical guitarist to move from one technique to another, although it is difficult."[10]

The meeting with de Lucía led Laucke to perform two incompatible guitar styles. "I even 'flamenco-ize' works by [classical composer] Albeniz".[24] In 1991, Laucke recorded de Lucía's compositions on his CD Spanish Guitar Stories, arguably the first time a guitarist would record de Lucía's works, other than de Lucia himself.[79] De Lucía shared his appreciation of the CD, saying "very beautiful, all of it, from a to z, even my pieces!"[78]

Contributions to the guitar repertoire

Transcriptions

SOCAN lists 112 classical works transcribed for the guitar by Laucke, thus further broadening the guitar's repertoire. Library and Archives Canada and Canadian Libraries lists 43 music recordings, music scores of transcriptions for guitar and Canadian guitar articles written by Laucke.[80] Waterloo Music Company published and distributed 24 of Laucke's guitar transcriptions of works by J. S. Bach,[81] Luis de Narváez,[82] Eric Satie,[83] Heitor Villa-Lobos[23] and others.

Three Gymnopedies by Eric Satie

Three Gymnopedies by Eric Satie, transcribed and performed on guitar by Laucke
"Gymnopédie no. 1"
"Gymnopédie no. 2"
"Gymnopédie no. 3"

While living in Greenwich village, New York in the early 1970s, Laucke became interested in the French music of Eric Satie, "the world's first hippie".[84] At that time, only simplified arrangements of Three Gymnopédies existed for the guitar, so Laucke set out to transcribe Satie's three works from the piano score. Determined to fit all the notes from the original piano version onto the six strings of the guitar, over the course of three weeks he calculated the number of times open strings would occur per note.

In 1979 Laucke signed with the Waterloo Music Publishing Company, which that year published the sheet music of his transcription of Three Gymnopédies, the first of many transcriptions by Laucke to be published by Waterloo and arguably the only version for guitar to include all the notes from the original piano composition.[85][83] In 1985 the company created "The Michael Laucke Series" of guitar arrangements and transcriptions.

In the introductory notes to his sheet music of Three Gymnopédies, Laucke comments: "The characteristic harmonies of much of the music of Erik Satie belong to the impressionist period and, though originally written for the piano, are extremely well-suited to the natural idiomatic expression of the guitar. This has led me to make these transcriptions which will enrich the repertoire of the guitar while remaining faithful to Satie's intentions."[83]

After giving many concert performances of these works, Laucke recorded them on his CD entitled Flamenco Road which held the number one position on video charts across Canada for six weeks.[44] The liner notes read "My arrangements of 'The (sic) Three Gymnopedies' comprise ALL the notes of the original piano versions: a most complex process since all the piano sounds must fit comfortably, or uncomfortably, onto the six strings of the guitar." He continues to say "the present recording is done as it is in concert, on one classical guitar, without overdubbing. My tempo is a little quicker than when the pieces are played on the piano, due to the shorter resonance time of notes played on the Spanish guitar. Now and then, I use a "vibrato" and slides, which, of course, can't be done on the piano but which add warmth of expression to this undeniably charming, exotic and mystic music." [86]

Original works

Laucke has had 25 original, Canadian atonal works written for him, among them the Flamenco Concierto for guitar and full symphonic orchestra by Michel-Georges Brégent,[87][88][89] Me duele España by François Morel,[90][92] Exploration by Jean Papineau-Couture,[53] and Pour guitare, Claude Vivier's only work for the guitar.[93] Laucke performed all 25 works in major halls, on CBC radio and on his record albums. Twenty-three of them were commissioned by and dedicated to Laucke.

