Cabaza

Cabaza is a German drum ensemble.

history

Cabaza was founded in 1983 by Hermann Schwander with his then students Hans-Günter Brodmann , Tilo Heider and Sandor Toth on the occasion of the world premiere of “Galerie” for percussion quartet by the composer Werner Heider . In addition to concerts in Germany and appearances at percussion and new music festivals, including in Munich, Hanover, Berlin, Bonn and at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival , Cabaza has been invited to concert tours to Austria, Hungary and Japan.

Other members of the group were Roland Schmidt and Axel Dinkelmeyer.

Current line-up: Hans-Günter Brodmann , Hermann Schwander , Radek Szarek and Wernerreiber.

Cabaza played numerous world premieres and often worked with composers such as Werner Heider , Peter Kiesewetter , Nicolaus A. Huber , Klaus Hashagen , Ney Rosauro , and Erkki-Sven Tüür . In autumn 1994 Cabaza drew attention to himself with the new composition and the live performance of the music for the silent film "The Master of Nuremberg" (Director: Ludwig Berger , D 1927)

Awards

• 1992 Culture Promotion Prize of the City of Nuremberg
• 1995 Wolfram von Eschenbach Prize of the Middle Franconia district

Discography

• Cabaza "Percussion Quartet" with works by Hans-Günter Brodmann , Bertold Hummel , Maurice Ohana , Werner Heider , Steve Reich ( cpo )
• Cabaza "Vol. 2 "with works by Heider, Roland Schmidt, John Cage (cpo)
• Cabaza "La Caccia" with works by Brodmann / Schmidt, Shin'ichirō Ikebe , and "La Caccia" by Peter Kiesewetter (cpo)
• Cabaza "In the Eye of the Storm" with works by Kiesewetter, Heider, Brodmann, Schmidt, Tüür (cpo)
• Cabaza "I - Shr" (Ritual II) from "Yüen Shan" by Michael Ranta (Medienservice B. & A. Dietrich)

Web links

• Literature by and about Cabaza in the catalog of the German National Library
• Cabaza at Discogs
• The Master of Nuremberg (video clips) (youtube)
• "The Master of Nuremberg" (entry in Frankenwiki)