CESAR SAMPSON, Vocal
ALEXANDRA REINPRECHT, Vocal
INES SCHUTTENGRUBER, Organ
SONA TAMURA, piano
JOHANNES DOPPLER, Trumpet
ZSOFIA KISS, harpist
The 40-year-old from Linz dared to take his first steps into the music business very early on – as a young boy he played a role in a music video by LaToya Jackson. Cesár comes from a family of musicians, his mother worked as a pianist and choreographer and he grew up in studios and rehearsal rooms. After he started traveling the world at the age of 17 with well-known names from the Viennese alternative scene (Kruder & Dorfmeister, Sofa Surfers, Louie Austen), he was mainly drawn behind the scenes of the music business - as a songwriter, lyricist and producer in international productions. Cesár Sampson represented Austria in the 2018 Song Contest with "Nobody But You" and ended up in a sensational third place. In 2021 he began composing Christmas carols. For a look at his work click here.
The Vienna-born artist received her first singing lessons from Bernhard Maxara and Flaviano Labó. She received her diploma at the Conservatory “G. Tartini” with distinction under the baton of soprano Cecilia Fusco.
After her first engagement in St. Gallen, she was subsequently engaged to Graz, Stuttgart, the Vienna Volksoper and the Vienna State Opera.
In the course of her career, she was able to use important personalities such as Zubin Mehta, Giuseppe Taddei, Ivor Bolton, Bertrand de Billy, Marcello Giordani, Michel Crider, Philipe Jordan, Peter Konwitschny, Doris Dörrie, Josef Köpplinger, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Marco Armiliato, Welser- Möst, Angela, Angela Ghorghiu, Arturo Marelli, Helmut Lohner, Alain Artinogliu and many more. For a look at her work click here.
She is the internationally renowned organist and teaches at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna / mdw at the Institute for Piano, Organ and Historical Keyboard Instruments. She completed her studies in piano, organ and harpsichord in Vienna and Amsterdam with distinction. The artist has already given numerous solo concerts at home and abroad, world premieres and orchestral projects with the Tonkünstler and the Wiener Konzertverein. Since 2013 she has been the artistic director of the summer concerts in the baroque Melk Abbey. Ines Schüttengruber was a Bösendorfer scholarship holder in 2004 and in 2017 received the Recognition Prize of the State of Lower Austria for music.
Winner of the ORF young talent competition "die goldene Note" by Leona König. Sona was born in 2011 in Kagoshima, Japan. She has lived in Vienna since she was almost three years old. At the age of seven, Sona began taking piano lessons with Dr. Mag. Gabriele Teufert at the Josef Matthias Hauer Music School in Wiener Neustadt. From the winter semester 2021/2022 she will be the gifted students course at the University of Music and Performing Arts. For a look at her work click here.
Johannes is an inspiring musician and, at just 15 years old, feels more than comfortable on stage. Already at elementary school he played in various formations such as wind ensembles, youth wind orchestras, bands, dance music, family music and more. He has been a member of the Anthering music band since 2019. At the Salzburg Advent Singing in the Festspielhaus he was allowed to appear on the big stage as a shepherd for the first time. He also sniffed the composition. Johannes composed 14 pieces for the family music, with which a CD was produced in 2022. With the trumpet he participates every year with great success at prima la musica as a solo musician or in an ensemble. At this year's state competition of prima la musica, Johannes emerged as the state winner and at the federal competition in Graz he achieved the highest number of points and was named national winner. He also made it into the final of the Golden Note 2023 and delighted the audience with a sovereign performance.
Zsofia Kiss was born in Salgotarjan, Hungary. At the age of eight she received her first lessons at the state music school in her home town. She has won prizes at several national and international harp competitions. Since 2010 she has been studying at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna under the direction of Adelheid Blovksy-Miller and Mirjam Schröder, where she graduated in 2017 with distinction. In 2013 she made her debut at the Wiener Musikverein with Mozart's double concerto for flute and harp. Her concert activities have taken her to Austria, China, Germany, Spain, Hungary, Slovakia and Romania. She is a committed orchestral musician, plays regularly in various orchestras such as B.: Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Stadttheater Baden and the Orchestra of the Vienna Boys' Choir. She is solo harpist at the Lehár Festival in Bad Ischl and at the Herbsttage Blindenmarkt. Their performance can be heard on numerous CD and video recordings. More information is available at: www.harfemusik.com
CESAR SAMPSON, Vocal
The 40-year-old from Linz dared to take his first steps into the music business very early on – as a young boy he played a role in a music video by LaToya Jackson. Cesár comes from a family of musicians, his mother worked as a pianist and choreographer and he grew up in studios and rehearsal rooms. After he started traveling the world at the age of 17 with well-known names from the Viennese alternative scene (Kruder & Dorfmeister, Sofa Surfers, Louie Austen), he was mainly drawn behind the scenes of the music business - as a songwriter, lyricist and producer in international productions. Cesár Sampson represented Austria in the 2018 Song Contest with "Nobody But You" and ended up in a sensational third place. In 2021 he began composing Christmas carols. For a look at his work click here.