Federspiel

Federspiel © Severin Koller

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Genre(s): Folk, Global
From: Vienna, Austria
Website: www.feder-spiel.at/
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Contact: office@feder-spiel.at

BIOGRAPHY

Federspiel is an Austrian brass septet founded in 2004 and internationally recognized for its contemporary approach to acoustic brass music. Combining trumpet, trombone, tuba and clarinet with vocals, the classically trained ensemble creates a refined sound that moves between original composition, improvisation and the reinterpretation of musical traditions from Austria and the former Austro-Hungarian region. Over more than two decades the group has developed a distinctive chamber-musical aesthetic characterized by tonal precision, stylistic openness and a strong collective identity. Their programmes focus on musical depth, subtle virtuosity and direct communication with the audience rather than outward display.

Federspiel has appeared in major concert halls including the Wiener Musikverein, the Wiener Konzerthaus and the Elbphilharmonie and tours extensively throughout Europe and internationally. Current projects such as Wir & Jetzt reflect the ensemble’s mature compositional voice and its focus on the immediacy and shared experience of live performance. The ensemble is a recipient of the Austrian World Music Award (Audience Award 2011, Main Prize 2015), the Ö1 Pasticcio Prize and the German Record Critics’ Award for the album Smaragd.

Line-up

Frédéric Alvarado-Dupuy – clarinet, vocals
Simon Zöchbauer – trumpet, flugelhorn, zither, vocals
Philip Haas – trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals
Christoph Moschberger – flugelhorn, vocals
Thomas Winalek – trombone, bass trumpet, vocals
Christian Amstätter – bass trombone, vocals
Roland Eitzinger – tuba, vocals