About us

Birgit Kubica, vocals

Born in Styria, she studied jazz and popular singing at the Tyrolean State Conservatory and at the Anton Bruckner Private University.

She is particularly concerned with the different sound possibilities of the instrument "voice", her intensive study of Estill Voice Training and CVT makes her an extremely flexible and versatile singer, who not only works with artists such as Nadine Beiler and Tom Neuwirth (aka Conchita ) on stage, but was also invited to sing as part of the Austrian delegation at the Eurovision Song Contest.

Her concert activities have taken her not only across Austria, from the Vienna Hofburg to the Bregenz Festival Hall, but also to neighbouring countries and to Brazil. www.blaumeise.at

Serim Galip, violin/viola

Serim Galip is a Cypriot-Turkish-Austrian violinist. Based in Vienna since 2015. She grew up in a family of musicians and received her first piano lessons at the age of four in Stuttgart.

In 1999 she completed her studies in concert violin at the State Conservatory of the Dokuz Eylül University of Izmir, and from 2000 to 2009 she was a member of the Izmir State Symphony Orchestra. As an orchestral musician, she gained musical experience on tours and at international orchestral festivals in several European countries and Malaysia, Japan and worked with numerous world-famous conductors and soloists. Participation in the "Japan Record Award-Grand Prix", Mahler project "Festival Euro Mediterraneo Roma", "Festival Musicale Ravello" in Italy etc.

Violin and chamber music master classes including the International Summer Academy Mozarteum Salzburg, Carl Flesch Academy Baden Baden, with Prof. Joachim Schall (Stuttgart), "The Bekova Sisters", "Trio op.8", "Quartetto Amati" etc...

2007 “Prize for Strings” from the Antonio Salieri Foundation Verona. Invitation to several solo concerts as part of the 11th “Talented Young Musicians of Europe” festival, such as in the Theater Salieri Legnago etc. Intensive collaboration with Juan Carlos Rybin played an important role in her life. This motivated her in 2009 to realize her childhood dream of making music in the waltz country of Austria.

2012 Diplom an der Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität Linz mit Schwerpunkt Alte Musik. Wichtige musikalische Impulse erhielt sie bei Prof.Matheos Kariolou. Historische Aufführungspraxis und Barockvioline bei Michi Gaigg, Gunar Letzbor, Midori Seiler

As an enthusiastic chamber musician, she performs on important stages in Austria, including the Great Hall of the Mozarteum in Salzburg, the Musikverein in Vienna, the Brucknerhaus in Linz, the Upper Austrian Stiftskonzerten St.Florian as well as in other European countries and in the Mediterranean region.

Baroque music: including Austrian Baroque Company - intensive and valuable collaboration and concerts with Michael Oman, as well as Ricardo Minasi, Manfredo Kraemer, participation at Ars Antiqua Austria.

Niederbayerische Philharmonie, Salzburg Philharmonie(in the Großes Festspielhaus), Vienna Academy Orchestra and in various chamber music ensembles in Germany, Poland and Switzerland

Richard Wagner Festival, Wels, Istanbul International Music Festival 2014 usw. Seit 2011 bei den St.Florianer Brucknertagen mit CD-Liveaufnahmen von Bruckners Symphonien.

Funding from “City of Vienna Culture” MA 7 events in the cultural sector. Collaboration with composers such as Thomas Daniel Schlee and artists, operetta productions, participation in CD productions (ORF, Gramola).

Teaching violin and viola, 2017-18 at the Music School of the City of Vienna, since 2015 at the Linz City Music School.

Projects and concert activities at home and abroad. Several fundings for music and cultural activites from "Stadt Wien Kultur MA7".
www.serimgalip.com

Clemens Hofer, trombone

Born in Carinthia, he has been a member of Crossplay Vienna since 2020.
He studied instrumental pedagogy at the Vienna Conservatory and jazz trombone at the Graz University of the Arts and at the MUK in Vienna.

Already during his studies he was involved in various theatre productions and band projects throughout Europe. As a member of the Orchester der Vereinigte Bühnen Wien he played in Elisabeth, Rebecca, Don Camillo, I am from Austria and Cats. Another highlight was the production of Woyzeck and the Tiger Lillies, directed by Christian Kolonovits.

For the Theatre in der Josefstadt he composed the music to "Casimir and Karoline" by Ödon v. Horvath. He released his own CD productions with the Clemens Hofer Trio and the band TrioBoot. As a sideman, Clemens Hofer currently participates in a wide variety of groups and genres.

His educational activities extend from youth work in the youth jazz orchestra and at music schools in Lower Austria to university level at the JamMusicLab in Vienna.  www.clemenshofer.com

Joachim Claucig, piano/vocals

Born in Linz, he received his first piano lessons at the age of five and studied piano, singing and music education at the Bruckner Conservatory in Linz and at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. He repeatedly demonstrates his musical versatility on stage.

With performances and musical projects in Germany and abroad, he has already attracted considerable attention, be it as a pianist and piano accompanist in the fields of classical music, pop and film music or as a singer and vocal actor in stage productions in the fields of opera, operetta and musicals (including Neue Oper Wien, Carinthian Summer, Stadttheater Grein).

At the age of 20 he was responsible for the musical direction of a theatre production at the Theater Phönix Linz, for which he arranged and composed the incidental music. In the summer of 2015, he finally made his debut as musical director and conductor of a complete stage work and orchestral arrangement for Carl Zeller's operetta Der Vogelhändler. Last but not least, he keeps touching the hearts of his audience with his own compositions, musical projects and creative concert programs. He also has a special fondness for the creative networking of different styles of music.

With his groups “Music for Separees” and “Herzglut” , he has already made a name for himself across Austria and far beyond national borders. www.joachimclaucig.com