VIERFARBEN SAXOPHON SAXOPHONE QUARTET

Stefan Weilmünster soprano saxophone Bastian Fiebig alto saxophone Susanne Riedl-Komppa tenor saxophone Jürgen Faas baritone saxophone

Whether early music, baroque, rococo, classical, jazz or new music: Vierfarben Saxophon cite music history not only as a loose sequence of epochs, but rather as a causal connection that becomes sensually tangible. The four musicians confidently master the balancing act between the musical worlds, moderating with ease and humor and spoiling not only the ears, but also the eyes of their audience with beautiful Baroque costumes.

Virtuoso passages alternate with sensual melodies: Especially for those who think that the saxophone is reserved exclusively for jazz, the music for example by W. A. Mozart is in the saxophone arrangement an incomparable experience. Swinging rhythms, enthralling melodies and an expressive interpretation – that's what you've never heard of George Gershwin, Charlie Parker, Michael Nyman or Philip Glass. Contemporary composers complete the repertoire of the Vierfarben Saxophon quartet.

Stefan Weilmünster soprano saxophone

The saxophonist, pianist and conductor Stefan Weilmünster studied at the Justus-Liebig University Gießen, the Dr. Hoch`s Konservatorium Frankfurt, as well as the Conservatory Frankfurt and took numerous master classes among others at the Mozarteum Salzburg, Berklee College Boston, the Fermo Conservatory of Italy and the Conservatory of Amsterdam with lessons from Bob Mintzer, Joe Lovano, Eugene Rousseau, Arno Bornkamp, Federico Mondelci and others.

In addition to conducting various choirs and musical groups, as well as a big band, he is a member of the chamber music ensemble Duo Saxoforte, the Vierfarben Saxophon quartet, lead alto of the Bigband East17, and saxophonist and singer of his jazz quintet Groovekatze. He is also a regular guest of the Symphony Orchestra of the Hessischer Rundfunk, the Staatstheater in Wiesbaden, Mainz and Darmstadt, the Neue Rheinische Kammerphilharmonie Köln and many others.

Stefan Weilmünster works as a lecturer for saxophone and methodology at the University of Music and Performing Arts Frankfurt and at the Music Academy Mainz. He is deputy headmaster at the music school in Seligenstadt and guest lecturer at the Hessian Music Association, the music travel organizer for Musica Viva and worked repeatedly as a juror at “Jugend musiziert” and at the International Saxophone Competition Przeworsk/Poland.

Bastian Fiebig alto saxophone

Bastian Fiebig did not complete his studies as part of a degree course, but through private lessons or workshops with saxophonists such as Alfred Harth, Robert Sattler, Peter Ponzol, Sigurd Rascher, Klaus Kretschmarsky or Detlef Bensmann. The collaboration with numerous bands, ensembles and theater projects from various stylistic worlds such as Robert Wilson, David Byrne, Hob Goblin, Edo Zanki, Mario Adorf, Michelle, Pe Werner, Lara St. John, the Bochum Symphony Orchestra, Moritz Eggert, the Metropolitan Project or the New Music Society Karlsruhe stand for Fiebig's stylistic range, which shaped his musical work from the very beginning. A plethora of studio albums with different line-up documents this diversity, but under his own name Bastian Fiebig released his first album "Saxophone Landscape" only in 2001, followed by "Ikaria" in 2006. As a founding member of Vierfarben Saxophon he is playing on all three albums of the quartet, 2012 then he published his first album as a solo saxophonist "Glaubensräume-Klangräume" with improvisations in ten churches in Frankfurt. Composition contracts for theater / music productions of the "Ensemble 9. November" complete his musical portfolio, furthermore Fiebig is a co-owner of Chili Notes Musikverlag, specialist publisher for saxophone music and has been working as a sought-after lecturer in Germany and abroad for 20 years.

Susanne Riedl-Komppa tenor saxophone

Susanne Riedl-Komppa began to study saxophone at the Dr. Hoch’s Konservatorium Frankfurt, attended masterclasses, among others with Jean Marie Londeix and Lutz Koppetsch and graduated in 2009 with Simon Hanrath, Stefan Weilmünster and Reiner Witzel at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts Frankfurt am Main.

She is a member of the Vierfarben Saxophon quartet, with which she recorded the double CD Moto Perpetuo in 2006 and performed at the Rheingau Musik Festival in 2009.

Her saxophone duo CONVERSUS has received a scholarship from Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now since 2008. Since 2010 she is playing with the Lady Birds and since 2011 with her duo Reed Art.

Susanne Riedl-Komppa performed in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Tunisia with the saxophone quartet Sax Angels, was live on Big City Beats Tour with the Guru Josh Project in 2009, and had several appearances on TV (ARD and Hessischer Rundfunk).

In addition to her chamber music activities and engagements as a soloist and guest musician in numerous ensembles, orchestras and bands, she is a lecturer at the music schools Main-Kinzig and Seligenstadt, works as a choirmaster, is guest lecturer of the Landesjugendblasorchester Hessen and the Bläserphilharmonie Rhein-Main, was already a juror in several competitions such as “Jugend musiziert” and gives saxophone workshops in Germany.

Jürgen Faas baritone saxophone

Jürgen Faas completed a three-year training at the vocational school for music in Dinkelsbühl with Gerhard Buchloh, with the main subjects saxophone and clarinet.

From 1989 to 1997 he studied "Classical Saxophone" with Normand DesChênes at the University of Music in Würzburg. In 1997, he graduated as a music graduate and diploma music teacher. In the course of further education, he received lessons from Hubert Winter and attended courses with Jean Marie Londeix and Peter Ponzol. In addition to many years of experience in big bands, jazz and soul orchestras, dance and gala bands, he has played in various symphonic orchestras. Commissioned works such as arrangements and compositions are also part of his work. Concert tours took him to China, Italy, the Netherlands, Hungary, Switzerland, Austria and Spain.

During regular theater engagements at the Württembergische Landesbühne in Esslingen and the Städtebundtheater Hof, he worked in numerous musicals such as Kiss Me Kate, My Fair Lady or West Side Story.

With the "Würzburger Saxofonquartett" and "Vierfarben Saxophon" he played among others at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival and the Rheingau Musik Festival. Furthermore, the musician is committed to the promotion of young talents. Since graduating as a diploma music teacher, he teaches in addition to numerous private students at Schlossgymnasium Künzelsau and at the Music School in Kitzingen.