Gaston "Gast" Waltzing (born 1956) is a Luxembourgish trumpeter and composer. He has created several jazz bands, including Largo and the Luxembourg National Jazz Orchestra, and has even composed music for films and television programs as well as operas combining classical music with jazz and rock. He goes by the nickname of piu.
. Retrieved 3 January 2011.

Biography

Gast Waltzing was born in the city of

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on 13 August 1956. He began his music studies at the

Conservatoire de Luxembourg The Conservatoire de Luxembourg is a music school in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. The conservatoire was founded in 1906, and teaches dance, music and drama to approximately 3,800 students. It is housed in a purpose-built building op ...

when he was just 7 years old. He continued his classical training at the Brussels Royal Conservatoire, completing his studies at the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), or the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (; CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue Jean Ja ...

.Maggie Parke, "Gast Waltzing"
''Internet Movie Database''. Retrieved 3 January 2011. In 1982, he became professor of trumpet at the Luxembourg Conservatoire and in 1986 founded the school's Jazz Department, which he heads. He has recorded numerous albums covering classical, jazz and dance, with groups such as "Atmosphere", "Life's Circle" "Largo", all of which he created himself. As a composer, he has recorded music for the Luxembourg film ''A Wop Bop A Lop Bop'' (1989), as well as for television. The TV film '' The Way to Dusty Death'' provided an opportunity for him to compose his first orchestral movie score. Since then, he has continued to write for orchestra and has worked closely with the

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, for which he has conducted the "Pops At The Phil" programmes featuring singers such as

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and James Morrison. All in all, he has written over 150 scores for television and movies. Waltzing represented

in the

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as part of the group

Park Café Luxembourg was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 with the song "", written by Maggie Parke, Gast Waltzing, Yves Lacomblez, and Bernard Loncheval, and performed by the band Park Café. The Luxembourgish participating broadcaster, th ...

with the song Monsieur, placing 20th with eight points. In 2004, he founded WPR Records, which sets out to promote young musicians and has featured the Luxembourg National Jazz Orchestra."WPR Records"
, ''Waltzingparke.com''. Retrieved 3 January 2011. In 2008, Waltzing was appointed jazz director at the Echternach International Music Festival.

Awards

*1989: Nomination for Best Composer, European Film Awards for ''A Wopbobaloobop a Lopbamboom'' *1997: Deutscher Filmpreis (Musik) *2005: Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis for "George and the Dragon" *2016: (together with

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and the

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Grammy Award The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as The Grammys, are awards presented by The Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in music. They are regarded by many as the most prestigious ...

for the best World Music Album (''Sings''; 2015) ''Grammy für Angélique Kidjo mit dem OPL''
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Film and TV music

Movies

Film music (selection)

* ' (1989) by

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* ' (1993) by Andy Bausch * ' (1994) by Hans-Christoph Blumenberg * ''

Back in Trouble ''Back in Trouble'' is a 1997 Luxembourgish comedy film directed by Andy Bausch. The film was selected as the Luxembourgish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 70th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick L ...

'' (1997) by Andy Bausch * ''Une nuit de cafard'' (1999) by Jacques Donjean (short) * '' New World Disorder'' (1999) by Richard Spence * '' Tödliche Formel'' (2001) by Tom Kinninmont * '' The Point Men'' (2001) by

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* ''Os Imortais'' (2003) by

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* ''George and the Dragon'' (2004) by Tom Reeve * '' Psyclist'' (2006) by Mike Tereba

TV series and films

* ' (1991) by

* ''

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– Tanz auf dem Seil'' (1993) by Andy Bausch * ''

– Keine Chance zu gewinnen'' (1994) by Andy Bausch * '' The Way to Dusty Death'' (1995) by

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* ''

Zwei Brüder (''Two Brothers'') is a German detective television series based on an idea by Felix Huby, who also wrote several screenplays. Eleven directors produced 17 episodes of 85-90 minute length for ZDF between 1994 and 2000. The music for the series ...

– Nervenkrieg'' (1997) by Hans-Christoph Blumenberg * '' Küstenwache'' (born 1997) by Marco Serafini * ''Der Schnapper: Blumen für den Mörder'' (1998) by

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* ''

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– Discokiller'' (1998) by Marco Serafini * ''

– Kurschatten'' (2001) by Marco Serafini * ''

– Doktorspiele'' (2003) by Marco Serafini * ''Utta Danella – Eine Liebe in Venedig'' (2005) by Marco Serafini * ''

– Die Tote aus der Saale'' (2005) by Marco Serafini

References

External links

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