Florian Willeitner

Wie lässt sich das Prinzip der Fuge, einer der komplexesten Gattungen der abendländischen Musikgeschichte, in die Moderne weiterentwickeln? Dieser Frage widmet sich das „New Piano Trio“ bestehend aus Geiger Florian Willeitner, Cellist Ivan Turkalj und Pianist Alexander Wienand. Statt vor den barocken Vorbildern in Ehrfurcht zu erstarren wagen die drei klassisch ausgebildeten, extrem Stil-offenen Musiker auf „What the Fuge“ einen Balanceakt zwischen der Strenge der Fugenkunst und der Freiheit des Jazz.

Wie lässt sich das Prinzip der Fuge, einer der komplexesten Gattungen der abendländischen Musikgeschichte, in die Moderne weiterentwickeln? Dieser Frage widmet sich das „New Piano Trio“ bestehend aus Geiger Florian Willeitner, Cellist Ivan Turkalj und Pianist Alexander Wienand. Statt vor den barocken Vorbildern in Ehrfurcht zu erstarren wagen die drei klassisch ausgebildeten, extrem Stil-offenen Musiker auf „What the Fuge“ einen Balanceakt zwischen der Strenge der Fugenkunst und der Freiheit des Jazz.

Wie lässt sich das Prinzip der Fuge, einer der komplexesten Gattungen der abendländischen Musikgeschichte, in die Moderne weiterentwickeln? Dieser Frage widmet sich das „New Piano Trio“ bestehend aus Geiger Florian Willeitner, Cellist Ivan Turkalj und Pianist Alexander Wienand. Statt vor den barocken Vorbildern in Ehrfurcht zu erstarren wagen die drei klassisch ausgebildeten, extrem Stil-offenen Musiker auf „What the Fuge“ einen Balanceakt zwischen der Strenge der Fugenkunst und der Freiheit des Jazz.

Wie lässt sich das Prinzip der Fuge, einer der komplexesten Gattungen der abendländischen Musikgeschichte, in die Moderne weiterentwickeln? Dieser Frage widmet sich das „New Piano Trio“ bestehend aus Geiger Florian Willeitner, Cellist Ivan Turkalj und Pianist Alexander Wienand. Statt vor den barocken Vorbildern in Ehrfurcht zu erstarren wagen die drei klassisch ausgebildeten, extrem Stil-offenen Musiker auf „What the Fuge“ einen Balanceakt zwischen der Strenge der Fugenkunst und der Freiheit des Jazz.

Introducing a new artist on ACT: FLORIAN WILLEITNER“I don’t think I have ever known a musician with quite the level of openness to people, to emotions, to musical languages, and the capacity to make them his own as Florian Willeitner. He is a stunningly good violinist, and I discover something new every time I hear him.” Paul Zauner, Founder & Artistic Director, INNtöne Festival In the past the violin in jazz could sometimes seem a bit exotic, even outlandish, but all that has changed. Classical music and jazz are no longer mutually exclusive worlds; these days they enrich each other, and it is the norm for string instruments to take centre stage. The ACT label has played its part in this transformation, with artists such as the Bartolomey/Bittmann duo, the radio.string.quartet.vienna and the incomparable Adam Baldych among the pioneers who created the paradigm shift, and who continue to take their music in new directions.And yet, as violinist/composer Florian Willeitner from Passau in Southern Germany sees it, there is still further to go: “The full potential of the violin, with its unique versatility and its kaleidoscopic possibilities of timbre and texture, is rarely to be heard in conventional jazz settings.”

“I don’t think I have ever known a musician with quite the level of openness to people, to emotions, to musical languages, and the capacity to make them his own as Florian Willeitner.

Now here’s a challenge: to take the fugue, possibly the most complex compositional procedure in Western classical music, and to transform it to reflect the modern age. The ‘New Piano Trio’ - violinist Florian Willeitner, cellist Ivan Turkalj and pianist Alexander Wienand – has taken this task to heart. Rather than being in any way daunted by the towering achievements of the baroque period, these three classically trained and extremely open-minded musicians have risen to the occasion, and achieved a fine balance between the rigour of the art of fugue and the freedom of jazz in their album ‘What the Fugue’.

Now here’s a challenge: to take the fugue, possibly the most complex compositional procedure in Western classical music, and to transform it to reflect the modern age. The ‘New Piano Trio’ - violinist Florian Willeitner, cellist Ivan Turkalj and pianist Alexander Wienand – has taken this task to heart. Rather than being in any way daunted by the towering achievements of the baroque period, these three classically trained and extremely open-minded musicians have risen to the occasion, and achieved a fine balance between the rigour of the art of fugue and the freedom of jazz in their album ‘What the Fugue’.

Now here’s a challenge: to take the fugue, possibly the most complex compositional procedure in Western classical music, and to transform it to reflect the modern age. The ‘New Piano Trio’ - violinist Florian Willeitner, cellist Ivan Turkalj and pianist Alexander Wienand – has taken this task to heart. Rather than being in any way daunted by the towering achievements of the baroque period, these three classically trained and extremely open-minded musicians have risen to the occasion, and achieved a fine balance between the rigour of the art of fugue and the freedom of jazz in their album ‘What the Fugue’.

This self-titled album from Austrian jazz string group Strings & Bass features groovy, folk-infused original compositions by members Florian Willeitner, Johannes Dickbauer, Matthias Bartolomey und Georg Breinschmid.