Here are some impressions of our last project of the year 2011 together with Elliott Sharp. Leo has managed to shoot some sequences of our three days tour, and this besides setting up the stages and un- and off loading the bus and being on stage of course. So this is a truly handmade home movie…
STUDIO DAN & Elliott Sharp, on the radio on Thursday, January 26th 2012 at 11:03 p.m. Zeit-Ton Ö1 oe1.orf.at/programm Elliott Sharp in Vienna. A feature by Andreas Felber Elliott Sharp, major player of the New York downtown scene, guitarist and composer, played in Vienna in November 2011, invited by the Jeunesse Vienna within his artist-in-residency [...]
A concert review, a rather endangered species, is always very pleasing. Here is a brief overview of our concert in Kapfenberg from the perspective of the Kleine Zeitung:
Our last project in 2011 was dedicated to working with Elliott Sharp. The Jeunesse Vienna hired the ensemble to work with him on a program within his artist in residency in Vienna. For this, Studio Dan has commissioned a piece to the New York guitarist, saxophonist, improviser, conceptionist, and of course composer. To our great [...]
We have produced six programs over the last five years. Number seven, eight and nine follow in late fall 2011, January and September 2012. You can accuse us of anything but beeing lazy… Please visit our new program overview!
Nächste Termine: 3. Abonnementkonzert: „Studio Dan spielt“ | Kinderkonzert Fr, 04.03.2011 – 14:30 Uhr TaO!, Graz So, 06.03.2011 – 14:30 Uhr Porgy & Bess (Vormittagsvorstellungen für Schulen auf Anfrage möglich.) Studio Dan ist eine Band. Aber Studio Dan ist nicht einfach irgendeine Band. Studio Dan ist eine riesen Band! Mindestens 18 Instrumente sind da zu [...]
For all of you planing to come to our children´s concert in March: the date for the concert in Graz has changed. Instead of Saturday 5th the concert will be on Friday, 4th of March at 2:30pm in Graz. TaO! The date for the concert in Vienna has NOT changed!
Chamber music has, for some people, less than pleasant associations. Reminds you of so-called “classical” pieces you’ve heard a thousand times, played poorly by tuxedoed hacks who mercilessly purge the music of every last trace of its original spirit and magic. Just so long as it sounds pretty! We say: chamber music rocks! Regardless of [...]
STUDIO DAN, the ensemble for genre-busting musical productions, will be offering a handpicked concert subscription in Vienna and Graz from October 2010 to June 2011.
STUDIO DAN bietet von Oktober 2010 bis Juni 2011 eine kleine, feine Abonnement Konzertreihe in Wien und Graz an. Fünf Programme werden jeweils einmal im Wiener Porgy & Bess und im Grazer Theater am Ortweinplatz (TaO!) präsentiert. Darüber hinaus wird jedes Programm aufgenommen und im Internet veröffentlicht. Für Fans, die weder in Wien noch Graz [...]
We are very happy to announce that Studio Dan has won the “Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik” (German Critics’ Award)! This is one of Europe’s most renowned awards for outstanding CD productions and we are very proud to have received this honor for our debut release “Creatures & other stuff”. More information here. We are going [...]
Our next concerts are coming right up! We are looking forward to a special concert at the “Cultural Node Stanica, located in the building of still operating train station in Zilina (Slovakia)”. This is a great place for contemporary arts and we’ll be playing a “best of” program, including some Zappa stuff, tunes from our [...]
Finally our new CD has arrived! “Creatures & other stuff” is a double CD including 17 tracks from 8 composers. CD1 is dedicated to Daniel Riegler’s pieces and the ensemble’s earliest repertoire – including “Nu Song #2″, originally released as a single in November 2008. CD2 includes a staggering variety of pieces ranging from intimate [...]
Finally our new CD has arrived! “Creatures & other stuff” is a double CD including 17 tracks from 8 composers. CD1 is dedicated to Daniel Riegler’s pieces and the ensemble’s earliest repertoire – including “Nu Song #2″, originally released as a single in November 2008. CD2 includes a staggering variety of pieces ranging from intimate [...]