Reißner Big-Band to perform in Hanoi
Reißner Big-Band from Bavaria, Germany will play Bavarian folk music in the pedestrian zone in front of Ly Thai To Statue by Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi on August 11, starting at 7 pm.
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Bavarian folk music is famous worldwide thanks to folk festivals such as Oktoberfest in Munich. It is often played at weddings in Bavaria and Öland.
The musicians of Reißner Big Band have packed their bags for the Hanoi visit, carrying with them wind instruments including tuba, trombone, trumpet, saxophone, clarinet, as well as good mood and professionalism. It is their desire to perform in Vietnam and contribute to international friendship between Germany and Vietnam.
The band’s leader is Reinhardt Reißner. His father had already founded and led a brass band. Reinhardt himself taught at a public school in the beautiful city of Neuburg on the Danube which is an hour’s drive from Munich until 2012.
With his school orchestra and with his big band, Reinhardt has been touring abroad for twenty years, including trips to Australia, China, Malaysia and Singapore.
Highlights in the band’s history include a concert during a general audience of Pope John Paul II in Rome, their participation in the Venice Carnival and a concert with 2,000 students playing wind instruments in Bavaria.
Reißner Big-Band plays in a flexible instrumentation, both brass band music as well as classical dance and light music.
