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AUREUM postcard no. XVI.
This summer we toured the beautiful countries of Albania & Montenegro.
We've never had such a variety of concert venues in such a short time: a church, on the mountains, by the sea, in an old medieval town. It's unbelievable what these countries have to offer!
Thank you very much for your hospitality!
AUREUM changes.
You may have noticed that things have gotten a bit quieter around us recently. Some changes have occurred behind the scenes, and after 8 years of embarking on this quartet journey together, Joe and the rest of us are going artistically separate ways in the future.
Dear Joe, we want to express our gratitude for all the highs and lows we’ve experienced together over the years. We’ve learned so much from each other and what an incredible journey it has been! From traveling the world to producing two albums and performing on so many different stages together… We are very grateful for the beautiful musical moments we’ve shared both on and off stage. We wish you all the best for your future and your goals!
Wir wünschen dir alles Gute für deine Zukunft und deine Ziele!
Behind the scenes, we’ve been busy preparing for upcoming concerts. After this significant change, we were very fortunate to have found someone who resonates with us. So, we want to announce:
Welcome, Ferenc Takács!
We are thrilled that he will be joining us to fill the gap and complete our quartet once again. Making music together with you feels great and we can’t wait to see, where our journey together as a quartet takes us!
AUREUM interview.
AUREUM in a different way: As the winners of the World's Best Musicians Competition 2023, we are featured in this months Maestro Magazine.
>>Click here for the full interview<<
Enjoy the read!
AUREUM gewinnt Classical Stars Competition!
Wir haben auch bei einem zweiten Online-Wettbewerb teilgenommen und freuen uns über den Sieg und den Titel „Absolute Winner“.
::: Jetzt laufen die Vorbereitungen für unser nächstes, außergewöhnliches Konzert am 19. April in der Alten Schmiede :::
AUREUM postcard no. XV.
One of the absolute highlights of 2023: our Chile tour! We were so grateful to finally visit this country and play our concerts there (it was planned since 2020, but then - ...pandemic)
We had a great time with lots of unforgettable memories, experiences, beautiful concerts and great audience and people.
Thank's to everyone supporting us on this journey!
AUREUM wins World's Best Musician competition!
We are delighted to have won the online competition „World’s Best Musician“
Part of the prize is an interview in Maestro magazine and an online concert. So: stay tuned!
AUREUM postcard no. XIV.
What a feeling in the sold-out National Opera in Warsaw at the "La Folle journée" festival!
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We're already preparing your most beautiful Christmas concerts:
7. Dezember | Weihnachtskonzert, Gablitz
17. Dezember | Weihnachtskonzert, Wolfsberg in Kärnten
21. Dezember | Weihnachtskonzert mit dem vorstadtkollektiv, Ateliertheater, Wien
AUREUM postcard no. XIII.
Many thanks to the whole team of Podium NMNM in Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic & the many great pictures from this concert in June!
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We are already preparing your best Fall & Christmas concerts:
16. November | Franz Kafka, mit Otto Brusatti, Baden bei Wien
7. Dezember | Weihnachtskonzert, Gablitz
17. Dezember | Weihnachtskonzert, Wolfsberg in Kärnten
21. Dezember | Weihnachtskonzert mit dem vorstadtkollektiv, Ateliertheater, Wien
AUREUM backstage.
Most of the time you see planned concert pictures of artists. This time we want to share a different perspective with you - the view behind the scenes.
Here in June at the rehearsal at the beautiful Beethoven Spring in Gneixendorf.
golden roots Teaser.
Check out the fresh teaser of our highly acclaimed conert program >>golden roots<< You haven't seen it live? Check out our concert dates:
9. Juni | beethoven frühling Festival, Krems
10. Juni | PÓDIUM NMNM Festival, Horácká galerie Nové Město na Moravě
1. Juli | Schloss Hunyadi, Maria Enzersdorf
9. Juli | Promenadenkonzerte, Innsbruck
AUREUM at Stift Geras. golden Stift.
Visit us soon at our concert in the stunning Stift Geras:
Saturday, 15. April 2023, 19 p.m.
in the Marmorsaal, Stift Geras
AUREUM postcard no. XII.
Bonjour de Rennes! We had a nice concert, delicious galettes, some frommage, un petit peu de Cidre and a great time in Rennes, France. Merci beaucoup for the invitation to play on the International Women’s Day in the Maison des Associations and for the support of Forum Culturel Autrichien Paris!
AUREUM goes Wald- und Weinviertel.
