Louie's Cage Percussion
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General information | |
origin | Vienna , Austria |
founding | 2014 |
Website | www.louiescagepercussion.com |
Current occupation | |
Sebastian Brugner-Luiz | |
Dominic Feichtinger | |
Florian Klinger | |
Joachim Murnig | |
Kristof Hrastnik | |
Lucas Salaun |
Louie's Cage percussion is an Austrian percussion - Ensemble . The repertoire of the six-person group includes jazz , classical music , pop and rock music , as well as film music and electronic music .
history
The ensemble was founded in 2014 by six students from the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and the Music and Art Private University of the City of Vienna (formerly the Vienna Conservatory, Private University of the City of Vienna).
The name Louie's Cage Percussion pays homage to the composer John Cage and the monkey king King Louie from the Disney film " The Jungle Book ". The ensemble's first appearances were at the Odeon Theater Vienna, the Akzent Theater and the Hollabrunn Summer Theater. Since the 2017 season Louie's Cage Percussion can be heard regularly at the Volksoper Vienna , the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz Munich and the Wiener Konzerthaus . In 2020 he performed at the Wiener Musikverein , on the stage in Hof St. Pölten, and in the Hugo-Wolf-Saal Leibnitz.
In May 2017, the Vienna Volksoper published a live rehearsal recording of Louie's Cage Percussion on Facebook. The recording was shared and clicked several million times, and in January 2020 the video exceeded 150 million views on Facebook. This and other videos made Louie's Cage Percussion a social media phenomenon within a very short time. Radio and television reports on Louie's Cage Percussion appeared in the ORF programs heute leben and Ö1 Klassik Treffpunkt, as well as in 2020 in the Arte program Stars von Morgen with Rolando Villazon and in the ZDF Klassik Klub. Since 2018 Louie's Cage Percussion has also been a regular guest at workshops and children's concerts in Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland. a. at the Beatboxx Vienna drummer camp.
In April 2020 the first album Characters was released on Preiser Records . The music video of the same name appeared on YouTube on January 27, 2020.
Music, comedy, video recordings
The repertoire of the group excluding compositions and arrangements include the members of Louie's Cage percussion and sets this addition to the traditional percussion instruments , percussion from around the world. The group's instruments are expanded to include keyboard, saxophone, guitar, bass, tuba and accordion, as well as mallet instruments that are amplified and modified by electronic effects.
The aim of the musicians is to expand the classical percussion repertoire with a cross-genre ensemble and to create performances in the form of an overall musical and dramaturgical concept.
The Austrian actress, singer and director Sigrid Hauser stages acting in and between the pieces of music and works out the dramaturgy of her programs with the musicians. The stage space is integrated into the overall concept through video feeds and lighting effects and completes the narrative on a visual level.
Musician
- Sebastian Brugner-Luiz (born 1988 in Oberwart ). Studied concert percussion with Ulrike Stadler and Gerald Fromme at the Graz University of Art . Since 2012 solo timpanist at the Volksoper Vienna .
- Dominic Feichtinger, born 1991 in Vienna. Study of concert percussion with Leonhard Schmidinger and Anton Mittermayr at the Music and Art Private University of the City of Vienna . Since 2018 percussionist at the Volksoper Vienna .
- Florian Klinger (born 1991 in Horn). Studied concert percussion with Gerhard Windbacher at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and with Stefon Harris . Since 2011 percussionist at the Volksoper Vienna .
- Joachim Murnig (born 1990 in Graz). Studied concert percussion with Leonhard Schmidinger and Bogdan Bacanu at the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz . Further studies in percussion concert and instrumental pedagogy at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Oliver Madas . Since 2011 percussionist in the Tonkünstler Orchester Niederösterreich.
- Krištof Hrastnik (born 1994 in Laško ). Studies in concert percussion with Dieter Seiler at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna as well as instrumental pedagogy with Thomas Lechner at the Art University Graz (KUG). Percussionist at the Maribor Opera since 2018.
- Lucas Salaun (born 1993 in Bourg-la-Reine ). Studied concert percussion with Anton Mittermayr at the Music and Art Private University of the City of Vienna . Since 2018 percussionist on a temporary contract at the Volksoper Vienna .
Sound carrier
- Characters (2020)
Programs
- Sketchbook
- Prince Louie
- Characters
Web links
- Official website
- Louie's Cage Percussion in the database of the Music Information Center Austria
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.muk.ac.at/artikel/louies-cage-percussion-gastiert-in-der-volksoper-wien.html . Article dated April 12, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ↑ https://www.volksoper.at/volksoper_wien/information/news_neuheiten/Louie_s_Cage_Percussion.de.php
- ↑ https://www.diepresse.com/5777564/mit-michael-jackson-und-den-spice-girls-im-goldenen-saal . Article dated March 1, 2020. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/9gag/videos/10155552771971840/ . Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsXJt_agEMU . Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhKi-qR5q1Y . Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ^ ZDF Stars of Tomorrow . Retrieved April 12, 2020
- ↑ https://www.preiserrecords.at/de/characters-louie-s-cage-percussion.html . Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iOxr55hr88 . Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ↑ https://www.volksoper.at/volksoper_wien/information/news_neuheiten/Louie_s_Cage_Percussion.de.php . Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ↑ https://www.musicaustria.at/wichtig-ist-uns-folk-mit-dem-was-wir-machen-zu-begeistern-louies-cage-percussion-im-mica-interview/ . Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ↑ https://www.schick-magazin.com/louies-cage-percussion-rockten-die-volksoper/ . Article dated April 28, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ↑ a b https://www.volksoper.at/volksoper_wien/ensemble/orchester/Orchester.de.php . Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ↑ https://www.florianklinger.com . Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ↑ https://www.tonkuenstler.at/de/orchester/musikerinnen-und-musiker-des-orchesters/harfe-schlagwerk/murnig-joachim . Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ↑ https://www.louiescagepercussion.com/portal/de/band/ . Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ↑ https://www.louiescagepercussion.com/portal/de/band/ . Retrieved February 6, 2020.