Herbert Pixner Doppel (Herbert Pixner & The Italo Connection und Symphonic Alps)

HERBERT PIXNER & THE ITALO CONNECTION and
HERBERT PIXNER SYMPHONIC ALPS

"I wanted to do something loud again, something dirty, where we play full throttle," says Herbert Pixner, describing the idea behind the project. "The Italo Connection" is a kind of supergroup with Mario Punzi (drums), Max Castlunger (percussion), Marco Stagni (bass), Martl Resch (sax), Alex Trebo (keyboards) and Manuel Randi (guitar).
Christoph Franceschini and Mauro Podini accompanied the band with camera and microphone on the entire 2019 tour. From Sterzing to Hamburg via Rankweil, Salzburg to Berlin. The result is a gripping road movie about the touring life of the seven musicians, the man and musician Herbert Pixner and their passion for music.


Alpine folk music meets classical symphonic music. Herbert Pixner shows that such an event can do without any clichés.
Here, the Herbert Pixner Project's own style and love of improvisation merge with the power and variety of sound of the Tonkunstler Orchestra. Contemporary Alpine world music meets jazz, flamenco, blues and tango. From the very first note, it is all about the relationship between the two very different ensembles to a common denominator: music. The concert film was made during Corona at the Festspielhaus St. Pölten.