wilfer & wilfer Neujahrskonzert 2019

 

Donnerstag, 3. Jänner 2019 um 19:00 Uhr

in der Burg Mauterndorf

 

Rudi Wilfer piano
Felix Wilfer violin
Vlado Blum guitar
Dietmar Kastowsky bass
Michael Keul drums


In Mauterndorf findet zum wiederholten Male das seit
Jahren etablierte Neujahrskonzert der österreichischen
Jazz-Legende Rudi Wilfer gemeinsam mit dem Geiger Felix
Wilfer statt.
Dieses Mal werden die beiden von Vlado Blum an der Gitarre, Dietmar Kastowsky am Kontrabass und am Schlagzeug Michael Keul  begleitet.

Kartenvorverkauf bei:
Lungauer Kulturvereinigung LKV, die künstlerei / Tamsweg
Büchergewölbe Pfeifenberger Tamsweg

 

 

 

wilfer & wilfer

 

In an age that seems to have lost its tune,
“RUDI WILFER & FELIX WILFER” make music that refuses to fit into any given category.
But real music needs no label. All you have to do is let the music take you on a journey into the depths of your inner self.
Rudi Wilfer and Felix Wilfer – music that spans two generations.
Just listen – the music says it all.

 

 

Playing duets is a particularly intimate form of music which places huge demands on both performers. Musical conversations like this have long been a highlight of jazz history, from the days of Armstrong and Earl Hines through Lee Konitz and Billy Bauer to Gary Burton and Chick Corea. The two Wilfers, father Rudi and son Felix, have taken up the baton by engaging in a fascinating dialog during which they manage to weave a web of musical storytelling in the finest jazz tradition.

Whether through the medium of fantastic interpretation over an eclectic set of harmonies or when following in the footsteps of such musical giants as Miles Davis, Steve Swallow, Michel Legrand or Sergei Rachmaninoff, and indeed when presenting their own original compositions such as “Stalagtites” or the “SchoenbrunnWalz” by Wilfer senior or “Dave”, “For Monk” and “Misty Vision” by Wilfer junior, the two performers frequently defy the definition of jazz as we know it. And in fact, the customary artistic labels become increasingly irrelevant as one submerges oneself in this tonal potpourri of styles and themes drawn from all the corners of the musical kingdom. What becomes clear is their mutual ability to shift through dynamic structures with virtuoso ease and sensitivity, at times even allowing themselves flights of exuberant euphony, with Rudi Wilfer, who has spent the last half century fusing the spirits of musical icons from Oscar Peterson to J.S. Bach, from Joe Zawinul to Beethoven, often providing an insistent “heartbeat” on the keyboard to rein in the youthful enthusiasm and the soaring sweeps of melody his son Felix evokes from his violin.

This recording is a magical mystery tour of notes and phrases leading the listener from lyrical sensation to barn-storming swing and all points in between.