Studio Dan

To mark our 20th anniversary, we're doing the obvious: throwing a party. And not just anywhere – at Porgy & Bess, our musical home base since day one. For one night only, we’ll transform the entire venue into a walk-through installation. From the street-level bar to the cargo elevator and both stages – every corner will come alive, sonically and visually, beautifully and bizarrely.

We’ll showcase highlights from two decades of Studio Dan – from Planet Globokar, How Is Your Bird?, ZONK!?!!, to brand-new works. Expect music by Anthony Braxton, John Cage, Vinko Globokar, Michael Gordon, George Lewis, Veronika Mayer, Pauline Oliveros, Oxana Omelchuk, Julia Purgina, Steve Reich, Christof Ressi, Daniel and Leo Riegler, James Tenney, Anton von Webern, Clemens Wenger, Frank Zappa, and many more. Add to that some delightfully absurd side acts: a spring onion tasting, solo concerts in the freight elevator, or massages accompanied by dissonance therapy.

Featuring: Karolina Preuschl, Martin Siewert, Matthias Muche, STUDIO PERCUSSION graz, schtum, Isabella Forciniti – and of course, us: Studio Dan.

Studio Dan
Maiken Beer – cello
Martina Bischof – viola
Damaris Richerts – trumpet
Hubert Bründlmayer – drums
Thomas Frey – flute
Dominik Fuss – trumpet
Sophia Goidinger-Koch – violin
Philipp Kienberger – double bass, electric bass
Manuel Mayr – double bass, electric bass
Raphael Meinhart – percussion
Doris Nicoletti – flute
Daniel Riegler – trombone
Clemens Salesny – saxophone
Margit Schoberleitner – percussion
Michael Tiefenbacher – piano

Xizi Wang – principal ensemble conductor

& Guests
Isabella Forciniti – electronics
Martin Siewert – guitar
Matthias Muche – trombone
Manfred Weissensteiner – stage direction
Karolina Preuschl – performance
Leo Riegler – electronics