Far away from the booming Donkosaken kitsch, the Russian gentlemen resurrect the Soviet variety stage. With the Russian Gentlemen Club, the four “Magnificent Seven” of the Viennese Russian music scene pay us homage! The Allstar band consists of Georgij Makazaria (frontman for “Russkaja” – vocals, guitar) Aliosha Biz (“Primasch” for “Dobrek Bistro” – vocals, violin),[…]
Winner of the Eugéne Ysaÿe competition in Liége, Belgium and currently as “Auner Quartet – The award winning string quartet: a perfect musical match” first Austrian ensemble on the cover of the Performing Arts Yearbook of Europe, the Vienna based string quartet has firmly established itself in the international world of classical music. Appointed by[…]
Marialena Fernandes, piano Born in Mumbai. She is one of the recognized pianistic constants of international music life. Worldwide concerts, broadcasts on radio and television, diverse CD recordings, as a soloist, chamber music partner of leading artists. Successful teacher (professor at the Vienna University of Music). A wide choice repertoire, which in addition to relevant[…]
The Klezmer brothers, the two young musicians Nikolas Lazic (Serbia) and Szilárd Benes (Hungary) have lost their way in the compact music world. Since the two brought the music culture from their respective homeland, they developed a new style together, in which the painful and sometimes ironic Klezmer motifs are crossed with a crisp gipsy[…]
Miriam Kutrowatz has her first engagement for a year in the young ensemble in the Theater an der Wien. This year she will be singing a concert with the Czech Philharmonic Brno at the Allegro Vivo Festival. The Vienna-born soprano studied with KS Edith Lienbacher at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. In[…]
“The Henschel Quartet is being awarded the Orlando prize for music for one of the highest artistic reaches in the overall musical history of the Dubrovnik Festival” Jury announcement Christoph Henschel & Teresa la Cour, violins Monika Henschel, viola Mathias Beyer-Karlshoj, cello The year 1994 marked the foundation of the Henschel Quartett’s international career, when[…]
For a year I refused to hear them. What trendy band was this, and how dare they traduce the greatest songwriter of them all? Pop arrangements in ENGLISH. Ugh! One day I saw that they were to perform at one of my favourite venues: Wilton’s Music Hall. I went on line to discover more –[…]
These days, the term ‘‘crossover’’ applies to a wide range of musical projects, all of which differ greatly in content, style and quality. For some concertgoers, this means a refreshing change from the rigid world of classical concerts, and yet for others, it appears to be a tasteless, commercially motivated branch of the music industry.[…]
Bernie Mallinger, violin He studied at the Music University Graz (Classical Violin/Concert). After finishing studies Mallingerstayed for some months in the USA (New School of Music, Manhattan School of Music, Juilliard Schoolin New York). Since 1997 free-lancing artist. In the following years cooperation at about 100 CD-productions in the field of Jazz, Folk, Pop, and[…]
A basic principle is to find arrangements together, to shape them again and again, to play with them and to process the music without fear of the finality of the original. Until she becomes Amarcord. That means: unrestrained playfulness stands before fidelity to the work paired with the typical amarcord sound, absolutely transparent, hopelessly playful[…]