Artists
Stefan Zaradic
Born in Vienna. Classical training in piano and composition in Vienna. Keyboarder with Supermax. Works as a keyboarder and arranger in numerous Austrian and international studio productions a.o. with Michael Brecker, Chick Corea, Freddy Hubbard, Peter Erskine, Al Di Meola Boris Blank (Yello), Alessandro Quarta, Ingrid Jensen, Klaus Voormann, Jazzmachine, a.v.m.
Various film compositions and sounddesigns.
Awards
New York Filmfestival „Gold Medal Winner“, Palm Springs Filmfestival „Gold“, Troya Filmfestival „Gold“, ADC Gold, ADC Silber, Flash Forward „Best Sound“, Preis der Stadt Wien, Houston „Gold“, Internet World Messe „beste Anwendung“...
Wolfgang Opitz
Music is his passion and his profession (flute, saxophone). Wolfgang Opitz has been performing for over thirtyfive years at the opera, at the theatre, in big and pop bands. As a member of the fun jazz quartet "Table for Two" he has performed on countless stages in Germany and abroad - including Circus Krone, Prinzregententheater, Gärtnerplatztheater. And he has released various CDs.
Wolfgang Opitz also composes, arranges and produces songs, film and commercial soundtracks in a wide variety of musical genres.
He has already received numerous awards and has now been working in his own recording studio in Munich for over twenty years.
Wolfram Winkel
Classical musician with primary focus on contemporary music.
As a guest percussionist of the Ensemble Modern, he performed regularly with Steve Reich at concert tours across Europe and Japan.
He also played many solo parts with European radio orchestras (the Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra, RAI National Symphony Orchestra, Rundfunk-Sinfonierorchester Saarbrücken, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks).
At the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich he has been teaching since 2007.
Guest Performances on Ascension
Melanie Bong
A global citizen, Melanie has called Tyrol, Graz, Linz, Munich, Frankfurt, and New York City home, while touring extensively across Europe, Israel, Palestine, Japan, and beyond. When asked about her roots, she replies:
"From planet Earth, with a deep love for both the energy of New York City and Tokyo, and the tranquility of the Austrian Alps."
Martin Kälberer
Martin Kälberer was born on August 7, 1967 in Ulm and started guitar and mandolin lessons at the age of five. He added the piano only a short time later. At the age of ten, inspired by the television broadcast of a concert by Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock, he began to explore the world of improvised music. In the mid-eighties, Martin Kälberer finally studied piano at the jazz department of the Graz University of Music.
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Photo Credits
(c) Konstantin Kern, Alexander Wenzel