PERSON LOSEKANN - THE BRAZILIAN PIANO TUNER | PIANO RENTALS

Porto Alegre | BRAZIL

PERSON LOSEKANN, 51 YEARS OLD, HAS BEEN PROVIDING PIANO TUNING, VOICING, REGULATING, REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHERN OF BRAZIL SINCE 1985. 

IN 1984, MR. LOSEKANN WAS STUDYING CIVIL ENGINEERING AT THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY WHEN HAS DECIDED TO TAKE A BREAK AND FLY TO EUROPE TO LEARN THE ART OF BUILDING UP AND RESTORING PIANOS. MR. LOSEKANN HAS STUDIED AND WORKED AT FEURICH, HOFFMANN AND EUTERPE PIANO MAKERS IN GERMANY AND HAS FINALLY GRADUATED AS TECHNICIAN OF PIANOS.

WHEN RETURNING TO SOUTH AMERICA, HE HAS WORKED AS CONSULTANT TECHNICIAN AT THE ARGENTINEAN PIANO MAKER LA PRIMERA. MR. LOSEKANN IS THE BRAZILIAN PIANO TECHNICIAN REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BUND DEUTSCHERKLAVIERBAUER AND HAS JOINED INTO MANY SIGNIFICANT EVENTS LIKE WORKSHOPS WITH DR. KLAUS FENNER AND DR. OTTO FUNKE, QUALIFIED EUROPEAN PIANO AUTHORITIES, AS WELL AS THE INTERNATIONAL MACHINE AND EQUIPMENT TRADES, LOOKING TO GET UPDATED CONCERNING THE MODERN AND NEW TECHNIQUES OF BUILDING AND RESTORING PIANOS.

IN 1993, MR. LOSEKANN WAS INVITED BY THE PIANO MAKER STEINWAY & SONS TO PARTICIPATE INTO A SPECIALIZATION COURSE IN NEW YORK. 

MR. LOSEKANN HAS BEEN WORKING AS PIANO TUNER FOR NEARLY 31 YEARS, HE HAS COUNTED MORE THAN 31.000 PRIVATE PIANO TUNING BRAZIL WIDE, HE HAS BEEN OFTEN REQUIRED FOR TUNING AND PREPARING PIANOS FOR CDS AND DVDS’ RECORDING, HAVING ACQUIRED A FINE TECHNIQUE IN DEVELOPING THE MOST BRILLIANT SOUNDS, AS WELL AS UNATTAINABLE TONE QUALITY.

IN PORTO ALEGRE, MR. LOSEKANN ORGANIZES WORKSHOPS FOR MUSIC SCHOOLS’S STUDENTS THROUGH THE PIANO STUDIO AT HIS STORE, WHERE PIANO RESTORATIONS ARE PERFORMED, THE HISTORY AND TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT OF PIANOS THROUGH THE YEARS ARE DISCUSSED AND THE CARE THE PIANO OWNERS SHOULD TAKE TO KEEP THEIR INSTRUMENTS.

MR. LOSEKANN HAS BEEN PROVIDING SERVICES FOR ARTISTS LIKE JAMIE CULLUM, LENNY KRAVITZ, JERRY LEE LEWIS, ALICE COOPER, ALAN PARSONS, GUNS N’ ROSES, JON ANDERSON, STEVIE WONDER, NORAH JONES, JAMES BLUNT, GEORGE BENSON, CHARLES AZNAVOUR, ANNE CARRÈRE, RAY CONIFF, RICHARD CLAYDERMAN, DIONNE WARWICK, FITO PAÉZ, LAUREN HYLL, DIANA KRALL, MARIA RITA, BOBBY MCFERRIN, DULCE PONTES, EGBERTO GISMONTI, ROBERTO CARLOS, CHICO BUARQUE DE HOLANDA, GONZALO RUBUCALBA, MANFREDO FEST, IVAN LINS, HERBIE HANCOCK, CHICK COREA, JOHN PIZZARELLI, JOSÉ MIGUEL WISNIK, ENRIQUE CHIA, MADELEINE PEYROUX, MERCEDES SOSA, DIANE SCHURR, BIANCA GISMONTI, HERMETO PASCHOAL, BIBI FERREIRA, CÉSAR CAMARGO MARIANO, FÁBIO TORRES, MARIA BETHÂNIA, WAGNER TISO, BENJAMIN TAUBKIN, JOHN SURMAN, GERALDO FLACH,  ANDRÉ MEHMARI, LUCINHA LINS, TRIO CORRENTE, MARLUI MIRANDA, PAQUITO D'RIVERA, NICO NICOLAEWSKI, NELSON AYRES, ARTHUR DE FARIA, TIAGO COSTA, EDU LOBO, LUCIANO LEÃES, NENHUM DE NÓS, ENGENHEIROS DO HAWAI, ALEMÃO RONALDO, JOÃO DONATO, MICHEL DORFMAN, NEI LISBOA, DELICATESSEN, VÍTOR RAMIL, ARNALDO COHEN, NELSON FREIRE, CHUN WANG, MICHEL LEGRAND, GILSON PERANZZETTA, CLARA SVERNER, ALEXANDRE DOSSIN, ARTHUR MOREIRA LIMA, NEY FIALKOW, DIRCE KNIJNIK, PAULO DORFMAN, JEAN LOUIS STEUERMANN, OLINDA ALESSANDRINI, JOÃO CARLOS MARTINS, CRISTINA CAPARELLI GERLING, CATARINA DOMENICI,   MIGUEL PROENÇA, ANDRÉ LOSS, CELSO LOUREIRO CHAVES, DIMITRI CERVO AND MANY OTHERS WHEN PERFOMING IN PORTO ALEGRE.

MR. LOSEKANN IS THE OFFICIAL PIANO TUNER FOR CONCERT PIANOS OF THEATRO SÃO PEDRO, ORQUESTRA SINFÔNICA DE PORTO ALEGRE, SALÃO DE ATOS DA UFRGS, STUDIO CLIO, GOETHE INSTITUTE, CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO LA SALLE, FUNDAÇÃO SCHEFFEL, RÁDIO DA UNIVERSIDADE, INSTITUTO DE ARTES/PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO UFRGS, FUNDARTE, UCS TEATRO, UNIVERSIDADES DE CAXIAS DO SUL, SANTA MARIA, CASA DA MÚSICA, CAFÉ FON-FON, ESTAÇÃO MUSICAL, PINACOTECA AND BIBLIOTECA PÚBLICA DO RGS.

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