clarinet

Pedro Minhava Reis was born in 1998 in Montalegre, Portugal, where he received his first clarinet lessons at the age of twelve in the local band Banda Musical de Parafita. For his musical education, he went to Guimarães in 2013 to the Academia Valentim Moreira de Sá with Vítor Matos. In 2016 he came to Austria for concert studies with Johann Hindler and Christoph Zimper at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (MDW). His major field of study was New Music, and he passed the 1st diploma exam with distinction.

Minhava Reis also took several master classes, including with Alessandro Carbonare, Luis Silva, François Benda, Matthias Schorn and Tibor Reman. He has played as a substitute with the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, the Webern Ensemble Vienna, the Graz Philharmonic Orchestra and the Vienna State Opera, not least on numerous concert tours that have taken him throughout Europe and to Asia.

In addition, Minhava Reis took part in several Austrian and international competitions, receiving the 2nd prize of the "Czech Clarinet Art" in 2013, the 2nd prize of the "Concorso Internaziole Marco Fiorindo" in 2014, the 2nd prize of the "Grand Prize Virtuoso Vienna" in 2016 and winning the prize of the hmdw-SolistenKammerOrchester in 2019.

In 2019 he was engaged by the Stadttheater Klagenfurt for the 2nd clarinet and played there until 2021, when he won the audition for the solo clarinet of the ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna in June.

Johannes Gleichweit, born in 1966 in Hartberg in Styria, Austria, began clarinet lessons aged eleven with Prof. Josef Pöttler at Pöllau music school.

In 1984 he began studying with Prof. G. Schönfeldinger at the Oberschützen Institute of the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, before switching to the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna where he continued his studies with Prof. Peter Schmidl, Prof. Johann Hindler and Prof. Ernst Ottensamer. In 1992 he qualified as a teacher and in 1995 passed his diploma examination in concert clarinet.

He performs both as a soloist and a chamber musician and is a member of several ensembles such as the ensemble “die reihe” and Kontrapunkte.

He has been a member of the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra since 1996 as assistant principal clarinet.

Martin Fluch was born in Waidhofen an der Ybbs in Lower Austria in 1976.

He studied concert clarinet with Reinhard Wieser at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna and Peter Schmidl at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. He also studied as an instrument and singing teacher with Gerald Pachinger at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz.

From 2004 he was under contract at the Stadttheater Klagenfurt and the Kärntner Symphonieorchester as solo clarinettist. He has been a substitute in the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Vienna Philharmonic, the Vienna State Opera and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. During his career as a musician, Martin Fluch has travelled around America, Asia and Europe.

He has been a member of the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra since 2005.

Thomas Obermüller, born in Linz in 1972, studied at the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz with Prof. Karl Maria Kubizek and Prof. Gerald Kraxberger. He then went on to study concert clarinet with Prof. Horst Hajek and Prof. Peter Schmidl at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. In 1998 he graduated with distinction.

While still a student he was a substitute in the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, and at the Vienna State Opera and the Vienna Volksoper. From 1994 to 1997 he was a member and scholarship holder of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester. Today he regularly performs with the ensembles Kontrapunkte and “die reihe” and is also a founder member of the clarinet trio Clarinettissimo.

From 1993 to 1995 he taught at the regional music school in Rohrbach, Upper Austria, and from 1997 to 1999 at the music schools in Pöchlarn und Pöggstall in Lower Austria.

He has played bass clarinet with the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra since 1999.