Artist Type Archives

Thomas Gansch Thomas Gansch, born in 1975, has always successfully eluded any categorisation. Whether in the formation “Mnozil Brass”, which he co-founded and with which he has been performing around the world for thirty years, in the legendary “Vienna Art Orchestra”, as a soloist with a large orchestra or as part of a family theatricalContinue reading “Thomas Gansch”

5/8erl in Ehr’n 5/8erl in Ehr’n have become a rare species: A band that was not put together and produced in order to create quickly usable musical fast food, but has been working for over 18 years with an open mind and without predefined aesthetics. The fact that this band still exists is a rejectionContinue reading “5/8erl in Ehr’n”

Thomas Gansch Blasmusik Supergroup Brass music has been experiencing a remarkable renaissance for two and a half decades and Mnozil Brass is not entirely uninvolved in this development. When we started in the early nineties, playing without sheet music was not a priority in most music clubs. That has changed drastically since then, because todayContinue reading “Thomas Gansch Blasmusik Supergroup”

Alpen & Glühen The band project Alpen & Glühen, initiated by the internationally renowned trumpet virtuoso and stylistic jack-of-all-trades Thomas Gansch, sees itself as a supergroup of outstanding musicians who have come together in this project to combine their different musical socialisations into an aesthetically diverse body of sound. Folk music traditions meet jazz, filigreeContinue reading “Alpen & Glühen”

Spaemann & Bakanic When Marie Spaemann (cello and vocals) and Christian Bakanic (accordion, piano and vocals) make music together, the meeting of their different influences becomes an immediately moving encounter with the audience: soul and jazz, classical music, tango nuevo and world music meet and merge into refreshing original compositions, songs and exciting new interpretations,Continue reading “Spaemann & Bakanic”

Maxjoseph The easy stuff is the hardest – violin, Styrian harmonica, guitar and tuba – four virtuoso musicians weave a dynamic chamber music tapestry that blossoms with an elegance and lightness one would not expect in the context of folk music. Jazz shimmers in the improvisations, classical training in the flawless interplay, and the wideContinue reading “Maxjoseph”

Beatrice Berrut The Swiss pianist Beatrice Berrut has made a name for herself as a Liszt specialist, among other things. In her discography, she honours the work of two great mystics: Bach and Liszt, to whom she has dedicated three albums in which she alternately explores his mature works, his concertante works and his lateContinue reading “Beatrice Berrut”

Wieder, Gansch & Paul …just a moment ago there is innocent silence, not a breath of air stirs, nothing moves – but then suddenly everything goes into overdrive and a real racket breaks out. All kinds of styles collide madly, polka displaces slow waltz, old music gets tangled up in the contemporary web of theContinue reading “Wieder, Gansch & Paul”

radio.string.quartet With B:A:C:H – like waters, the radio.string.quartet presents a unique musical evening that transcends the boundaries of classical music and explores new paths. With this program, the radio.string.quartet carefully translates Bach’s breathtakingly perfect music from the legendary violin sonata in G minor into the 21st century, shaping the notes in its own innovative, contemporaryContinue reading “radio.string.quartet”

Romantic Slivo & The Burning Hearts If Al Green hands out 100 red roses, he hands out 1000. If Pavarotti sighs 1 handkerchief per concert, you need at least 10 for him. If in the Summer of Love it was ‘Sex, Drugs & Rock’n’Roll’, with him it’s ‘Love, Love & Love’. “Romantic Slivo” sets newContinue reading “Romantic Slivo”