Classicalpin

Ensemble Classicalpin

Kammerensemble der Volksoper Wien & Volksmusikensemble Lemmerer

Classicalpin is a 9-piece ensemble that was formed in 2010 from two groups playing independently of each other - the “Chamber Ensemble of the Vienna Volksoper” with flute, violin, viola, cello and harp and the folk music ensemble “Lemmerer” with hammered dulcimer, harmonica, guitar and double bass.
Renate Linortner and Sigi Lemmerer are thus treading a new, previously unexplored path of combining folk music and classical music. Their own compositions also include elements of jazz, Irish music, film music, baroque etc. and thus merge into an incomparable musical ensemble.

The variety of instruments creates a chamber music sound that resembles a small orchestra.
The music is positive, heartfelt, invigorating and reminiscent of a mixture of many local, distant melodies.

Renate Linortner Flute (Flutist Volksoper Vienna/ University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna)
Anne Harvey- Nagl violin (concertmaster Volksoper Wien)
Lena Fankhauser viola (freelance musician)
Alison Frilingos cello (freelance musician)
Mariagrazia Pistan Zand harp (Volksoper Wien)