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I salonisti
I Salonisti: Piotr Plawner, Béla Szedlák, Orlando Theuler, Lorenz Hasler, Gerardo Vila (from left to right)
I Salonisti: Piotr Plawner, Béla Szedlák, Orlando Theuler, Lorenz Hasler, Gerardo Vila (from left to right)
General information
origin Bern , Switzerland
Genre (s) Classical , salon music , film music
founding 1981
Website www.isalonisti.ch
Founding members
Daniel Zisman
Lorenz Hasler
Ferenc Szedlák
Béla Szedlák
Werner Giger
Current occupation
Piotr Plawner (since 2006)
violin
 Lorenz Hasler (since 1981)
Orlando Theuler (since 2015)
Béla Szedlák (since 1981)
Gerardo Vila (since 2012)
former members
violin
 Daniel Zisman (1981–1985; 2000–2002)
violin
 Thomas Füri (1985-2000)
violin
 Alexis Vincent (2002-2004)
violin
 Michael Bollin (2004-2006)
cello
 Ferenc Szedlák (1981-2015)
piano
 Werner Giger (1981-2000)
piano
 James Alexander (2000-2002)
piano
 André Thomet (2003-2011)

I Salonisti are a Swiss piano quintet founded in 1981. The five musicians live in Bern .

music

With their thematically inspired concert programs, I Salonisti deliberately move beyond the rigid categories of light and serious music . I Salonisti play works by Nino Rota , Fritz Kreisler , George Enescu , Astor Piazzolla , Claude Debussy , George Gershwin , Béla Bartók , Emmerich Kálmán , Kurt Weill and Johannes Brahms , among others . Thanks to longstanding contacts with composers in different countries, they play compositions and arrangements that are written for them.

I Salonisti helped initiate and decisively shape the phenomenon of the salon music renaissance since the 1980s.

Career

I Salonisti have appeared at the most important international festivals as well as the most renowned venues in the world and have received numerous awards for their phonograms.

International appearances (selection)

Awards

  • 1984 Record of the Month (Fonoforum) for Nostalgico
  • 1985 Record of the Month (Fonoforum) for Humoresque
  • 1989 Grand Prix du Disque for Orient Express
  • 1998 Echo Klassik German Record Award

Participation in the film Titanic (1997)

Through their role as an on-board orchestra in James Cameron's blockbuster Titanic , the musicians suddenly became known to an audience of millions in 1997. The then composition consisted of Thomas Füri , Lorenz Hasler, Ferenc Szedlák, Béla Szedlák and Werner Giger. Welsh actor Jonathan Evans-Jones played the orchestra leader and violinist of the Wallace Hartley ensemble .

Discography

  • 2012: Titanic soundtrack (optionally as a 2 or 4 CD box, each CD containing music by I Salonisti)
  • 2011: Quel temps fait-il à Paris?
  • 2009: Les chemins d'amour
  • 2004: Best of I SALONISTI / Decca
  • 1999: Soundtrack - Let's Go To The Movies with I SALONISTI / Sony
  • 1999: Bon voyage - A Musical Journey Around The Americas / Decca
  • 1998: The Last Dance - Music from a vanishing Era / BMG Classics
  • 1997: And the Band Played on - Music played on the Titanic / Decca
  • 1997: Tangos Argentinos / RCA Classics
  • 1994: Comme ci - comme ça - Virtuoso Encores / Decca
  • 1992: Por Favor - Music from Latin America / Decca
  • 1991: Gypsy Caprice - Gypsy Music from Eastern Europe / Decca
  • 1990: Trans-Siberian Express - The Music of Russia / Decca
  • 1989: Trans-Atlantic - A Musical Voyage / Decca
  • 1989: Orient Express - The Romance of a Great Journey / Decca
  • 1988: Hey Cigany! - Music from the Gypsy Salon / EMI
  • 1986: Intermezzo - Music from Opera, Operetta and Musical / RCA Classics
  • 1986: Mélodie / EMI
  • 1985: Café Victoria - Argentine Tangos / EMI
  • 1984: Nostalgico - Argentine Tangos / EMI
  • 1984: Humoresque / EMI
  • 1983: Serenata / EMI / eurodisc

DVDs

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