Artist description The Five Gentlemen sing the songs of the Comedian Harmonists. And that means, of course, that they are being accompanied by a piano player because the Harmonists' original arrangements require an excellent performance as for as both vocals and instrumentals are coucerned. The Five Gentlemen bring the music style of the golden 20s back to life, with own material that follows the tradition. With a charmingly humoristic tone, they take the audience back to the time of the 20s and 30s. The highly musical quality and the faithful stage performance make a Five Gentlemen concert a very special even

Music Style vocals like Comedian Harmonists

Musical Influences Comedian Harmonists

Similar Artists Comedian Harmonists

Artist History Since 1993 Falko Thümmler, Tobias Leißner und Andreas Konrath had been occasionally together in the "Clara- Wieck- Gymnasium" in Zwickau, in order to maintain the literature, which they know from their activity in the Dresdner Kreuzchor.The fourth man included was the very talented Matthias Mehnert. At the beginnig of 1994 they discovered the piece "Veronika, der Lenz ist da". So the interest was woken to study the literature of COMEDIAN HARMONISTS and to specialize in that kind of music. In order to practise the pieces of COMEDIANHARMONISTS in their original arrangements a particular correpetition became neccesary. After searching for a long time in 1995 the technical experienced Gregor Meyer took over this part. Simultaneously they were asked for attendance at a contest named "Jugend musiziert". In this contest they got the first prize in regional level and the second prize in state level. That's why they needed their own name. The vocal ensemble FIVE GENTLEMEN developed. Due to their untiring engagement for this music acts got more and more: castlefestivals, parkparties, birthdays, inauguration celebrations and concerts. It succeded in maintaining the ensemble beyond the high scool and to form it further. Thus FIVEGENTLEMEN have a repertoire today in the style of COMEDIAN HARMONISTS, which is looking for its like in scope and quality. In their concerts they limit not only to exactpresentation, but guide the audience - whether old or young - through the time with joke and charme leaving the impression to be a witness of those events. That lovable peculiarity lets each concert of FIVE GENTLEMEN be an unforgotten experien

Group Members Falko Thümmler (tenor) Matthias Mehnert (tenor) Tobias Leißner (bariton) Andreas Konrath (bass) Gregor Meyer (piano)

Instruments voices and piano

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Location Leipzig, PSF 100 825 - Germany

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