Event Musical Summer Neustift: Concert for saxophone, clarinet and organ

Musical Summer Neustift: Concert for saxophone, clarinet and organ

Description

DUO SAX & ORGAN

"Poetry and fireworks"

Admission - voluntary donations

Performers: Ines Schüttengruber, organ

Ines Schüttengruber is an organist and pianist and teaches organ and historical keyboard instruments at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. She completed her studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna and at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. Ines Schüttengruber is also an organ adjudicator at competitions. Ines Schüttengruber is the dedicatee of numerous works and director of the summer concerts at Melk Abbey. Organ and piano chamber music concerts take Ines Schüttengruber to Austria and abroad. In 2021 and 2022, three CDs were released on historical pianos from the Esterhazy Collection and the "Alte Musikinstrumente Wien" collection. In 2023, Ines Schüttengruber led a tour of the USA with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra to Carnegie Hall in New York, where they performed Richard Strauss' "Eine Alpensinfonie" under Christian Thielemann. 2024 Ines Schüttengruber played the organ during the interval film of the world-famous New Year's Concert for the Bruckner Year. In 2024, Ines Schüttengruber made her solo debut at the Vienna Musikverein with a Bösendorfer recital on the pedal piano and other historical pianos. Ines Schüttengruber performed in a piano duo with Nikolaus Habjan (Kunstpfeifer) and the Ensemble Frullato (Stefan Tomaschitz - flute and Robert Gillinger - bassoon, both members of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra). www.inesschuettengruber.com

Josef Schultner, saxophone and clarinet

Josef Schultner studied saxophone and clarinet, twelve-tone playing, jazz composition and arranging at the Vienna Jazz Conservatory and the Vienna University of Music. From 1988 to 2010 he taught at the J.-M.-Hauer Conservatory and until 2020 at the J.-M.-Hauer Music School in Wiener Neustadt. Josef Schultner has performed and recorded with many international artists (including Albano Carrisi, Supermax, Dave Palmer, Falco ...). His show band "Magic Sound" has been honoured several times with gold and platinum and number 1 in the Austrian hit parade. Josef Schultner has composed stage music (e.g. for the film "Der Knochenmann"), soundtracks and pieces in a wide variety of styles. Josef Schultner is internationally active as a saxophonist and clarinettist. Together with other musicians, Josef Schultner gives concerts in Europe and America. Most recently, Josef Schultner played at international jazz festivals in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala and the Virgin Islands. www.josefschultner.com

Duo Sax & Organ

With Josef Schultner on saxophone and Ines Schüttengruber on organ, the Duo Sax & Organ has been in existence since 2006. The repertoire ranges from organ literature from the 16th century to 21st century literature for organ and saxophone.

One of the aims of this formation is to combine music from the 16th to the 21st century through a new kind of sound fusion of the two instruments. Organ pieces are juxtaposed with improvisations with tenor, alto, soprano saxophone and clarinet.

An important part of the concerts is improvisation, whether in the form of free improvisation or improvisation on a given theme (cantus firmus (fixed melody) of a chorale, Gregorian antiphon (refrain), improvisation on an organ work, introduction to an organ work, etc.), in which the acoustics and the sound of the room play an important role. Josef Schultner wanders through the church during his improvisations in order to make even better use of the acoustics. Since 2006, the duo Josef Schultner and Ines Schüttengruber have given concerts in Austria and abroad (Melk Abbey, Vienna, Wiener Neustadt, Bad Schönau, Venice, Hungary, Luxembourg, Paris). They have released 3 CDs with live recordings. Ines Schüttengruber and Josef Schultner have performed several times in the parish church of St George in Neustift. Their concerts are among the most impressive and touching that we will be able to present in the music summer of 2025.