Peter-Lukas Graf

Peter-Lukas Graf
Graf in 1970
Background information
Born(1929-01-05)5 January 1929
Zürich, Switzerland
Died31 December 2025(2025-12-31) (aged 96)
Binningen, Switzerland
OccupationsSoloist, conductor, teacher
InstrumentFlute

Peter-Lukas Graf (5 January 1929 – 31 December 2025) was a Swiss flautist.

Life and career

Graf was born in Zürich, Switzerland on 5 January 1929.[1] He was a pupil of André Jaunet, and later attended the Paris Conservatoire, where he won first prize with Marcel Moyse and Roger Cortet.[1] Besides playing the flute both in orchestras and as a soloist, he was a conductor, and spent several years exclusively as an orchestra and opera conductor.[1] He was also a teacher, and taught at the Basel Music Academy since 1973 and at the Music Academy Accademia Lorenzo Perosi in Biella. Graf played at James Galway's wedding in May 1972.[2] In 2005 Graf received an honorary doctorate from the Academy of Music in Kraków.[3]

The asteroid (5856) Peluk was named after him.[4]

Graf died on 31 December 2025, five days before his 97th birthday.[5][6]

Discography

Graf made many recordings in his career.[7]

Solo flute

  • Works for Solo Flute by Johann Sebastian Bach, Marin Marais, C. P. E. Bach, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Willy Burkhard, Edgard Varèse, Luciano Berio, and Kazuo Fukushima. (Claves 50-8005).OCLC 1150011210
  • Heiner Reitz (Vol.II) 12 Caprices (Telos Music TLS 026). OCLC 1183638834
  • Peter Mieg, Les plaisirs de Rued (Claves P 610). OCLC 716988565

Flute and orchestra

Flute and harpsichord

Flute and piano

Flute and guitar

Flute and harp

  • Rossini, Donizetti, Louis Spohr, Paganini, Fauré, Lauber: Duos (Claves 50-0708).
  • Debussy, Sonata No. 2. Ravel, Introducción y Allegro: French Masterpieces. (Claves 50-0280).
  • Peter Mieg, Morceau élégant (Claves P 610 y Jecklin Edition JS 314-2))

Chamber music

  • F.Bach, Briccialdi: 2 flutes J.S.Bach, Kuhlau, Doppler: Trios 2 fl/piano (Claves 50-2006).
  • Beethoven: Triosonata, Serenade in D major (flute, violin and viola) (Claves 50-8403).
  • Reger: 2 Serenades (flute, violin and viola) (Claves 50-8104).
  • Krommer: 3 flute quartets op. 17/92/93 (Claves 50-8708)
  • Peter Mieg: Quintuor (flute, 2 violins, cello and harpsichord) (Claves P 610)
  • Mozart: 4 quartets Carmina Quartet (Claves 50-9014).
  • Mozart: 4 quartets (Ex Libris CD-6087).
  • Rossini: 4 quartets (Nr. 1, 2, 4, 6). (Claves 50-8608).
  • Bach: The Musical Offering (Claves 50-0198).
  • Bach, Haendel, Rameau, Scarlatti, Martin, Ravel and Albert Roussel: Song Recital (K. Graf, soprano) (Claves 50-0604).
  • Bach, Haendel, Quantez, Couperin, Vivaldi and Lotti: Baroque chamber music for flute, oboe and harpsichord, P.L. Graf, Goritzki and Dähler. (Claves 50-0404).

References

  1. ^ a b c "Peter-Lukas Graf". www.schott-music.com (in German). Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  2. ^ J. Galway & L. Bridges The Man with the Golden Flute: Sir James, a Celtic Minstrel p. 113
  3. ^ "Doctorates honoris causa – Cracow Music Academy". Archived from the original on 25 March 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
  4. ^ "New Names of Minor Planets" (PDF). Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  5. ^ Eva Oertle: "Berühmter Schweizer Flötist Peter-Lukas Graf gestorben". srf.ch, 5 January 2026 (in German). Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  6. ^ "Peter-Lukas Graf (1929–2026), major figure in 20th-century flute playing, dies". moto-perpetuo. 4 January 2026. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  7. ^ "Peter-Lukas Graf". www.peterlukasgraf.ch.

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