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Philharmonix
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Philharmonix
Daniel
Ottensamer (Clarinet)
Noah Bendix-Balgley (Violin)
Sebastian Gürtler (Violin)
Thilo Fechner (Viola)
Stephan Koncz (Cello)
Ödön Rácz (Double Bass)
Christoph Traxler (Piano)
The Vienna Berlin Music Club — or the Philharmonix as they call themselves. Founded by members of the Berliner and Wiener Philharmoniker, the Philharmonix play everything they have always wanted to play. Their trademark: brilliant arrangements, incomparable virtuosity, and, above all, unbridled joy in making music together, which spills over to the listener in a matter of seconds. In their brilliant new adaptations, they work on pop, jazz, swing, folk music, klezmer, and famous melodies from big Hollywood films in addition to classical works. They bring out previously unheard, original aspects to all compositions - and skilfully combine things that otherwise do not belong together. So not everything is classical music; but everything has musical class.
Their music is influenced by the sound aesthetics and tradition of the top orchestras for which they also work: Thilo Fechner (viola), Daniel Ottensamer (clarinet), and Ödön Rácz (double bass) play with the Wiener Philharmoniker; Stephan Koncz (cello) and Noah Bendix-Balgley (violin) with the Berliner Philharmoniker. They are joined by the outstanding soloists Christoph Traxler (piano) and Sebastian Gürtler (violin), who, together with Stephan Koncz, is also the compositional head of the ensemble. Their aspiration: 'The head must rejoice, the heart exults, and the leg twitches.'
The ensemble recorded for Deutsche Grammophon and released three albums, "The Vienna Berlin Music Club Vols. I-III." The fourth album, "The Vienna Berlin Music Club IV – Baltic," was released in May 2025. The ensemble received the OPUS KLASSIK Award in the "Classics Without Borders" category for their first album.
The Philharmonix appear regularly at the Vienna Konzerthaus, where they have held a subscription cycle in the Great Hall for several seasons, as well as at the Berlin Philharmonie, the Tonhalle Düsseldorf, the Kulturpalast Dresden, the Philharmonie Essen, the Philharmonie Luxembourg, and the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg. The ensemble regularly tours with great success in Japan, China, Korea, and Taiwan.
SEASON 2025 / 2026
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