Elbtonal

Elbtonal: Four virtuoso percussionists from Hamburg have uniquely and refreshingly mastered, the „creative crossover“ of classical, jazz and world music. With a pinch of live electronics, a truck full of drums, marimba and vibraphones, taiko drums, gongs and a miscellany of creatively repurposed everyday objects, this unique blend is the quartet‘s ‚Hamburg Sound of Percussion‘.

Elbtonal Percussion

Elbtonal Percussion has been performing live for 25 years, frequently on the road. The ensemble has toured throughout Europe, South America, Japan and China and is a regular guest at international festivals such as the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, JazzBaltica, the International Music Festival Stuttgart, the NCPA International Percussion Festival Beijing (CHN) or the Iwamizawa Art and Music Festival in Sapporo (JPN). Elbtonal Percussion has worked with percussion greats such as Trilok Gurtu, Benny Greb, Stewart Copeland, Alexej Gerassimez and Keiko Abé, as well as with artists such as John Neumeier, Christian Brückner, Quadro Nuevo and Martina Gedeck, and has given solo concerts with renowned orchestras such as the Bremen Philharmonic Orchestra, the Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra and the NDR Choir.

Elbtonal and film industry

In addition to their concert activities, the percussionists work intensively with studio productions in the film industry. They can be heard on the soundtracks of the feature films „Kirschblüten-Hanami“ (2007/Doris Dörrie), „Der Baader-Meinhof-Komplex“ (2008/Uli Edel), „Pandorum“ (2009/Christian Alvart), „Sein Letztes Rennen“ (2013/Kilian Riedhof) and „Pets United“ (2020/Reinhard Klooss). To date, Elbtonal Percussion has released ten CDs and three DVDs, and appear on numerous samplers and compilations.

Education

Furthermore, the four Percussionists are actively committed and involved with educational projects in the wider community, designed to both entertain and inspire: hands-on workshops, concerts for children and families and school performances have been an integral part of the live concept from the outset. Special features are the self-created, composed and produced musical children‘s radio play „Tom the Drummer“. “Tom der Trommler“ for Sony Music/EUROPA and the „Kids & Teens Show – Boom!“ developed in col- laboration with AIDA-Cruises, which was performed live on nine Aida cruise ships from 2017 to 2019.