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The new CD: VIENNA BRASS CONNECTION LIVE

A moment, a breath, a sound.
And then the stage explodes.

This recording is more than just a live concert recording. It is pure adrenaline captured in sound. Brass players, percussionists and a conductor who trust each other blindly, pushing and inspiring each other. This is the VIENNA BRASS CONNECTION as it is: Uncompromising, passionate and filled with boundless joy.

Johannes Kafka • conductor | Thomas Bachmair • trumpet | Gerhard Berndl • trumpet | Martin Griebl • trumpet | Christian Hollensteiner • trumpet | Johannes Moritz • trumpet | Michael Schwaighofer • trumpet | Peter Dorfmayr • vienna horn | Michael Stückler • vienna horn | Manuel Egger • vienna horn | Manuel Huber • vienna horn | Klaus Leherbauer • vienna horn | Michael Böhm • trombone & euphonium | Stefan Obmann • trombone | Christian Poitinger • basstrombone | Raphael Stieger • trombone | Christian Winter • trombone & euphonium | Christoph Gigler • tuba | Markus Nimmervoll • tuba | Georg Hasibeder • percussion | Leonhard Königseder • percussion | Patrick Prammer • percussion | GUESTS: Martin Stanglmayr • tuba | Gaspard Stankovski-Hoursiangou • vienna horn | Thomas Steinwender • vienna horn | ARRANGEMENTS & CREDITS: Manuel Egger (5, 9) | Normen Handrow (1, 8) | Patrick Prammer (6, 11) | Albert Wieder (7) | Dominik Vsetecka • design | Tonstudio Baumann • recording engineering | Lorenz Raab • recording management | Stefan Obmann • production management | Recorded live in September 2025 at the Brucknerhaus Linz.

The Vienna Brass Connection is exclusive—and this recording even more! Available exclusively here on the website and at concerts.

December 2025: Concert in Andorf – featuring the new CD from the Vienna Brass Connection!

The Vienna Brass Connection was a guest in Andorf! The top-class brass ensemble presented its current program with virtuoso arrangements, powerful sounds, and great enthusiasm. The concert also featured the launch of the new CD VIENNA BRASS CONNECTION LIVE—perfect for anyone still looking for a special Christmas gift. It was an evening full of energy and musical diversity — live in Andorf!

Photos: Teresa Jodlbauer

Fall 2025: Brucknerhaus Linz, KKL Lucerne, Ischgl

The Vienna Brass Connection has had an intense and melodious fall:

In Linz, we presented our current program in the large hall of the Brucknerhaus. The energetic atmosphere and proximity to our audience made this evening a special experience. We also recorded a live CD, which will soon be available on our website...

Just a few days later, we gave a guest performance at the KKL Lucerne – a highlight for any ensemble. The enthusiastic audience, the outstanding acoustics, and the standing ovations left a lasting impression on us...

The tour concluded with a concert in Ischgl. Here, too, we could feel how much our music moves people...

We are grateful for the great response and the many encounters at these concerts!

Photos: Klaus Leherbauer

Musikwochen Millstatt 2025

There were forces at work that brought music to life.
– Bernhard Zlanabitnig, Intendant der Musikwochen Millstatt

Celebrated opening of the Millstatt Music Weeks with the powerful Vienna Brass Connection. (…) From the very first notes, they emanated a concentrated musical, sometimes quite powerful and exciting energy and it was pure pleasure to listen to the musicians: The Vienna Brass Connection performed at the opening of the Millstatt Music Weeks under the precise baton of Johannes Kafka with outstanding quality, enormous virtuosity and precision.
– Helmuth Christian, Kleine Zeitung

Photos: Christoph Glantschnig

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The Vienna Brass Connection's gifts for Anton Bruckner's 200th birthday

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!

From January 1, 2024 only available online as a stream on all platforms!

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 Vienna Brass Connection at the Nieder-Moos Concert Summer in August 2023

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)

Bruckner. And so on...

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.

–> Concert dates!

South Tyrol - Merano

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"
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