On May 25, 2025, the Vienna Brass Connection will open the Millstatt Music Weeks with an extraordinary concert in the Millstatt Abbey Church. Under the title “Out of Darkness”, the ensemble will present a musical journey from darkness to light, inspiring the audience with powerful sounds and emotional depth. The program includes works by Anton Bruckner, Richard Strauss, Olivier Messiaen, Billy Joel, Peter Gabriel and John Williams...
On September 23, 2025, the Great Hall of the Brucknerhaus Linz will become a sound space for a very special event: The Vienna Brass Connection will perform for the first time at the International Bruckner Festival and record their next live CD.
What is heard on this evening is more than just music. It is a tribute to Anton Bruckner - not only through his own works, but through a program that wraps itself around his world of sound like a large, shimmering frame. Contemporary meets classical, passion meets precision, pathos meets tongue-in-cheek lightness.
The 21 musicians of the Vienna Brass Connection, all active in large orchestras and ensembles and yet united in the joy of making music together, create an experience that lingers in the room - and, thanks to the live recording, far beyond this evening...
On September 24, 2025, the Vienna Brass Connection will present their highly anticipated concert “Brass Explosion” in the Grand Concert Hall of the KKL Lucerne. The ensemble, made up of outstanding musicians from leading orchestras such as the Vienna Philharmonic, the Vienna State Opera, and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, will bring a rich and diverse program to the stage. Under the direction of Johannes Kafka, the audience can expect a musical fireworks display: from the high-octane film music of Mission: Impossible to the moving operatic melodies of Puccini’s Turandot, to timeless classics by Billy Joel and majestic sounds from Bruckner and Strauss. Most of the arrangements are written by members of the ensemble or close collaborators, giving the concert its unique and personal touch… – Swiss Music Journal
The Vienna Brass Connection opens Ischgl Classics 2025 with a powerful concert
On October 2, 2025 at 7:00 pm, the Vienna Brass Connection will open the Ischgl Classics 2025 with an impressive concert in Ischgl.
The Ischgl Classics, which will take place from October 2 to 5, 2025, will offer a total of 17 concerts at extraordinary locations in and around Ischgl, including gondolas, stables and churches. The concert series is under the artistic direction of Daniel Kurz and promises an unforgettable musical experience in the midst of the Alpine landscape...
2024 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of the composer Anton Bruckner. For the Vienna Brass Connection, this is more than just a reason to celebrate and so there will also be a Bruckner focus in the varied concert program... But there are even more presents!
THE FINALE OF THE 8TH SYMPHONY BY ANTON BRUCKNER DURING THE INTERMISSION FILM OF THE VIENNA PHILHARMONIC NEW YEAR'S CONCERT
The Vienna Brass Connection can be seen and heard in over 100 countries worldwide at the New Year's Concert 2024 in the intermission film produced by ORF and the WIENER PHILHARMONIKER, which this year revolves around Anton Bruckner! Directed by Felix Breisach. Broadcast date: January 1, 11:15 AM, among others on ORF 2, as LiveStream und noch eine zeitlang nach der Ausstrahlung z.B. in der ORFTVthek.
ONLINE EP BRUCKNER GOLD
Bruckner Special– A gift from the Vienna Brass Connection to Anton Bruckner for his 200th birthday with selected, hand-picked music: an excerpt from a symphony, a well-known choral work and motets for smaller ensembles... Happy Birthday!
Ab 1. Jänner 2024 nur als Stream auf allen Plattformen online verfügbar!
Label: TSB RECORDS Vienna Brass Connection – Johannes Kafka (conductor) Gerhard Berndl, Michael Schwaighofer, Michael Stückler, Peter Lengyelvari (instead of Manuel Huber), Manuel Egger, Klaus Leherbauer, Wolfgang Nagl (instead of Patrick Prammer), Christian Poitinger, Thomas Märzendorfer (instead of Christian Winter), Stefan Obmann, Raphael Stieger, Martin Riener Wiener Horn Ensemble – Michael Stückler, Peter Lengyelvari (instead of Manuel Huber), Manuel Egger, Klaus Leherbauer Trombone Attraction – Stefan Obmann, Christian Poitinger, Martin Riener, Raphael Stieger
The floor shook... The Vienna Brass Connection wowed audiences at the Nieder-Moos Concert Summer with its esprit and incredible variety!
(...) The Vienna Brass Connection demonstrates their virtuoso mastery of their instruments with powerful and powerful voices, but can also be discreet and restrained when necessary. (...) These are thoroughbred musicians, perfectly attuned to each other. (...) The last musical contribution sends the completely enthusiastic audience almost into ecstasy, the floor vibrates again... (...) - Ditte von Dietze, Lauterbacher Anzeiger (Photos & Article)
Das neue Programm der Vienna Brass Connection mit Werken von Anton Bruckner, Richard Strauss, Giacomo Puccini, John Williams, Billy Joel usw.
2024 jährt sich der Geburtstag des Komponisten Anton Bruckner zum 200. Mal. Für die Vienna Brass Connection ist das mehr als ein Grund zu feiern und so wird es auch einen Bruckner-Schwerpunkt im vielseitigen Konzertprogramm geben, um diese kraftvolle Musik entsprechend zu würdigen usw.
Und dieses usw. bietet eine einzigartige Mischung aus Klanglandschaften, mitreißenden Rhythmen und durch Musik ausgedrückte Emotionen, die Geschichten erzählen, aber Raum für Interpretationen lassen und die Fantasie anregen usw.
Die Musiker der Vienna Brass Connection sind Mitglieder in Top-Orchestern (Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Symphoniker, Wiener Volksoper, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Grazer Philharmoniker, WDR Symphonieorchester Köln, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks usw.) und in den verschiedensten Ensembles tätig. Obwohl sie beruflich weit verstreut arbeiten, verbindet alle eine langjährige Freundschaft und ein breitgefächertes musikalisches Interesse usw. – wahrscheinlich ist eben dieses usw. das Rezept für die Vienna Brass Connection.
Das Ensemble spielt ausgewählte Musik, die das ganze Spektrum des Lebens widerspiegelt: mal laut, mal leise, mal heiter und mal traurig, mal hoch, mal tief, mal Bruckner usw.
Sound magic. (...) artistry and intensity of sound (...) in a brilliant manner (...) unreal and surreal at the same time, music that has to be played as well as the 20 instrumentalists of the brass ensemble (...) instrumental sophistication (...) - Dr. Ferruccio Delle Cave, South Tyrolean daily newspaper "Dolomiten"
