Michael Laucke (29 January 1947 – 2 December 2021) is a Canadian classical, new flamenco, and flamenco guitarist, and a music industry entrepreneur. This page is dedicated to CDs, films and atonal works written for, dedicated to and recorded by Laucke.

Laucke has broadened the repertoire of the guitar with over 100transcriptions and twenty-five Canadian composers have written atonal works for him, including a flamenco concierto for guitar with full symphonic orchestra. He has recorded sixteen albums and appeared in six films. His albums have won the Grand Prix du Disque for Best Canadian Recording, the Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music and his album Jade Eyes, for CBS records, was reviewed by Guitar and Lute magazine (Hawaii) as the best international classical guitar album of the year. He also created an instructional video series.

Laucke performed in the first IMAX HD film in 48 frames per second, a Super IMAX film called Momentum, produced by the National Film Board of Canada and co-directed by Colin Low. Its premiere took place in the Canadian pavilion during the Universal Exposition of Seville (Expo '92)a world's fair. Laucke's CD Flamenco Road reached number one on video charts across Canada for five consecutive weeks. SOCAN's The Music Scene magazine considered Laucke to be one of "five of Canada's best-known soloists". Music critic emeritus, historian, and musician Eric McLean of the Montreal Gazette avowed, "Laucke is the person who has done more for the guitar in this country than anyone else." After 50 years of concert performances, Laucke continues an active career. In 2015, Laucke was nominated for the Order of CanadaLifetime Achievement Award, which is his country's second-highest civilian honour.

Discography and filmography

CD TitleYearLabelNotes Flamenco Road 2001 Justin-Time Records...number one on video charts across Canada for five consecutive weeks Michael Laucke & Fiesta Flamenco: Live 1996 DeMuzik Entertainment Group...recorded live at Place des Arts, Montreal, Canada Spanish Guitar 1993 METACOM MomentumIMAX Film (the music) 1992 NFB Special Edition(National Film Board of Canada)...shown in the Canadian pavilion during the Universal Exposition of Seville (Expo '92)a world's fair. Co-directed by Colin Low, it is the first film in 48 frames/sec IMAX HD Spanish Guitar Stories 1991 Intermede Communications Light Classics 1990 Intermede Communications

LP TitleYearLabelNotes Take A Short Cut 1989 Intermede Communications Canadian Guitar Music 1987 MLCO Records Music For Jacques Cartier 1986 RCI (Radio Canada International) Commissioned by the Government of Canada Canadian Guitar Quartet: Live From Montreal 1985 MLCO Records Com-Possession 1985 McGill University Records Winner of Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music Divergences 1984 RCI 583 (Radio Canada International) Jade Eyes 1980 CBS /Aquitaine...best international classical guitar album of the year Michael Laucke, Guitarist 1979 RCI 457 (Radio Canada International) Grand Prix du Disque, Best Canadian recording Trio 3 1979 RCI 497 (Radio Canada International)Members Sayyd Abdul Al-Khabyyr, Pauline Vaillancourt and Michael Laucke Transcription 1969 RCI 367 (Radio Canada International)includes Départ and Iikkii by François Morel for Guitar and chamber orchestra

Filmography TitleYearCorporationProducer Momentum (IMAX film) 1992 NFB (National Film Board of Canada) Mark Zannis I Won't Dance 1991 LaGauchet Productions and Ciné Films Canada Raymond Gravel How to Play Solo Classical Guitar 1985 Rogers Educational Video Productions Nick NotarAngelo Michael Laucke: Guitar recital 1983 CBC Winnipeg, Canada (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) David Waters Segovia: Metropolitan museum: a master class 1982 PBS (Public Broadcasting System) and Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York co-production Nathan Kroll Form & Fire: Michael Laucke 1981 Concordia University, Montreal Robert Frank Musique instrumentale: La guitare 1973 Radio-Québec Robert Desrosiers

Atonal works written for Laucke

The following works have been performed by Laucke in Carnegie Hall (performing Jean Papineau-Couture), Wigmore Hall (Michel-Georges Brégent), and National Gallery of Art (Michel Gonneville). In Canada, the SMCQ honoured Laucke's contribution by featuring him in a two-hour-long concert.

Legend: RCI means Radio Canada International label MUR means McGill University label CBC means CBC recording in studio or in concert Date means date of record or CBC recording.

Date Composer Musical work Instrumentation Length 03/06/70, RCI 367 François Morel Départ Guitar and chamber orchestra 9'25 08/04/72, RCI 367 François Morel Iikkii Guitar and chamber orchestra 16'30 05/01/76, CBC Claude Vivier Pour Guitare Guitar 5' 05/01/76, CBC Walter Boudreau Le Cercle gnostique Voice, flute, guitar (TRIO 3) 5' 02/25/79, RCI 457 François Morel Me duele españa Guitar 21' 09/23/80, CBC David Eagle Contrastare no 1 Bass, flute, guitar 10' 10/26/81, CBC Alan Crossman La Fille du Pecheur Voice, guitar 15' 03/05/81, CBC Bruno Deschênes Calme en soi Guitar 8' 02/25/82, CBC Claude Lassonde Quatre études Anachorétisme Quatre mouvements Image et Sonoritéé Silène pur Satyre La Règne Guitar Guitar Guitar Two guitars Flute, guitar Voice, flute, guitar (TRIO 3)4'14'8'304'205'2015'30 04/16/82, CBC & MUR 09/28/83 John Rea (composer) Com-possession Guitar, string quartet 15' 04/28/83, CBC John Burke ...ascends at full moon Guitar, clarinet 15' 11/08/83, CBC Jean Papineau-Couture Exploration Guitar 12' 01/14/83, CBC Michel Gonneville Le Sommeil, le Regard, le Choix Guitar 21' 03/18/83, RCI 497 Wolfgang Bottenberg Three Amerindian Songs, Prelude Voice, flute, guitar (TRIO 3) 7'30 03/18/83, RCI 497 Michel-Georges Brégent Sapho Voice, flute, guitar (TRIO 3) Violin and guitar 15'9' 1983, RCI 583 François Morel Divergences Guitar, violin 8'30 1983, RCI 583 Denis Dion Pas de deux Guitar, violin 4'30 1983, RCI 583 Leon Zukert Cobwebs in my Spanish castle Guitar 7' 09/25/86, CBC Donald Steven Chamber Concierto for guitar Guitar, 15 instruments 20' 1991, CBC Michel-Georges Brégent Concierto Flamenco Guitar, orchestra (Montreal Symphony Orchestra) 20'

See also

List of classical guitarists List of flamenco guitarists

References

External links

(in English and French versions) Intermede Music YouTube Chanel