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Rudi Wilfer was born in 1936 in Salzburg, Austria. His first engagement was with the Uzzi Foerster Band. His career began with the Fatty George Band (Wilfer followed Joe Zawinul on piano) during the swinging sixties in Vienna. The Rudi Wilfer Trio made its debut at the end of the sixties (with constant productions for the public Austrian Broadcasting Company). Always searching for a new experience, Rudi Wilfer worked with the Charly Antolini Band "Jazz Power", with Max Greger Jr., Friedrich Gulda, Carl Drewo, Bud Freeman, Eddie "Lockjaw Davies, Lee Harper, Karl Ratzer Aladar Pege, Rudi Staeger, Fatty George, Erich Kleinschuster Sextett, Karl Ratzer, Joe Zawinul and many others. Rudi Wilfer is a professor for piano and compositon at the conservatory in Vienna, Austria. His "St. Michaeler Messe" was performed at the 1st Salzburger Jazz-Herbst 1996 in the Salzburg Cathedral. In 2001, during his 65th birthday, Rudi Wilfer wrote his "Lungauer Blues Messe", which had its premiere at the same place, also during the Salzburger Jazz-Herbst. In 2008 Wilfer got honored with the "Österreichische Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst". His new "Requiem for Joe Zawinul" was performed at the Salzburger Jazz-Herbst 2009 in Salzburg, Austria.