For this concert join Anna Lang and Alois Eberl, alias SINFONIA DE CARNAVAL, in the local Stadttheater (city theatre) of the charming town of Gmunden in Upper Austria, located right at the lake “Traunsee”. Sinfonia de Carnaval presents a selection of new music created during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020. In this brand-new program with the title “Sweeping Dragon”, the virtuosic and distinguished duo whisks you away to a world of storytelling. Stunning sound stories lead the audience into fantasy worlds or reflect real musical reports. Experiences, only dreamt or fantasy, are captured in tones with stupendous instrumental technique and inexhaustible creativity. The musical portraits, tales and euphonic snapshots find their musical expression in relentless grooves, brutal dramatic scenes, broad fields of improvisation and spontaneity.
When: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 through Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Where: online | YouTube
ABOUT “SINFONIA DE CARNAVAL”
With Sinfonia De Carnaval, Anna Lang and Alois Eberl present another highlight of their numerous and varied programs. Nominated for the BAWAG P.S.K. Next Generation Award 2015, selected as one of the best five bands in the jazz category by the Austrian Federal Ministry for the “New Austrian Sound Of Music Program 2018/19” and one of seven bands from all contemporary genres with top funding from the Austrian Federal Chancellery, the international springboard FOCUS ACT 2019, Sinfonia De Carnaval has hadinternational performances in Switzerland, England, Iran, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Croatia, France, Italy, Israel, Palestine and Germany.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
ANNA LANG | CELLO
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Born in Salzburg, Anna Lang grew up in a family of artists at Lake Traunsee in Upper Austria. At the age of 15 she began her musical studies and is a graduate of the University Mozarteum in Salzburg (Piano Pedagogy), the Music University of Vienna (Master of Arts in Cello) and the Anton Bruckner Private University (Bachelor of Arts with Distinction in Jazz and Improvisation). Anna Lang is a free-lance musician, performing with the cello and piano, composer and an instrumental educator in Vienna and Upper Austria.
ALOIS EBERL | Trombone
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Growing up surrounded by Austrian folk music and classical music, Alois Eberl continued his previous classical training in trombone and accordion at the Tyrolean Music Conservatory where he discovered his passion for jazz and improvised music. In 2009, Alois completed his studies in Jazz Trombone and classical accordion at the Anton Bruckner University in Linz. He completed his second bachelor´s degree in 2012 and in 2016 his master´s degree in classical trombone at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg.