"Coincidences make the best stories" (Thomas Gansch)
What would happen if brass instruments were freed from musical notation, genre, and convention? Thomas Gansch ( Tp. ), Leonhard Paul ( Tb. ), and Albert Wieder (Tu.) , all of whom made their name with the Mnozil Brass, may know the answer.
The trio was formed in 2015 as a substitute for the Mnozil Brass in Wieder's " Yes, Yes, Yes! ". On the tour, they played an encore at the end of every show. They returned to the stage as they liked, improvising, with almost no discussion, and had the best " communication. "
Eventually, they combined their worlds to create a dream-like trio program that included music from all sorts of tastes, such as Franz Schubert, Johann Strauss, Henry Mancini, Chuck Mangione, Toots Thielemans, George Michael, Udo Jurgens, Billy Joel, and many more.
They have all the bass, melody and harmony. Even the name "Wieder, Gansch & Paul" is enough!
It's not jazz, nor brass, nor classical, nor progressive, but it's freedom, dialogue, and infinite music!
Nominated for the 2020 Amadeus Awards in the Jazz/World/Blues category
Thomas Gansch - trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals
Leonhard Paul - trombone, bass trumpet, vocals
Alberto Wieder - Tuba
Thomas Gansch
Born in Sankt Pölten in 1975, he learned the trumpet from his father Johann Gansch. At the age of 15 , he moved to Vienna to study trumpet at the University of Music and Performing Arts. While still a student, he formed the Mnozil Brass with some fellow students in 1992 , at the tender age of 19. After six years of classical music, he decided to graduate in 1997 and turn to his beloved jazz. From 1998 to 2006 , he played with the legendary Vienna Art Orchestra, which he still refers to as his "real" student years. In addition to countless collaborations with musicians from around the world and performances in nearly 50 countries, he has composed for various ensembles in addition to the Mnozil Brass.
Thomas Gansch is not only one of the most versatile trumpet players of his generation, but also a true entertainer, always ready with a joke but never losing sight of the music.
Leonhard Paul
Born in Vienna. Studied trombone instrumental pedagogy at the University of Music and Performing Arts from 1986 , passing the teaching qualification exam with distinction. Studied trombone at the same university from 1989 to 1993 , graduating with distinction in October 1993. Studied jazz trombone under Erich Kleinschuster at the Vienna Conservatory from 1990 to 1994 , passing the diploma exam with distinction in July 1994 .
He is also a co-founder of the Mnotsir Brass, where he composes and arranges music and plays trombone and bass trumpet.
From 1992 and 1993 to 2005 he taught at the Conservatories of Music in Mürzschlag and Tulln, and since 2005 he has been teaching brass chamber music, baroque trombone and trombone, with a focus on popular music, at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. In 2019 he became director of the Joseph Haydn Institute for Chamber Music and New Music.
In addition to his performances with the Mnotsil Brass, he has gained popularity for his shadowy roles.
Albert Wieder
He learned to play the tuba from his father, who was a trombonist.
At the age of 14 , he enrolled in Josef Mayerhofer's class at the Graz University of Music in Oberschutz and studied there as a junior student until 1999 .
Around this time he had already performed a solo concert under Yehudi Menuhin and with the Graz University Orchestra Oberschutz.
He studied instrumental and vocal pedagogy and tuba as a concert course at the same school until 2007. In 2000 , at the age of 19 , he became a tuba player in the Vienna State Opera Orchestra, and in 2006 he became a member of the Vienna Trombone Ensemble.
From 2015 to 2017 he was briefly active in the Mnotsil Brass, and the trio was formed with the album Yes! Yes! Yes!
In 2012, he became professor of tuba at the Joseph Haydn Academy of Music.
HP
https://ganschathome.com/project/wieder-gansch-paul
YouTube
https://youtu.be/sGKm9um-CX4?si=Y1heNTWzTX5eamq3
YouTube Music
https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCmzc06pICLq11VaAARW8QSA?si=T8XupY6Yt5XiLQgX
Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/intl-ja/artist/7vuPipemEFZjX6kvW4Qtpc?si=y1UjKW74SSW5hDO7Jcqgow
Apple Music
https://music.apple.com/jp/artist/wieder-gansch-paul/1484635293