Peter-Lukas Graf
Swiss flautist (1929–2025)
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::summary Swiss flautist (1929–2025) ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Zürich, Switzerland |
| death_date | |
| death_place | Binningen, Switzerland |
| background | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
| image | Peter-Lukas Graf (1970) by Erling Mandelmann.jpg |
| caption | Graf in 1970 |
| occupation | Soloist, conductor, teacher |
| instrument | Flute |
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|birth_date = |birth_place = Zürich, Switzerland |death_date = |death_place = Binningen, Switzerland |background = non_vocal_instrumentalist |image = Peter-Lukas Graf (1970) by Erling Mandelmann.jpg |caption = Graf in 1970 |occupation = Soloist, conductor, teacher |instrument = Flute
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. He was a pupil of André Jaunet, and later attended the Paris Conservatoire, where he won first prize with Marcel Moyse and Roger Cortet. 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. 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. In 2005 Graf received an honorary doctorate from the Academy of Music in Kraków.
The asteroid (5856) Peluk was named after him.
Graf died on 31 December 2025, five days before his 97th birthday.
Discography
Graf made many recordings in his career.
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).
- Heiner Reitz (Vol.II) 12 Caprices (Telos Music TLS 026).
- Peter Mieg, Les plaisirs de Rued (Claves P 610).
Flute and orchestra
- Luigi Boccherini, Cimarosa, Gluck (Jecklin 506-2).
- Devienne, Jacques Ibert, (Claves 50-501).
- Krommer (Grand Prix International du Disque) (Claves 50-8203).
- Mozart (Claves 50-8505).
- Mozart: Concert for flute and harp (Claves 50-0208).
- Quantz, Stamitz, Stalder (Claves 50-808-9).
- Pergolesi, Piccinni, Mercadante (Claves 50-9103).
- Vivaldi (Claves 50-8807).
- Reinecke, Reissiger: Romantic flute concertos (Claves 50-2108).
- Krommer: Sinfonia concertante for flute, clarinet and violin (Tudor 757).
Flute and harpsichord
- Johann Sebastian Bach (Claves 50-0401).
- Johann Sebastian Bach (Jecklin 4400/1-2).
- Handel (Claves 50-0238).
Flute and piano
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Las cinco sonatas auténticas. (Claves 50-2511).
- Schubert, Widor, Martinu, Poulenc: Clásicos para flauta Vol. 1. (Claves 50-9306).
- Reinecke, Milhaud, Hindemith, Frank Martin, Prokofiev: Clásicos para flauta, Vol. 2. (Claves 50-9307).
- Chaminade, Hüe, Gaubert: Joueurs de flûte (Claves 50-0704).
- Joplin (Ragtimes) (Claves 50-8715).
- Kuhlau: Sonatas (Claves 50-8705).
- Czerny, Kuhlau: Virtuoso flute (Jecklin 577-)
Flute and guitar
- Bach, Schubert, Mozart: Transcriptions (Claves 50-9705).
- Bach, Chopin, Ibert, Mozart, Ravel, Villa-Lobos: Miniatures (Claves 50-2013).
- Carulli: 6 Serenades (Claves 50-8304).
- Giuliani, Carulli, Ibert, Ravel, Willy Burkhard (Claves 50-0408).
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
References
- "Peter-Lukas Graf".
- J. Galway & L. Bridges ''The Man with the Golden Flute: Sir James, a Celtic Minstrel'' p. 113
- "Doctorates honoris causa – Cracow Music Academy".
- "New Names of Minor Planets".
- Eva Oertle: [https://www.srf.ch/kultur/musik/internationale-koryphaee-beruehmter-schweizer-floetist-peter-lukas-graf-gestorben "Berühmter Schweizer Flötist Peter-Lukas Graf gestorben"]. ''srf.ch'', 5 January 2026 (in German). Retrieved 5 January 2026.
- (4 January 2026). "Peter-Lukas Graf (1929–2026), major figure in 20th-century flute playing, dies". moto-perpetuo.
- "Peter-Lukas Graf".
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