Peter-Lukas Graf (5 January 1929 – 31 December 2025) was a Swiss flutist.
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Life and career
Graf was born in Zürich, Switzerland on 5 January 1929. He was a pupil of André Jaunet, and later attended the Paris Conservatoire, where he won first prize with Marcel Moyse and Roger Cortet. Besides playing the flute both in orchestras and as a soloist, he was a conductor, and spent several years exclusively as an orchestra and opera conductor. He was also a teacher, and taught at the Basel Music Academy since 1973 and at the Music Academy Accademia Lorenzo Perosi in Biella. Graf played at James Galway's wedding in May 1972. In 2005 Graf received an honorary doctorate from the Academy of Music in Kraków.
The asteroid (5856) Peluk was named after him.
Graf died on 31 December 2025, five days before his 97th birthday.
Discography
Graf made many recordings in his career.
Solo flute
Works for Solo Flute by Johann Sebastian Bach, Marin Marais, C. P. E. Bach, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Willy Burkhard, Edgard Varèse, Luciano Berio, and Kazuo Fukushima. (Claves 50-8005).OCLC 1150011210
Heiner Reitz (Vol.II) 12 Caprices (Telos Music TLS 026). OCLC 1183638834
Peter Mieg, Les plaisirs de Rued (Claves P 610). OCLC 716988565
Flute and orchestra
Luigi Boccherini, Cimarosa, Gluck (Jecklin 506-2). OCLC 1408580942
Devienne, Jacques Ibert, (Claves 50-501). OCLC 219354133
Krommer (Grand Prix International du Disque) (Claves 50-8203). OCLC 1145544959
Mozart (Claves 50-8505). OCLC 1145623020
Mozart: Concert for flute and harp (Claves 50-0208). OCLC 913855352
Quantz, Stamitz, Stalder (Claves 50-808-9). OCLC 1145606585
Pergolesi, Piccinni, Mercadante (Claves 50-9103). OCLC 957971397
Vivaldi (Claves 50-8807). OCLC 1145548794
Reinecke, Reissiger: Romantic flute concertos (Claves 50-2108). OCLC 913855914
Krommer: Sinfonia concertante for flute, clarinet and violin (Tudor 757). OCLC 638395433
Flute and harpsichord
Johann Sebastian Bach (Claves 50-0401). OCLC 913855739
Johann Sebastian Bach (Jecklin 4400/1-2). OCLC 638155664
Handel (Claves 50-0238). OCLC 941244178
Flute and piano
Johann Sebastian Bach: Las cinco sonatas auténticas. (Claves 50-2511). OCLC 706034944
Schubert, Widor, Martinu, Poulenc: Clásicos para flauta Vol. 1. (Claves 50-9306). OCLC 1184037740
Reinecke, Milhaud, Hindemith, Frank Martin, Prokofiev: Clásicos para flauta, Vol. 2. (Claves 50-9307). OCLC 1183893152
Chaminade, Hüe, Gaubert: Joueurs de flûte (Claves 50-0704). OCLC 828807832
Joplin (Ragtimes) (Claves 50-8715). OCLC 658615983
Kuhlau: Sonatas (Claves 50-8705). OCLC 1145558001
Czerny, Kuhlau: Virtuoso flute (Jecklin 577-) OCLC 990251743
Flute and guitar
Bach, Schubert, Mozart: Transcriptions (Claves 50-9705).
Bach, Chopin, Ibert, Mozart, Ravel, Villa-Lobos: Miniatures (Claves 50-2013).
Carulli: 6 Serenades (Claves 50-8304).
Giuliani, Carulli, Ibert, Ravel, Willy Burkhard (Claves 50-0408).
Flute and harp
Rossini, Donizetti, Louis Spohr, Paganini, Fauré, Lauber: Duos (Claves 50-0708).
Debussy, Sonata No. 2. Ravel, Introducción y Allegro: French Masterpieces. (Claves 50-0280).
Peter Mieg, Morceau élégant (Claves P 610 y Jecklin Edition JS 314-2))
Chamber music
F.Bach, Briccialdi: 2 flutes J.S.Bach, Kuhlau, Doppler: Trios 2 fl/piano (Claves 50-2006).
Beethoven: Triosonata, Serenade in D major (flute, violin and viola) (Claves 50-8403).
Reger: 2 Serenades (flute, violin and viola) (Claves 50-8104).
Krommer: 3 flute quartets op. 17/92/93 (Claves 50-8708)
Peter Mieg: Quintuor (flute, 2 violins, cello and harpsichord) (Claves P 610)
Mozart: 4 quartets Carmina Quartet (Claves 50-9014).
Mozart: 4 quartets (Ex Libris CD-6087).
Rossini: 4 quartets (Nr. 1, 2, 4, 6). (Claves 50-8608).
Bach: The Musical Offering (Claves 50-0198).
Bach, Haendel, Rameau, Scarlatti, Martin, Ravel and Albert Roussel: Song Recital (K. Graf, soprano) (Claves 50-0604).
Bach, Haendel, Quantez, Couperin, Vivaldi and Lotti: Baroque chamber music for flute, oboe and harpsichord, P.L. Graf, Goritzki and Dähler. (Claves 50-0404).