Mnozil Brass

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Mnozil Brass is an Austrian brass ensemble septet, founded 1992.

All ( founding ) members have been graduates of the renowned Vienna College of Music, who met while playing at the Mnozil pub in Vienna's 1st inner city district.

Music is presented in a typical Austrian humor style, which can be ( approximately ) characterized as jet black and here and there absurd. Elements of slapstick existent next to virtuosic brass playing. Notably Austrian and German Schlager songs of the 20. century are often caricatured, former member Sebastian Fuchsberger was a great talent in imitating e.g. Johannes Heesters and Udo Jürgens. Mnozil Brass is able to convince audience that playing music is not only a serious business. Mnozil plays classical and jazz music using traditional brass instruments and more unusual instruments such as the keyed trumpet and Wagner tuba.

The septet cooperates with freelance director Bernd Jeschek who developed the stage programs "Smoke“, "Ragazzi“ and "Seven“ and the "first operetta of the 21st century" titled The Trojan Boat ( German: Das Trojanische Boot ), world premier was 2005 during the German Art Festival RuhrTriennale.

The group has toured internationally and won praise from artists such as Barry Tuckwell and Wycliffe Gordon.

1 Members
2 Former members
3 Repertoire from Seven Show (available on DVD)
4 Related Links

[edit] Members

Thomas Gansch (trumpet)
Robert Rother (trumpet)
Roman Rindberger (trumpet)
Leonhard Paul (trombone & bass trumpet)
Gerhard Füssl (trombone)
Zoltan Kiss (trombone) (since 2005)
Wilfried Brandstötter (tuba)

[edit] Former members

Wolfgang Sohm (trumpet) until 2004

Sebastian Fuchsberger (trombone) until 2004

Ed Partyka (trombone) until 2005

[edit] Repertoire from Seven Show (available on DVD)

Mnozil has a wide range of repertoire - their two hour long concerts feature the group playing all manners of music (without a bad note being heard) along with comedic antics. While the majority of items feature the band playing their brass instruments they are also known to sing (Bohemian Rhapsody being a key example), and even play the recorder (while it is up their noses)