After many trips abroad, we'll play >>golden roots<< this year a lot in Austria. Most recently in the wonderful Konzerthaus Weinvierteland soon in the stunning Stift Geras and in between in beautiful Tamsweg & Zell am See.
AUREUM postcard no. XI.
It was a short but very sweet trip to Serbia and a road trip at its best - lots of adventure included. We had a great concert in Kragujevac with a very welcoming audience! Hvala puno to the Muzicki Centar Kragujevac, especially Jelena, and the Austrijski Kulturni Forum Beograd!
>>golden roots<<
The Show in Vienna!!!
The big UREUM >>golden roots<< Show on January 27th!
Be there when the highly acclaimed, internationally celebrated program returns home to Vienna. Directed by Ferdinando Chefalo, this evening promises to be an extraordinary, far from your typical concert experience.
🕑 27. January 2023, 20 p.m.
📍 Haus der Musik – Seilerstätte 30, 1010 Wien
Tickets
https://www.hausdermusik.com/event/aureum-saxophon-quartett-golden-roots-konzert/
Online Tickets
https://www.wien-ticket.at/de/ticket/63103/haus-der-musik-fremdveranstaltungen-haus-der-musik-wien
Ticket prices: € 25 // Reduced € 18 for students aged 16 and up, university students, conscripts, civil servants, members of Ö1 Clubs, Standard and Falter subscribers // Free for Hunger auf Kunst und Kultur-Pass holders and children up to 16 years old.
AUREUM wünscht FROHE WEIHNACHTEN!
AUREUM postcard no. X.
Our last stop abroad this year was Northern Macedonia. Thank you Skupi Kamerfest for the invitation to this exciting country!
Celebrate Christmas with AUREUM at the >>golden roots<< Christmas Concerts:
10. December 20 p.m., Festsaal Rathaus Wolfsberg, Carinthia
15. December 19.30 p.m., Musiklokal Taktlos, Vienna
For ticket and seat reservations, simply write to us: contact@aureumsaxophonquartett.com
AUREUM postcard no. IX.
From Vietnam we moved on to Singapore. Many thanks to NAFA and the Austrian Embassy for the invitation to this country of superlatives!
golden roots release. Part II.
Here are some impressions from our >>golden roots<< release concert on August 5th, 2022.
Big thanks to the great Amerlingbeisl who were so welcoming and provided us with this stunning location! Thank you to erveryone in the audience who celebrated this special occasion with us.
If you want a piece of >>golden roots<< for your home, make sure to get a copy now! Just reach out to us: contact@aureumsaxophonquartett.com
golden roots release.
golden roots is a celebration of our passion for music. We break down traditional boundaries between genres and conventions in our artistic expression. Questions about origin arise: where do our roots lie?
We embarked on a journey to discover our roots - musically, artistically, and personally.
golden roots represents tradition and modernity. Folk music and art music are not opposing forces, but rather origin and evolution.
To celebrate the release of our new album on August 5th, 2022, we invite you to the
Amerlingbeisl
Stiftgasse 8, 1070 Vienna.
Starting at 5 PM
please RSVP to contact@aureumsaxophonquartett.com (name and number of guests).
admission is free
::: We would greatly appreciate a contribution to the AUREUM Crowdfunding :::
AUREUM postcard no. VIII
What a beautiful concert in this far-off, pretty church in the Czech Republic. Many thanks for the short, but great time and the invitation to the festival Za poklady Broumovska in Šonov.
AUREUM congratulations.
Last but not definitely least: Viola has now joined us in the Magister's club. Despite some last hurdles - a damn COVID infection and a criminal instrument theft - our tenor saxophonist has completed her studies with the highest distinction. We congratulate you warmly and can't wait to play the next concerts by your side!
Yours, AUREUM-Trio (Lukas, Martina & Joe)
AUREUM postcard no. VII.
After some time we were on the road again and spent some beautiful days in Milano with a great concert at Teatro Filodrammatici. Grazie mille for having us, Roberto Porroni and Forum Austriaco di Cultura a Milano ! Looking forward to see you again soon!
AUREUM portrait.
Finally, you can watch our mdw Artist Portrait, that we recorded some time ago. Big thanks to the Career Center of mdw - University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna for featuring us and for this great opportunity! We are really happy that now we can call ourselves „mdw Artists“. Our quartet would not exist without this university and our teachers Barbara Strack-Hanisch and Michaela Reingruber since the four of us met there six years ago. Thank you for the support, mdw! You will always have a special place in our hearts.
Here is the full video: mdw Artist Portrait – AUREUM Saxophon Quartett
AUREUM postcard no. VI.
