Thomas Gansch & Georg Breinschmid

SHORT VERSION

Thomas Gansch: trumpet, vocals

Georg Breinschmid: contrabass, vocals

Thomas Gansch and Georg Breinschmid have a lot in common. They both come from Lower Austria and started as classical musicians, which made neither of them happy. They both love the Beatles, Monty Python, Jazz and Thomas Bernhard as well as violent fits of laughter, Dadaistic puns and nasty grimacing. Not least because of these common preferences, these two gentlemen developed a certain inclination towards a distinguished style of musical madness. The joy of playing and spontaneity of these two gentlemen could already be admired during their time with the Vienna Art Orchestra from 1999 to 2006. Since 2007, the two of them have been performing full shows on their own.

What particularly distinguishes both musicians - besides their professional skills and spontaneity - is their enormously broad range of musical styles. These two exceptional artists can slip into the roles of traditionalists at one show and dive deep into the world of improvisation at the next. One day they might focus on world music while on the next day they cross over into Blues or Pop territories. Shimmering, versatile, virtuoso (just like their projects ‘Mnozil Brass’ or ‘Brein’s Café’), the duo Gansch/Breinschmid is a unique experience – live as well as on record.

LONG VERSION

Thomas Gansch: trumpet, vocals

Georg Breinschmid: contrabass, vocals

Thomas Gansch and Georg Breinschmid have been friends since 1997; they met exactly at that moment in their lives they both independently decided to turn their backs on the kind of classical music they studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and dedicate themselves to Jazz. Due to their shared passion for music and Monty Python, they decided to work together. Based on one of their jam sessions, they were instantly hired by Mathias Rüegg for the Vienna Art Orchestra, for which they both played in the following years.

The musicians of this internationally renowned ensemble hardly ever play encores. Therefore they frequently asked their trumpeter and bassist to perform a musical finale at the end of the program. These encores were extended over time until both musicians felt the need to deliver a full-length show on their own. A lot of time has passed since then. Today, Thomas Gansch and Georg Breinschmid are among the top-performers of the local jazz and world music scene and they also gained a very good international reputation.