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The voice category "countertenor" is usually associated with heroic roles in operas by Handel, with Bach Passions, and indeed with baroque music in general in historically informed performance practice, much less with lieder or folk music. In rock and pop music, men often sing in this high register, but with a completely different vocal technique. Alois Mühlbacher, who already attracted attention as a soloist with the St. Florian Boys' Choir, also shows as an adult countertenor that he has something extraordinary to offer in all styles. He is an internationally sought-after soloist in the field of baroque music, but also gives song recitals with romantic and modern repertoire.

Since its foundation in 1997, the Upper Austrian “Spring String Quartet” has been one of the leading jazz-rock-classical crossover string quartets in Europe, shattering all common “violin music” clichés and redefining the artistic expression possibilities of the classical string quartet.

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