Pool of Invention is also about education, promoting the idea of transcultural art on music schools and universities. Florian spent 4 days in Graz (AT) working with super motivated students on improvisation, on rhythm, harmony, melody, silence, ensemble, solo, polyrhythm, western african groove structures, samba, 11/8 oddmetre patterns, north european folk music and much more… In […]
Since January 2018 I have been traveling to 22 countries on 4 continents, either to perform my music there or, more importantly, learn music from the people of these countries. During all these months on the road I was slowly growing a dream of mine I have had for a long time. It has come […]
I am very happy to present to you a new project: „First Strings On Mars“ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryZUOiCOV7A Also in this project we try to eliminate any stylistic boundaries…paired with a good amount of crazyness and selfirony. „First Strings On Mars is just back from their big outer space tour lasting for the last 200 years! Now, […]
November 27, 2017 Master Of Arts accomplished! Thank you Bach, Bartok, Brahms, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Tschaikowski, Prokofiev, Ysaye, Paganini, Wieniawski, Ernst, Ligeti, Kurtag, Britten (to name a few),… Thank you sonatas, solo sonatas, capricci, concerti, fantasies, symphonies, operas, songs,… Thank you crescendo, decrescendo, ritardando, smorzando, con sentimento, espressivo, dolcissimo, brutalemente, liberamente, piano, fortissimo, […]
Great Review, thank you very much David Barker from MusicWeb International, for the kind words, especially about my piece Valentinair 🙂 http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2017/Jul/Strings_bass_99140.html „… Without doubt the standout work is Valentinair, inspired by Irish folk music. Beginning with a beautiful solemn melody, it soon morphs into a jig and other dance rhythms. At more than […]
I have been chosen one of the Ö1-Talents in March 2017: Here the link to the official interview about important questions about music and art: http://oe1.orf.at/artikel/462813 Pls check „Media“ on my website for a 10min audioportrait of my work as a composer and violinist
Excited to have been commissioned with writing a Duo for outstanding musicians Andreas Hofmeir (tuba) and Benjamin Schmid (violin), which will be published on their upcoming album. It features many crazy tubatechniques as well as highly contrapuntal and virtuos passages… Can’t wait to hear the guys play it…