ensemble minui
less is more
ensemble minui
less is more
Located between chamber music and orchestra, the Carinthian-based ensemble minui, consisting of five strings and four wind instruments, has been dedicated to the musical possibilities for large chamber music ensembles with elegance and sophistication since its foundation in 2016. While the program initially consisted of simple reductions of large orchestral works, opera music gradually became the great passion of the ensemble minui. The sophisticated arrangements of the clarinettist Stefan Potzmann provide the starting point. Homogeneous and balanced, the nine versatile orchestra musicians offer previously unheard and sound-differentiated perspectives on large-scale opera works, reduced to what is essential for them:
music!

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Die Presse
"...an amazing series of new insights into well-known scores..."
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Online Merker
"...an interesting, a real experience..."
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rbb Kultur
"...brilliant..."
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HR Audio
"...first-rate sound, top arrangements and perfect playing..."
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Der Opernfreund
"...impressive..."
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Radio Klassik Stephansdom
"...a really exciting, tonally balanced and musically thrilling debut..."
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Wiener Zeitung
"...Culinary sounds in the noble sense..."
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Ö1
"...it is amazing what sonority comes together when the nine of them come together..."
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Kleine Zeitung
"...in elegant, extremely delicate compression. Great opera that tells, agitates and moves without words..."
news
New Videos out now!!!
We are very excited to share our latest videos of Rosenkavalier und La Boheme with you! © www.unisonofilms.com
ensemble minui wishes you a HAPPY NEW YEAR 2023
The ensemble minui would like to thank our audience of the past concerts in 2022! We are very much looking …
nominated for OPUS KLASSIK in five categories!!!
As in 2020, we have also been nominated for the German Classic Prize in five categories with our “ACT II”. …
Longlist 2/2022 for PREIS DER DEUTSCHEN SCHALLPLATTENKRITIK!!!
Insane!!!! We’re on the Longlist for the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik. We are delighted and would like to take this opportunity to …
our upcoming concerts
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16. - 18. Juni 2023
Festival "aufm platz"
Das ensemble minui ist zu Gast beim Festival "aufm platz"
Konzerte in den Städten: Lingen, Melle, Barsinghausen, Bad Pyrmont
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16. September 2023, 19:30 Uhr
Tatort Oper
Radiokulturhaus Wien
Premiere des neuen Programms mit Christina Scherrer
Fotocredit © Flo Waitzbauer
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23. September 2023 19:30
Tatort Oper
Schloss Kirchstetten
Das ensemble minui & Christina Scherrer mit dem neuen Programm in Kirchstetten
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