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Suddenly he clutches his heartShock moment on Austrian TV – folk music star collapses on live broadcast
Trumpeter Toni Maier is a star in Austria (archive photo)
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Scary moments on the screen!
On Saturday evening (March 28th) Franz Posch will host his successful show “Mei liabste Weis” live on ORF. But instead of an evening full of lively folk music, a breakdown live on TV overshadows the show: star trumpeter Toni Maier (77) clutches her heart and has to sit down.
Folk music star was about to sing a song
The Styrian folk musician Toni Maier is an absolute star in his home country of Austria. Everyone knows the trumpeter, who now caused a shock moment at prime time – seen live on ORF. The 77-year-old is about to sing the “Archduke Johann Yodel” when he clutches his heart. Colleagues support the popular musician, who himself briefly says: “My defibrillator has turned on.”
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Maier cannot continue playing and has to sit down. Afterwards, paramedics immediately rushed to him, as oe24 writes. The audience on the screens and the spectators on site are very worried about the trumpeter. At around 9:30 p.m. – about a quarter of an hour after the incident – presenter Franz Posch (72) can deliver the first good news: Toni Maier is in the best of hands and is doing well again.
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This is how Toni Maier feels the day after
The regional director of ORF Tirol, Esther Mitterstieler, can give the all-clear on March 29th: the musician's condition is stable. After the collapse, the folk musician was taken to the Graz State Hospital.
The broadcaster writes about a photo with Franz Posch on the ORF Tirol Instagram account: “Star trumpeter Toni Maier is doing well and has now been released from the hospital.” The photo showing both men was taken on Sunday morning. Numerous fans are very happy about the good news, leave a like and are relieved that the 77-year-old trumpeter from Styria is doing well again.
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Toni Maier is not just a star of Austrian folk music. He is also a music educator, composer and directed the Johann Joseph Fux Conservatory in Graz. The musician has also worked with conductor legends such as Herbert von Karajan and Leonard Bernstein.
