Mellow Melange "The Mellow Melange Trio took their audience with a mixture of pop and chamber chamber music, jazz, soul and folk, they literally captivated. "New Acoustic Music" is what the ensemble itself calls the exciting passionate stylistic fusion." (Westfälische Rundschau)
Mellow Melange
Across the Border
The Mellow Melange Trio plays a highly emotional blend of pop, jazz and classical chamber music.
Sonja Firker / vocals, violin and recorder
Ingo Höricht / violin / viola / guitar
Wolfgang Köhler / piano
The press quotes best describe what we do:
"The Mellow Melange Trio literally captivated its audience with a mixture of pop and chamber music, jazz, soul and folk. "New Acoustic Music" is what the ensemble itself calls the exciting, passionate stylistic fusion." (Westfälische Rundschau)
"After some concerts, it is difficult to find your way back to reality. This was certainly true of the Mellow Melange Trio's performance." (Rheinpfalz)
"The great strengths of "Mellow Melange" initially lie in Höricht's complex yet always catchy compositions, which reveal not only great joy in playing instrumental pieces but also poignant melodies and the anthemic qualities of compact pop songs." (Weser-Kurier)
"It's hard to say what actually went on stage. It was certainly a mixture - a "melange" - of folk concert, song recital and jazz gig. And if you take into account the skills of the singer and violinist, who stepped into the limelight with her full personality, then the whole thing also had a classical, almost chamber music aspect. However, there was no time at all for pigeonholing on this evening. The pieces, all of which she composed herself, were too haunting, too melodically captivating and too rhythmically accentuated." (Rheinpfalz)
"If you mix chamber music and pop, jazz and soul, plus a pinch of chanson, the result is not a foul-smelling mash, but a highly listenable, "mature mixture", which is also the trio's programmatic name. Anyone who still had doubts about the taste of the mixture was quickly proved wrong by Sonja Firker's singing (and violin playing). Vocally, you can trust this woman with anything. As a composer, Ingo Höricht is also the common thread that holds everything together. He is also an excellent violinist. Third in the group and no less virtuoso: Benny Grenz on the piano....It was an unusual, but very tasty evening." (Nord-West Zeitung)