Our last destination this tour summer was the Istanbul Music Festival geführt.
It was an inspiring tour with delicious food, lovely people and a great audience. Thanks Istanbul, you made our time most valuable and enjoyable!
Out now: MOUSsorgsky
The AUREUM program for the young and the ones who are young at heart!
You want to see us with this play in your school/church/home/kindergarten…
>> >> Contact us << <<
AUREUM postcard no. V.
Bella Italia... All four of us would definitely agree with that! We were really happy to play a concert at the Festival Tra Lago e Monti in Maggio in Lecco in front of a very lovely audience. Thanks for having us!
AUREUM postcard no. IV.
Our last concerts abroad before our short summer holidays took us to beautiful Estonia! We got to play two concerts on the islands Saaremaa and Muhu. Thanks to the great Juu Jääb Festival ! Looking forward to see you again soon!
AUREUM postcard no. III.
Three days - three cities: Warszawa, Kraków and Opole. We really enjoyed our trip to Poland - what a lovely audience!
AUREUM postcard no. II.
Yay! Our first concert abroad since we don't know when! Thanks for having us Hiša kulture Celje!
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AUREUM streams – Part II.
Here is our europe day concert video, which was broadcasted worldwide - check it out!
AUREUM streams.
We really hope to play live again soon - in the meantime here are two great online-Stream concerts for you.
Here is the first Link:
AUREUM projects.
We are honored to have the Austrian, well-known composer Gerald Resch writing a piece for us called: Grid. Unfortunately COVID-19 made the premiere impossible until now, but we are looking forward to the concert at Gmundner Festspiele on August 5th, 2021. We cannot wait to share it with our audience!
Here is the link to the article in the Sikorski magazine:
AUREUM congratulations.
… and the third one in the group of magisters in our quartet. Congratulations to our alto saxophonist Johannes Weichinger, who finished his studies of classical saxophone at the mdw - University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna on January 28th with a fantastic concert (unfortunately without audience) and who can now call himself magister! We wish you all the best for your future! You are definitely ready now to conquer the world, that we know for sure… (as you can see in the picture)
Yours, the AUREUM-trio (Martina, Lukas & Viola)
AUREUM competition.
We are very happy to have won the 2nd prize at the Danubia Talents International Online Music Competition 2020. Good news, especially in those times! Since it seems like we still have to wait to play ive again, we are working on new repertoire and exciting projects in the meantime. So stay tuned, because there are definitely great things coming this year. We are very excited to see what 2021 has in store for us!
AUREUM wishes you merry christmas & a happy new year!
AUREUM congratulations.
On October 19th, 2020 our baritone saxophonist Lukas finished his studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with a fantastic concert where we also shared the stage with him.
Congratulations to our freshly baked magister! We wish him all the best for the future and many more joyful moments with AUREUM.
Yours, Johannes, Martina & Viola (AUREUM-Trio)
#wearAUREUM
We are stepping up our merch game:
AUREUM shirts. For everybody who wants to shine in the classy beauty of black and gold and with the great aureum slogan: #eureohrenwerdenaugenmachen
Get them here or at one of our concerts!
AUREUM new project.
We are very happy to present to you something you have never seen or heard before:
AUREUM Saxophon Quartett ft. DJ Cab Canaveral. Premiere on September 24th, 2020 at Villa Kunterbunt. Buy your tickets here: www.oeticket.com.
Classical music infused with groovy beats - don't miss it!
AUREUM in concert.
For our next concert (August 16th, 2020 | 19:00 @Pfarrkirche Göttlesbrunn) together with the pianist Martin Ivanov you get the chance to win free tickets. For more information click here: www.noen.at/noen-aktionen/gewinnspiele
deadline for participation: August 5th, 2020
AUREUM streaming.
Normally we would have played a concert in the Czech Republic at the “Za poklady Broumovska” festival this weekend. Due to known circumstances we could not be there in person, but that didn't stop us: We played the concert anyway, only in Vienna. Thanks to the internet, it can now be seen everywhere. So let us serve you our music to your screen, let's call it "AUREUM to go". Here is it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipDm8XXOXTU
Enjoy!
AUREUM postcard no. I.
We like to remember our last concert tour, especially right now, since so many of our concerts have been canceled or postponed. The trip in February 2020 took us to Rome and fortunately we had wonderful weather and a little time to get to know this beautiful city. Here are some impressions from our well-attended concert in the Forum Austriaco di Cultura Roma and our sightseeing tour through "Bella Italia"!
