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Manfred Leuchter

Musical Education: Autodidact

Duo: Manfred Leuchter (Akkordeon); Ian Melrose (fingerstyle Gitarre, whistles)

Trio: Manfred Leuchter (Akkordeon); Afra Mussawisade (Percussion); Florian Zenker (Gitarre)

Quartet: Manfred Leuchter (Akkordeon); Steffen Thormählen (Schlagzeug, Percussion); Antoine Pütz (E-Bass, Gembri); Sebastian Pottmeier (Bass-, Alt-, Sopransaxophon)

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”Leuchter has developed a style that is truly his own. In 2000, ‘Sparito’, the debut album of the accordion player "who has already produced and arranged a great number of songs and albums for various other artists" caught the attention of the musical industry. With the whole world seemingly blowing through his cunning cascades of sound, Leuchter daringly confronts us with adventurous collages and burlesques, building up suspense, laying out soft carpets of sound. Being a perfectionist himself, Manfred Leuchter has gathered a group of outstanding musicians around him. Leuchter, the globetrotter who is yet very much on the lookout for a place like home, is fascinated by Marrakesh, he is in love with the Arabian nights and days flickering in the heat. He is in love with the teller of fairytales and the snake charmer. With increasing craftsmanship, Leuchter has learned to weave the magic of that land into the ever changing ornaments of his music; therefore it is only consistent that the title of his new album is ”Arabesque”. The images have become even richer; they are powerful and sensitive, joyous and sad, they are tender, yet they have a strong grip. Leuchter is simply playing his music according to the way he sees the world: in a free spirit, but with a strong sense of consequential discipline; his tone is humorous, but he is very serious about it. His accordion sings, it talks, and it sighs. And as Leuchter is well acquainted with all kinds of music, from Jazz and Bebop all the way down to French Coffee House Music, and because he doesn’t have a problem with adding endlessly meandering Arabic melodies to classical themes, his music is always inspiring, constantly reinventing itself." (Sabine Rother, Aachener Zeitung, Germany)

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