In 1984, critics began to take note of the growth of new Canadian guitar works energized by Laucke. In La Presse, a Canadian newspaper, music critic Claude Gingras found in Laucke "an interpreter who could not be more convincing".[94] Canadian composer Claude Vivier expressed his appreciation to Laucke. In his letters, Vivier states that he had "hardly ever met a musician as committed and dedicated, of such great quality and, above all, of such great completeness and intense capacity for work".[95][96]

Highlights and awards

With Andrés Segovia‍—‌PBS TV at Metropolitan Museum of Art NYC
  • 1976, he performed at Montreal's Olympic Games, transmitted live on CBC TV[22]
  • 1979, Laucke won the Grand Prix du Disque for Best Canadian Recording[97]
  • 1981, Laucke was invited to perform a command performance for His Excellency the Right Honourable Edward Schreyer the Governor General of Canada and his wife, as winner of the Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music[40]
  • March 1982, Laucke's album Jade Eyes, for CBS records, was reviewed by Guitar and Lute magazine (Hawaii) as the best international classical guitar album of the year[41][42]
  • 1982, he was selected by Segovia to perform a 25-minute work by Manuel Ponce which was filmed by the PBS network at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, after which he became Segovia's only Canadian pupil.[7][8]
  • 1985, 8 to 12 February : five days of interviews and career profile, two hours each day, on CBC Radio's Morningside with Peter Gzowski[citation needed]
  • 1986, on the 450th anniversary of Jacques Cartier's first voyage of discovery to Canada, Canadian Heritage requested that Laucke record a commemorative album. Laucke recorded music that Cartier would have heard on his voyage to the new world[98]
  • 1986, several musical publications mention Laucke's contribution to the guitar and its new repertoire. SOCAN, the Canadian copyright organization, stated in The Music Scene magazine, that they considered Laucke to be one of "five of Canada's best-known soloists"[99]
  • 1986, he created an instructional video series which was critically reviewed by Guitar Player magazine[46] and Frets Magazine.[47]
  • May 1988, two years later, Canada's music Critic Emeritus Eric McLean wrote in the Montreal Gazette that Laucke was then recognized as "the person who has done more for the guitar in this country than anyone else"[5]
  • 1991, Laucke gave the World premiere with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra of the Flamenco Concierto, written for Laucke by Michel-Georges Brégent and received as "Brilliant" by reviewers[88]
  • 1992, Laucke performed in a Super IMAX film called Momentum, for the National Film Board of Canada; it was shown in the Canadian pavilion during the Universal Exposition of Seville (Expo '92)‍—‌a world's fair.[43] The most popular pavilions for the visitors were those of Spain and Canada. Co-directed by Colin Low, it is the first film in 48 frames per second IMAX HD
  • In 1994 Laucke became one of the founding directors of the AIDS charity Mac AIDS Fund (MTemplate:BolddotATemplate:BolddotC) established by his friend Frank Angelo, the co-founder of MAC Cosmetics
  • 12 September 2001, Laucke's CD Flamenco Road reached number one on video charts across Canada for five consecutive weeks[44]
  • 2015, Laucke was nominated for the Order of Canada Lifetime Achievement Award, which is his country's second highest civilian honor.

Personal life

With Elton John, working on the fight against HIV/AIDS

Laucke was a director[100] and is presently honorary charter member of the board of directors of the Mac AIDS Fund (M·A·F).[101] According to Laucke, MAF's directors helped coordinate the film Pandemic: Facing AIDS by Rory Kennedy, and MAF became a secondary sponsor while the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation became title sponsor.[102] On World AIDS Day in November 2002, a showing of the film took place at the United Nations.[103] The MAF organization, along with other sponsors of the film, were invited to the United Nations, where they were recognized by the Secretary-General Kofi Annan, for the HIV/AIDS cause.[102]

Present day

After 50 years of concert performances, Laucke continues an active career. Besides numerous concert appearances in North America, he has recently accepted more international tours. A new album called Flamenco Road 2 is in preparation as of September 2015. He is also an entrepreneur and businessman in the music industry.[3][104]

In 2012 Laucke was nominated for the Order of Canada Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2015 Laucke was again nominated for the same award; the results will be announced early in 2016.[104]

Laucke continues performing and recording, albeit at a less hectic pace.

Media

"Asturias" (Leyenda), arranged, transcribed and performed on guitar by Laucke
"Asturias" (Leyenda)
This flamenco rendition uses bass, flute, and several percussion instruments (claves, maracas, special castanets mounted on wood blocks, chimes and a large gong)
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J. S. Bach ~ bourree and double, performed by Laucke
This is a transcription from the original work, "Violin Partita No. 1 in B minor BWV 1002"
Satie's "Gymnopedie No. 1", performed by Laucke
This transcription necessitates intricate fingering to render all the notes of the piano version onto the guitar
FLAMENCO ROAD Video Clip with Laucke
An example of a new flamenco composition using 24 tracks.