AUREUM goes Donauinsel.
We were so happy to play this lovely outdoor concert on July 12th, 2020. Since almost all of our concerts since March were canceled we are thankful for every live concert we can play!
Thanks again for having us and for the great organization, Kultursommer Wien and Stadt Wienwho did not forget about the musicians and organized this project in such a short period of time! #wiendrehtauf
Our next live concert: 16 | 8 | 2020 @Haydnregion Festival
AUREUM street concerts.
Yayy!!! We're getting back on track finally! Join us for our first outdoor concerts after the shutdown!
15/6/2020 16-18 Uhr | Kärntner Straße 14 | Wien 1
28/6/2020 16-18 Uhr | Burgring vor dem Burgtor | Wien 1
29/6/2020 16-18 Uhr | Tuchlauben 2 | Wien 1
AUREUM live. After a long time you finally get the chance to listen to us again. Unfortunately though, still not live...
On the 22nd of May 2020 you will be able to stream one of our concerts of last year on http://www.konzertsaal.at It will be available for 7 days.
The concert has been recorded in an extraordinary place with a very special atmosphere. Tune in if you're missing us and don't want to wait any longer to hear us play.
Tickets are available now here: https://www.konzertsaal.at/event-details/aureum-saxophon-quartett
Big thanks to Daniel Auner, who has been working hard to create a platform making it possible to continue sharing our music!
Masks by AUREUM. We want to make a small contribution to help people stay healthy - that's why we created our own fabric AUREUM masks. All of them are handmade, absolutely unique and from upcycled materials. The masks are available for free (you just have to pay the shipping costs) but they are limited edition - so be quick if you want one!
Big thanks to Martina and her mother who supported this idea with their awesome sewing skills and many, many hours of work!
Please note: Self-made mouth masks are not a medical product and cannot guarantee protection against viruses but they can reduce the risk of infecting others!
Contact us for more details.
Since the lockdown we have been productive and working also on projects other than "just" playing the saxophone... One of them was creating a new logo for our quartet. And today we want to present it to you!
Huge thanks for the help we got from outside for creating the new "style" of our quartet - we really love it!
Due to the covid-19 situation we unfortunately are not able to play concerts until further notice.
We'll keep you posted of course!
All current Dates & Info you find under Concerts or you just subscribe to our great, new Newsletter for the latest info.
Stay healthy,
yours AUREUM
Due to the covid-19 situation many of our concerts unfortunately had to be canceled/postponed. Those restrictions hit us hard but they help all of us fight this virus and safe lives!
Stay home, help those who are most vulnerable in this situation and help fight corona!
Our next scheduled concerts are at the Beethoven Festwochen in Baden, May 2020 - we'll keep you posted about all the developments.
All current Dates & Info you find under Concerts.
We wish everybody who is affected by this damn virus a soon recovery and all the best. Also thanks to everybody worldwide who is working to help finding a cure and fight the disease!
Stay healthy & strong!
Yours AUREUM
On February 11, 2020 at 2:05 pm, we were part of the radio feature "Music for Wind Instruments" as part of the series Ö1 Konzert. We played the 2nd movement: Sarabande from Edvard Grieg's "Holberg Suite," a part from Franz Cibulka's Saxophone Quartet No. 3, and Philippe Geiss's "Patchwork" - recorded during the 2nd International Cibulka Competition 2019 in Graz.
Here's the link where you can listen to it the next 7 days: https://oe1.orf.at/player/20200211/588557
We are very happy to have won the 2. price at the II. Internationalen Franz Cibulka Wettbewerb in Graz. Congratulations to all the ensembles that participated!
Yay! We've been nominated by the ECMA – European Chamber Music Academy.
We are very happy to announce that we have been selected to be part of the NASOM (The New Austrian Sound of Music) program by the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs in the category of "Classical" music. We are looking forward to many exciting concert tours abroad!
#aureumgoesabroad
#klanginseln – a collaboration with the Tonkünstler Orchestra
Two public spaces in Vienna will become an art agora for two days in spring 2018: the AUREUM Saxophone Quartet and the Tonkünstler Brass Trio invite you to encounter the arts and engage in creative reflection of perceptions. Images by painter Emmerich Gradauer will be presented to arrangements of Mussorgsky's piano cycle 'Pictures at an Exhibition'. A temporary gallery is created from the spontaneous, creative participation of the audience, who, inspired by the music, engages in painting themselves - and the sounds continue visually."
learn more: http://klanginseln.tonkuenstler.at/de/klanginseln/mach-dir-ein-bild-vom-klang
