Otto Lechner

{{Short description|Austrian accordionist}}

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Otto Lechner (born February 25, 1964) is an Austrian accordionist.

Lechner taught himself to play the accordion starting at age four. He has been blind since age 15.{{Cite web |url=http://hoedown.com/main.site?action=siteupdate%2Fview&id=26 |title=Hoedown - Members |access-date=2018-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004035222/http://www.hoedown.com/main.site?action=siteupdate%2Fview&id=26 |archive-date=2015-10-04 |url-status=dead }} Lechner is currently a member of the group Accordion Tribe and musical director of two ensembles in Vienna, Otto's Jazz Ensemble and Das Erste Wiener Strenge Kammerorchester.{{Cite web|url=https://www.artfilm.ch/en/accordiontribe.php|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181002065008/https://www.artfilm.ch/en/accordiontribe.php|archive-date = 2018-10-02|title = Accordiontribe.PHP}} He lives in Vienna with his partner and collaborator, Anne Bennent.