Manfred Leuchter

Manfred Johannes Leuchter (born 15 June 1960 in Würselen, Germany) is a German accordionist, composer, pianist and producer of various musical genres. His stylistic influences include rock and pop, jazz and ballads, as well as African and Middle Eastern music.

Manfred Leuchter
Background information
BornWürselen, Germany
GenresJazz, World music
Occupation(s)Musician, arranger, music producer
Instrument(s)Accordion
Years active1999–present
LabelsAcoustic Music (rough trade)
Websitewww.sparito.de

In the early 2000s, and invited by the German Goethe-Institut, Leuchter toured with his jazz band in India,[1] Romania, Morocco, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Palestine and Lebanon. Following encounters with local musicians, he performed and recorded with the Hewar jazz fusion band from Syria[2] or with oud player Driss el Maloumi in Morocco. Leuchter lives and works in Aachen, Germany, and also lived for extended stays in Marrakesh, Morocco.

In addition, Leuchter works as a producer for various artists, such as German singer-songwriter Reinhard Mey, for whom he has produced various albums and played in live concerts.[3] Further, he is also a sound engineer as well as composer of music for theatre productions.

Lineup
  • Duo: Manfred Leuchter (accordion); Ian Melrose (fingerstyle guitar, whistles)[4]
  • Trio: Manfred Leuchter (accordion); Afra Mussawisade (percussion); Florian Zenker (guitar)
  • Quartet: Manfred Leuchter (accordion); Steffen Thormählen (drums, percussion); Antoine Pütz (electric bass, guembri); Sebastian Pottmeier or Heribert Leuchter (bass, alto, soprano saxophone)

Discography
  • Manfred Leuchter on discogs
  • Theaterkompositionen (1999)
  • Sparito (2000)
  • Arabesque (2001)
  • Nomade, with Heribert Leuchter (2003)
  • Pas de Trois, Trio with Afra Mussawisade and Karim Othman-Hassan (2004)
  • Space (2004)
  • Zina (2006)
  • Nine days of Solitude, The Damascus Session with Hewar and Lena Chamamyan (2007)[5]
  • Vis à Vis(2008)
  • Kein schöner Land (2011)
  • Carpe Momentum (2012)

References
  1. Aachener Zeitung (10 April 2003). "Aachen: Manfred Leuchter auf Indien-Tournee". Aachener Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  2. Leuchter, Manfred. "La'oueen, ya Dimashq (Where to, Damascus?)". YouTube. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  3. Rother, Sabine (6 May 2016). "New album by Reinhard Mey: Manfred Leuchter is producing him again". Aachener Zeitung (in German).
  4. Hitzemann, Thomas (18 March 2018). "Manfred Leuchter and Ian Melrose in the Lutherhaus". Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung (in German).
  5. Brinkmann, Katja (2011). Syria: between Damascus, Palmyra, Aleppo and the Euphrates (in German). Trescher Verlag. p. 90. ISBN 978-3897941847.
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