Selected works

CD

Title Year Label Notes
Flamenco Road 2001 Justin-Time Records[44] ...number one on video charts across Canada for five consecutive weeks
Michael Laucke & Fiesta Flamenco: Live 1996 DeMuzik Entertainment Group ...recorded live at Place des Arts, Montreal, Canada
Spanish Guitar 1993 METACOM
Momentum – IMAX Film (the music) 1992 NFB Special Edition
(National Film Board of Canada) 		...shown in the Canadian pavilion during the

Universal Exposition of Seville (Expo '92)‍—‌a world's fair. Co-directed

by Colin Low, it is the first film in 48 frames/sec IMAX HD

Spanish Guitar Stories 1991 Intermede Communications[105]
Light Classics 1990 Intermede Communications[106]

LP

Title Year Label Notes
Take A Short Cut 1989 Intermede Communications[105]
Canadian Guitar Music 1987 MLCO Records
Music For Jacques Cartier 1986 RCI (Radio Canada International) Commissioned by the Government of Canada[107]
Canadian Guitar Quartet: Live From Montreal 1985 MLCO Records
Com-Possession 1985 McGill University Records[2] Winner of Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music[108][109]
Divergences 1984 RCI (Radio Canada International)[110][111]
Jade Eyes 1980 CBS /Aquitaine[112] ...best international classical guitar album of the year[42]
Trio 3 1979 RCI (Radio Canada International) Members Sayyd Abdul Al-Khabyyr, Pauline Vaillancourt

and Michael Laucke

Michael Laucke, Guitarist 1977 RCI (Radio Canada International) Grand Prix du Disque,[113] Best Canadian recording
Transcription 1969 RCI (Radio Canada International)

Filmography

Title Year Corporation Producer
Momentum (IMAX film) 1992 NFB (National Film Board of Canada) Mark Zannis
I Won't Dance 1991 LaGauchet Productions and Ciné Films Canada Raymond Gravel
How to Play Solo Classical Guitar 1985 Rogers Educational Video Productions Nick NotarAngelo
Michael Laucke: Guitar recital 1983 CBC Winnipeg, Canada

(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

David Waters
Segovia: Metropolitan museum: a master class 1982 PBS (Public Broadcasting System) and

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York co-production

Nathan Kroll
Form & Fire: Michael Laucke 1981 Concordia University, Montreal Robert Frank
Musique instrumentale: La guitare 1973 Radio-Québec[21] Robert Desrosiers

Atonal works written for Laucke

The following works have been performed by Laucke in Carnegie Hall (performing Jean Papineau-Couture), Wigmore Hall (Michel-Georges Brégent),[87] and National Gallery of Art (Claude Vivier). In Canada, the SMCQ honored Laucke's contribution by featuring him in a two-hour-long concert.[114]

Legend:

Date Composer Musical work Instrumentation Length
03/06/70, RCI 367 François Morel Départ Guitar and chamber orchestra 9'25
08/04/72, RCI 367 François Morel Iikkii Guitar and chamber orchestra 16'30
05/01/76, CBC Claude Vivier[93] Pour Guitare Guitar 5'
Pour Guitare by Claude Vivier
05/01/76, CBC Walter Boudreau Le Cercle gnostique Voice, flute, guitar (TRIO 3) 5'
09/23/80, CBC David Eagle[115] Contrastare no 1 Bass, flute, guitar 10'
10/26/81, CBC Alan Crossman[116] La Fille du Pecheur Voice, guitar 15'
03/05/81, CBC Bruno Deschênes[117] Calme en soi Guitar 8'
02/25/82, RCI 457 François Morel Me duele españa[118] Guitar 21'
Me Duele Espana by Francois Morel
02/25/82, CBC Claude Lassonde[119]
  • Quatre études
  • Anachorétisme
  • Quatre mouvements
  • Image et Sonoritéé
  • Silène pur Satyre
  • La Règne
  • Guitar
  • Guitar
  • Guitar
  • Two guitars
  • Flute, guitar
  • Voice, flute, guitar (TRIO 3)
 4'
14'
8'30
4'20
5'20
15'30
04/16/82, CBC & MUR 09/28/83 John Rea (composer) Com-possession[120] Guitar, string quartet 15'
04/28/83, CBC John Burke ...ascends at full moon Guitar, clarinet 15'
11/08/83, CBC Jean Papineau-Couture Exploration[53] Guitar 12'
01/14/83, CBC Michel Gonneville Le Sommeil, le Regard, le Choix Guitar 21'
03/18/83, RCI 497 Wolfgang Bottenberg[121] Three Amerindian Songs, Prelude Voice, flute, guitar (TRIO 3) 7'30
03/18/83, RCI 497 Michel-Georges Brégent[87] Sapho Voice, flute, guitar (TRIO 3) Violin and guitar 15'9'
1983, RCI 583 François Morel Divergences Guitar, violin 8'30
1983, RCI 583 Denis Dion[122] Pas de deux Guitar, violin 4'30
1983, RCI 583 Leon Zukert[123] Cobwebs in my Spanish castle Guitar 7'
09/25/86, CBC Donald Steven Chamber Concierto for guitar Guitar, 15 instruments 20'
1991, CBC Michel-Georges Brégent[87] Concierto Flamenco[88] Guitar, orchestra (Montreal Symphony Orchestra) 20'

See also

References

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  5. ^ a b McLean, Eric (21 May 1988). "Guitarist Laucke bids temporary farewell to Montreal". Montreal Gazette. Both the Canada Council and the Quebec Ministry of Cultural Affairs are giving him full recognition as the person who has done more for the guitar in this country than anyone else {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
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  9. ^ a b Tremblay, Régis (20 October 1990). "Au GTQ (Grand Théâtre du Québec): un fiesta flamenco avec Michael Laucke" [At the GTQ (Grand Théâtre du Québec) : a flamenco fiesta with Michael Laucke]. . M. Laucke joue le flamenco depuis qu'il est enfant, "mais je n'avais jamais osé le jouer en public. C'était quelque chose pour moi seul. Il y a une rencontre qui a changé ma vie: on m'a demandé si je pouvais accueillir un guitariste du nom de Paco de Lucia que je ne connaissais pas à l'époque. On a donné des concerts ensemble et je l'ai hébergé (Laucke declared "This meeting changed my life. We lived together in New York, and he taught me flamenco works which were not written anywhere and to which no other guitarist had access." Laucke taught de Lucía music by Bach and Villa-lobos and de Lucía in return showed Laucke some of the secrets of his art of flamenco, an oral tradition handed down through generations, "their secrets and knowledge jealously guarded". "So for me to be taught all these techniques by a guitarist of Paco's caliber was an incredible stroke of luck", Laucke says. (English translation))
  10. ^ a b c d e Olivier, Dominique (24 May 1990). "Good Laucke". Voir magazine. Faire de la musique et vivre aux côtés d'un tel être à donner à Laucke une tout autre vision de cette musique qui lui sembla auparavant trop facile pour quelqu'un qui avait suivi la formation classique. Cette cohabitation donna lieu à des échanges culturels privilégiés dont Laucke porte en lui le trésor et l'exclusivité. C'est cette année seulement qu'il a réussi à endisquer les pièces qui lui a transmises de Lucia, un disque qui sortait d'ailleurs le 18 mai dernier. Le style de Lucia, bien sûr, lui est personnel, comme tout flamenco appartient à son créateur, mais il subsiste dans l'interprétation de Laucke l'esprit que le compositeur a su lui insuffler. Cette musique qui vient de l'humain et qui est faite pour et par l'interprète, se préoccupe de comment la main est construite, ce qui permet au guitariste classique de passer, bien que péniblement, d'une technique à l'autre. "Pour un guitariste c'est tout ce qu'il y a de plus enrichissant parce que c'est une musique faite pour la guitare. ("Making music and living alongside such a being led Laucke to have a different view of this music...(English translation))
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    (English translation)
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  122. ^ Nancy McGregor (7 February 2006). "León Zuckert". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  123. ^ Photo By Renowned Photographer Sam Tata
  124. ^ Michael Laucke – Wigmore Hall London England – Sam Tata Photo

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