The MAX BRAND Ensemble – named after the famous

Austrian composer Max Brand – provides innovative musical

experiences in the field of new music including a wide spectrum
of different musical approaches and an enriched vocabulary of
expressions.

CD: „Comment c‘est“ Michael Mantler

feat. Himiko Paganotti & MAX BRAND Ensemble
ECM Records 2537 MAX BRAND (1896 – 1980) was a life-long seeking and
innovative musical spirit. Both his specific authenticity and
uncompromising creativity reflected in his internationally
Musicians: and successfully acclaimed futuristic opera “Maschinist Hop-
kins” (1929). His vision of new music production techniques
Annegret Bauerle flute resulted then in a „credo“ of electronic music, supported due
Johannes Weichinger clarinet, saxophone to his collaboration with the American electrical engineer Ro-
Christof Zellhofer trumpet bert Moog who designed the first synthesizer in 1968, the so
Joe Pinkl trombone called MAX BRAND Synthesizer also known as Moogtonium.
Richard Graf guitar Max Brand’s vita displays a non‐conform, curious musical artist
Johannes Kretz electronics and solitary innovator too unique and visionary to match any
forms of traditional musical concepts.
He died unnoticed in
Richard Graf director Langenzersdorf (Lower Austria) in 1980.

Contact: MAX BRAND Ensemble c/o

INÖK – Interessengemeinschaft NÖ KomponistInnen,
Ölzeltgasse 4/5, A-1030 VIENNA
www.inoek.at, e-mail: office@inoek.at,
phone/fax: +43 1 712 91 77, mobile: +43 676 5569249
CONCERT PROGRAM

TUESDAY 2 JULY
1-6 pm Concerto Grotto

Improvisation

WEDNESDAY 3 JULY
9 pm TÓRSHAVN BLÁBAR

Sylvie Lacroix Untitled for Max Brand
Ferdinand Weiss fla-sax for flute & saxophone
Various* Collage for ensemble
Richard Graf Capriccio for guitar
Max Brand remixed & improvised
Daniel Muck Invention No. 1 for trumpet and trombone
Joe Pinkl Naddodur

THURSDAY 4 JULY
3 pm TÓRSHAVN NORÐURLANDAHÚSIÐ

Sylvie Lacroix Untitled for Max Brand
Sonja Huber Lockvogel for trumpet
Gerald Resch Figuren for alto-saxophone
Johannes Kretz one page piece
Ursula Erhart-Schwertmann Windhauch for flute and clarinet
Various* Collage for ensemble
Daniel Muck Invention No. 1 for trumpet and trombone
Joe Pinkl Naddodur

*Composition excerpts by: Eberhard Böttcher, Robert Brunnlechner, Richard Graf, Johannes Holik, Daniel Muck, Helmut
Neumann, Stefan Pelzl, Peter Platt, Wilfried Satke, Ulf-Diether Soyka, Christian Springer, Wolfram Wagner, Ferdinand Weiss