Ewald Pfleger: A life in the sign of the World Hit Live is Life!

Ewald Pfleger: A life in the sign of the World Hit Live is Life!

On May 6, 2025, the legendary Ewald Pfleger celebrates its 70th birthday and is already preparing a special gift for his fans. On March 27, his biography, entitled "Live is Life. My life with a world hit", will appear at the publisher. In this work, the guitarist of Opus looks back on his impressive life path, which led him from the children's village to the celebrated rock star. Nurses tells not only about his dazzling course in the music industry, but also of the background and the importance of his most famous hits "Live is Life", which brought him international fame. According to Oe24.at he also delivers exciting anecdotes like SS, the EAV and Falco, the Golden Age of the Austropop.

A look at the music career

Ewald Pfleger, born on May 6, 1955 in Ollersdorf in Burgenland, is not only known as an Opus musician, but also as a music producer. He discovered his passion for music early on and founded his first band "Smiling" at the age of only 13. He studied geography and history at the University of Vienna before he found the band Opus, which thanks to "Live is Life" came to international fame. In addition to his work at Opus, he realized numerous other musical projects and produced hits such as "Motorboot", which stormed the charts in 1984. As wikipedia , he opened the recorder music studio in 1993 and released his first solo album "Skyland" in 2008. Pfleger lived with his family in Graz and received numerous awards, including the large honorary sign in the state of Styria and the Golden Honorary for merits around the Republic of Austria in 2022.