DREI...is a professionel mixed woodwind trio based in Berlin (Germany), the instrumentation varies.
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musicians:
Karola Elssner ( baritone saxophone/ bass clarinet / alto flute / dukuk / various)
Vladimir Karparov ( tenor saxophone / soprano saxophone / div. )
Sidney Pfnuer ( composing / arranging / leading / clarinet / alto saxophone / vocals / various )
Enjoy, all good things come in threes and third time is a charm.
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Karola´s sphere of responsibility in “DREI” is the deep and grounded sound with the baritone saxophone and the bass clarinet. She also enriches the trio with the duduk, a traditional wind instrument from the Armenian-Persian region. It´s timbre and tone colour is a feast for the ears and goes under the skin.
Sidney as the founder and bandleader of this compact format writes an arranges most of the tunes and pieces for "DREI". The musical conception also is about that every title and each voice is specially fitted on the single player. Thus a rich sound picture and aesthetics can be developed and created for the listener and the audience.
Karola Elssner (Germany)
(baritone-, bass saxophone, bass clarinet, alto-flute, duduk, various)
was born and grew up in the region around the German capital Berlin
studied at the conservatory in Berlin (HfM „Hanns Eisler“)
engagements for leading German orchestras like Staatskapelle Berlin, Rundfunksinfonieorchester Berlin and Leipzig, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Bamberger Symphoniker
active in chamber music (Leipziger Saxophon Quartett, Quartett Classic4Sax Hamburg)
member of the RIAS Big Band and the Big Band of the Deutsche Oper Berlin (German Opera Berlin)
guest performances in Europe, Little-Asia, the USA, New Zealand and Indonesia
more than 30 CD-releases
2007-2010 frequent residences in Armenia for the purposes to give saxophone master classes and to learn the traditional Armenian instrument duduk
Echo Klassik award 2010 for the CD Timeless (Sony) with the LauttenCompagney Berlin
Rheingau Musik Preis (award) 2012 with the LauttenCompagney Berlin
more nominations and awards of the German Record critics (Deutsche Schallplattenkritik)
plays: soprano, alto, tenor, baritone and bass saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, piccolo, alto and German flute, various instruments
speaks: German, English, Russian, Tibetian, Armenian
Vladimir Karparov (Bulgaria)
(soprano-, tenor-, baritone-saxophone, vocals,)
Awards:
1996 "Best Young Jazz Musician of the Year" in Bulgaria
1999 prize at the International Jazz
Competition in Monaco
2000 "Medica pro Musica" in Duesseldorf
funding awards of the
Berlin Senates
Sidney Pfnuer (Germany/Italy)
(clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, vocals, various, leading, comp., arr.)
was born and grew up in Rhineland in North Rhine-Westphalia
studied at the conservatory in Berlin (HfM „Hanns Eisler“) and the conservatory in Paris (CNSMDP)
numerous concerts, theater-, CD-, and musical-productions for well known German artits and institutions like: Herbert Groenemeyer, Annett Louisan, RIAS Bigband, Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg, Berliner Ensemble and many more
national and international tours
2010 founding of the woodwind trio DREI
plays: soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, piano, various flutes and percussion instruments
speaks: German, Italian, French, English
Fotos: David Beecroft