Founded in 1979 by Günter Meinhart, STUDIO PERCUSSION graz has brought a considerable number of productions to life on various stages in Austria and abroad over the past 30 years. Apart from the constant conservation and expansion of their repertoire of contemporary music, STUDIO PERCUSSION graz also enjoys repeated and exciting cooperation with musicians, composers and organisers from the field of Jazz.
In summer 2006, the percussion theatre WUMM! was performed for the first time at the opera in Graz as part of the LA STRADA festival, which has been cooperating with STUDIO PERCUSSION graz for several years. This production will be the centrepiece of their international guest performances for the next few years.
In summer 2010, STUDIO PERCUSSION will present the new production FACES & PLACES for the first time.
The ensemble also takes great pleasure in producing children’s and youth programmes. These programmes give young audiences an insight into the extensive and partly very exotic range of instruments; and with the help of original literature or adaptations, young listeners are introduced to the development and the repertory of percussion music.
Concerts and music theatre productions in / by:
Styriarte, Wiener Festwochen, Salzburger Festspiele, ars electronica, Seoul Drum Festival, Brucknerfest Linz, Steirischer Herbst, New York – festival mostly modern, Dubrovnik Festival, Music Biennale Zagreb, La Strada, Musikverein Wien, Jazzfestival Izmir, Narodni Dom Maribor, Konzerthaus Wien, Berliner Festspiele – maerzmusik, Journees de la Percussion – Paris, Osterfestival Innsbruck, Budapest, Jazzfestival Burghausen, Festspielhaus St. Pölten, Thessaloniki, Athen, Korfu, Istanbul, Ankara, Konzerthaus Berlin, musica contemporanea – Bolzano, Flute Festival – Pristina, Porgy & Bess – Vienna, Pula, Vienna Percussion Festival, BUM FEST Slovenia, International Percussion Ensemble Week – Croatia, Nomus Festival – Novi Sad / Serbia,
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