Founded in 1979 by Günter MEINHART, over the past almost 40 years STUDIO PERCUSSION graz has conjured up an impressive number and variety of productions on all kinds of stages, both at home and abroad. Exciting projects in the contemporary field, exploratory collaborations with musicians, composers and event organisers in the fields of jazz and classical music, special programmes for children and young people and a passion to create their own musical theatre productions, have consistently characterised the work by STUDIO PERCUSSION graz.
CONCERTS AND MUSICAL THEATRE PRODUCTIONS AT:
Styriarte | Wiener Festwochen, | Salzburger Festspiele | Ars Electronica Linz | Seoul Drum Festival | Brucknerfest Linz | Steirischer Herbst | Festival mostly modern New York | Dubrovnik Festival | Biennale Zagreb | La Strada Graz | Musikverein Wien | Jazzfestival Izmir | Narodni Dom Maribor | Konzerthaus Wien | Berliner Festspiele-maerzmusik | Journees de la Percussion Paris | Festspielhaus St. Pölten | Osterfestival Innsbruck | Festival Psalm Graz | International Percussion Ensemble Week Bjelovar | Festival Bumfest Zalec | Porgy & Bess Wien | Pula Festival | Ankara | Istanbul | Musica Contemporanea Bolzano | Jazzfestival Burghausen | Thessaloniki | Athen | Korfu | Budapest | Konzerthaus Berlin | Sounding Jerusalem | Drumfest Polen | Klangspuren Schwaz
PRODUCTIONS:
FACES & PLACES, WUMM!, TERMINALS, TIMBER, GRAVITAS, LA BALLADE, DER DEUTSCHE SCHLAGER AM ENDE DES 20. JAHRHUNDERTS, MINIMAL MOVING, SCHERZ, SPAß, SPOTT & SCHROTT
COLLABORATIONS WITH ORCHESTRAS AND SOLOISTS:
OPUS | Pierre Sauvageot + ALLEGRO BARBARO | Jean Marie Maddeddu + LES PIETONS | Gilles Rhode + TRANSE EXPRESS | Ernst Kovacic | Christian + Wolfgang Muthspiel | Percussion Project Robyn Schulkowsky | SLOWENISCHE NATIONALPHILHARMONIE | THESSALONIKI STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | Pierre Yves Artaud | Armin Pokorn | Karlheinz Essl | Lukas Ligeti | INSINGIZI | BELGRADE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA | Bobby Previte | ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG CHOR | TIROLER SYMPHONIERORCHESTER INNSBRUCK |
“My own personal, artistic work has been focussed for almost 40 years on my ensemble STUDIO PERCUSSION graz and I consider myself fortunate to be able to work regularly with this group and its contributing musicians, video artists, technicians and other creative people. For me, STUDIO PERCUSSION graz is a gigantic paintbrush that offers me the possibility to paint what are sometimes exquisitely beautiful, sometimes brusque, often interesting, yet also cheerful acoustic pictures and leave them behind in spaces. For me that is a divine gift.” Günter Meinhart
Günter Meinhart was born in Graz and there he studied percussion instruments at the University of Music and Performing Arts, where he has worked as a contract teacher since 1995. Meinhart runs workshops and seminars at home and abroad and stages numerous events with his group STUDIO PERCUSSION graz. He also leads the AUSTRIAN PERCUSSION CAMP as artistic director since 2009.