Sonus Quintett
Biography Sonus Quintett
The Sonus Quintett
is Germany’s first “reed quintet”, bringing together the five woodwind instruments: clarinet (Linda Gulyas), bass clarinet (Viviana Rieke), saxophone (Lena Iris Brendel), oboe (Eloi Enrique Hernández), and bassoon (Annika Baum). “Sonus” (Latin for “sound”) signifies their mission to create a completely innovative and homogeneous chamber music sound.
Since its founding in 2021, this Stuttgart-based ensemble has taken the stage by storm, earning an impressive array of accolades. These include the first prize at the Tiziano Rossetti International Music Competition, the second prize at the Carl Wendling Competition, and the Silver Award at the Amadeus International Music Awards.
As scholarship recipients of Jeunesses Musicales Germany and participants in the Studio Chamber Music program at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart, the ensemble regularly draws inspiration from esteemed professors such as Ulrich Hermann, Norbert Kaiser, Péter Nagy, and Gregor Sigl. In addition to their exceptional musical work, the musicians strongly emphasize crafting and conceptualizing their programs. Thus, the quintet consistently guides its audience through central themes in a diverse musical manner.
