Adrian Gaspar Orchestra

The Adrian Gaspar Orchestra is the youngest JazzBigBand of the World. The average age of the Band is 18,5. The AGO was founded on the 1st of June 2005 and their first rehearsal took place on the very same day. "Grand Session" was the first piece that the AGO ever played. The piece’s debut took place on the 11th of June 2005, ( !!! a mere 10 days after the orchestra was founded !!! ) at the Künstlerhaus, during the “Multikids 05” event. On the 26th of June 2005, barely four weeks after the group was established, the first and official Adrian Gaspar Orchestra concert at the popular jazz venue Porgy & Bess took place. After a long summer/winter pause, they appeared at the Roma-Ball in February 2006, where they were then seen/heard by Richard Schuberth, the organizer of the "Balkan Fever" - Festival. It was then arranged that the Orchestra would be the opening act at the upcoming festival and from this point on, the AGO were ready to start their musical career. On April 21st 2006, they performed at the Szene-Wien and were the headlining act at the "Balkan Fever 06". On the 27th of June 2006, just a year after the establishment of the Orchestra, they went on to perform at the annual "Donauinselfest", where they stunned their audience with Balkan Jazz tunes. Their biggest achievement to date was being honoured with the Publikumspreis of the "Austrian World Music Award", which took place at Porgy & Bess, on the 9th of December 2006. They have also been successful abroad, in Trento and Verona, Italy, where they were able to give a stunning performance both to a young and more mature audience. Exactly two years after the Orchestra was founded, on the 31st of May 2007, the first album of the Adrian Gaspar Orchestra, which was produced in the ORF Landesstudio Burgenland, was presented and released as "All.can B-Jazz". With a new concept, a new LineUp and a new program for 2008, Adrian Gaspar wants to be more involved in the Jazz-Scene and to devote himself to his work with his role model, Mathias Rüegg, the founder and leader of the Vienna Art Orchestra.