Philharmonix & Birgit Minichmayr - Peter and the Wolf

Entertainment at the highest possible level! This is what comes to mind when one wants to best describe Philharmonix. PHILHARMONIX - The Vienna Berlin Music Club - is the name of the now cult band made up of members from the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonics. They play everything they have always wanted to: brilliant arrangements, incomparable virtuosity, and above all, an unbridled joy of making music together that leaps to the listener in the blink of an eye. The music consists of 30% classical, 20% jazz, 15% each of folk, pop, and Latin, as well as 5% from other genres. So not everything is classical music. But everything has musical class.

The seven musicians are now presenting a brilliant new version on stage together with Burgtheater star BIRGIT MINICHMAYR: Sergei Prokofiev's musical fairy tale PETER AND THE WOLF. One of the most performed pieces worldwide and an absolute classic of the music literature, as well as a showcase piece of so-called program music. It will be exciting to see how Philharmonix explores and combines never-before-heard, original aspects in this new arrangement, bringing together what usually does not belong together: It will be exciting! One thing is certain: Classical music cannot be more entertaining, engaging, and clever.

The music of Philharmonix is characterized by the sound aesthetics and tradition of the top orchestras for which they usually perform: Thilo Fechner (viola), Daniel Ottensamer (clarinet), and Ödön Rácz (double bass) play with the Vienna Philharmonic, while Stephan Koncz (cello) and Noah Bendix-Balgley (violin) perform with the Berlin Philharmonic. They are joined by the excellent soloists Christoph Traxler (piano) and Sebastian Gürtler (violin).

The ensemble has now released 4 albums - "Classical Without Borders" - rarely has a category description fit better than in the case of Philharmonix, who were awarded the OPUS KLASSIK 2018 for their first CD.