Wödsteira Markus Illko: Grammy-Triumph between Wiener Schnitzel and Sushi-Bar

With Formation “String Revolution” and a Johnny Cash song that won the Grammy Award by Kapfenberger Markus. I am from the series “Wödsteira – Auslandssteirer im Interview” erzählt is nun, who sich sein ändert hat and with Welchem ​​​​Projekt is 2025 in der Steiermark for a musical Paukenschlag wird.

STEIERMARK. Born in Upper Steirischen Kapfenbergbegan the musical Laufbahn von Markus Illkoif I have found the Willen-zeger Eltern for a registered guitarist. Prepared in Alter von 16 Years are the publication of the university music and music university and the war of one of the young study results of class. His unusual musical abilities and performances were in February 2024 with the Grammy Award for the best arrangement of “Folsom Prison Blues” by “The String Revolution with Tommy Emmanuel” internationally.

You won a Grammy as Kapfenberger – an unglaublicher Erfolg. Who played the Styrian music in its entirety?
Markus Illko: I think it is possible to make concrete, no matter how tough I am, Steirer zu sein. It may be that man can say: the reformed Essen, the great music and the typical Styrian Gemütlichkeit and Soil Standard. Who sees my Styrian hat? I am here looking and did my studies with Arnoldo Moreno at the Music University of Graz, where my bachelor and master in guitar absolutely ended. Danach has lived in cities like Barcelona, ​​​​Madrid, Bregenz, Vienna, Bangkok and New York and worked as a composer and producer. Finally led me my way to Los Angeles, where I had the happiness, to significant film and music productions.

Who has changed the mind of the Heimat-veränder, when he has entered the international music world?
My understanding of homeland has really changed completely. Before the war was a fact, Mr. Nachbar was sworn in by Marillen. It is a homeland for my whole life, the people knew that ‘a targeted core’ is no beauty cure. And anyway, as a brand, if it is the Styrian missing person, if a concert in the US is aggravated, the bartender is ready for it, then there is a spritzer that is a notfallmaßnahme!

“Früher war Heimat einenfach der Ort, an dem ich genau wusste, welcher Nachbar mir die Marillen stiehlt. Heute ist Heimat für mich überall dort, wo die Leute erasen, dass ‘a richtiges Kernöl’ keine Schönheitskur ist.”

Who is affected, in such a law-bewerbsintensiven Environment Fuß zu fassen? Provided that any adjustments are made to this confrontation?
That great Herausforderung in Ausland? The American beizubringen, wie man meinen Nachnamen ausspricht! Good luck with that!
In Ausland zu gehen brought the herausforderungen with itself, aber the most important war ever, the soul not from the Augen zu verlieren – and that war, Musik zu machen, that my fallen and that with it was Glück auch others fallen. If you can buy studio equipment and two T-shirts and two jeans in New York with two suitcases, it quickly becomes unpleasant. It is a matter of how higher and higher it is, if the human being has a little self-will, after lifting a Lowerage, to knock off the hose and continue machining. I am a musical Stehaufmännchen: ‘I never give up!’
Well, with the American Unfähigkeit, European Nachnamen auszusprechen – that’s where I come from.

As composer and producer they work in an international environment. Is this a typical element from your heart, is your music a piece of cake?
Good Frage! Meine Österreichische Herkunft in der international Musikszene – das er een bisschen wie een Wiener Schnitzel in een Sushi-Bar. I am my own self, that means my work is complete. I have lived in Austria with tons of music and orchestration, and the country is well known for its rich musical tradition, which was created by the great people who were invited to Mozart, Beethoven, Karajan and Zawinul. This tradition is no longer musical in style, but from my Herangehensweise to many productions – everything is incomprehensible, we will see the music in the middle punkt, and everything will happen this way, your dish will become.

Is it one of the best moments or a project in the future, while things were no longer there, how sterreichisch/steirisch a wider mirror is?
I see the war as the Austrian of the Grammy Awards.

The winning of a Grammy is a Meilenstein in the career of one of the musicians. Who wants to live after this treatise?
I’ve been even more civilized than before on every fall. I’ve toured Texas with my band and played a new adventure for EA Games. When Billie Eilish and his brother Finneas played the piece, Billie was like, ‘Oh my god… This is fucking amazing!’ So of course it was freut mich sehr. Or one of Paul McCartney’s experiences Schwester, we’ll share a piece of the rat, so it was worth continuing for a few more years.

Würden Sie junior Musikerinnen in Österreich raten, die davon träumen, international ergolgreich zu sein?
Play, play, play and participate in new projects. And even more importantly, SEHR WICHTIG SOGAR: Keine Angst vor Niederlagen haben. Ganz in Gegenteil – Niederlagen like a real world, but now there is such a man besser. Bleib productive und hab Spaß dabei.

Is it a fun project that brought the world to attention and feeling, is my journey from Kapfenberg to Grammy consideration a broader mirror image?
I frue mich riesig, in june 2025, a music festival and a music workshop in the steiermark-anzubieten. The festival is a real highlight, while the international dozens and music players from the US heißen. There is a einzigartige location that is the best of the industry to learn and start with good results.
The festival offers a wide range of activities, workshops, masterclasses and live broadcasts. The workshops offer different musical directions and techniques, soft drinks for everyone and are there. The international dozens bring a varied experience and your knowledge, a new perspective and inspiration for the content.

Here is the news about the Grammy Awards ceremony:

Kapfenberg hat a Grammy winner

Markus Illko in Steiermark-Rap

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