On Friday 26th of March we performed at the extraordinary "Kuppelsaal", a baroque bibliotheque overlooking the town of Bregenz (Austria).

We were invited for a double concert by Ottava Rima, an outstanding choir singing classical as well as pop repertoire. Their performances are very tasteful and of a high level.

According to the many positive reactions afterwards we succeeded in surprising our audience with our varied repertoires.

Ottava-Rima: thank you for this opportunity!

The day afterwards we drove to Switserland, to Rorschach where we participated in the 7th A Cappella Festival Rorschach. It was organised and hosted by its local choir: 9400 Rorschach

See: www. acappella-rorschach.ch

We were part of the roulating festival: Five groups, very different from eachother, alternatingly performing on five locations. Every group gets a companion who will take care for the group to be at the right spot on the right time. Ours was called Monika Fasola (what’s in a name?), a Swiss miss who turned out to be very pleasant and who must have been a motorist in a former life. She can tackle any mountain with great ease!

Monika: Thank you for your enthousiasm and warm personality!

Each time we got a few minutes to adjust to every new stage and then it was: “do or die.” And we did. It turned out to be great fun. We were able to give five good performances even when the stages were somewhat improvised sometimes. At the end of the evening we all got together again and sang to eachother in an informal way.

Chorschach: let’s do it again sometime!

Unfortunately, Jan Wouter’s car broke down on our way back to the hotel. It could not be repaired right away, so we had to stay another day in the interesting town of Bregenz. We strolled along the lake and watched the big outdoor stage by the water: quite impressing!

We’re very proud to present our latest CD

Shiva Knows: “A Tribute To The Real Group”

Ingredients: One mic, five blending voices, a blanket on the ground and last but not least a soundwizard to mix it all together. With lots of Tokaij wine, salami and goulash soup studio technician Gabor Molnar and bariton Luc spent some nut-cracking time together with stunning results.

Now you can order this CD and find out for yourself. Have fun listening and let us know what you think about it.

To order: go to Media/Discography on our website.

Spring is here!

On Friday, March 26th we will perform in the wonderful town of Bregenz (Austria). Our singing friends from Ottava Rima asked us to perform together in the impressive Kuppelsaal.

On Saturday, March 27th we are going to participate in the a cappella festival of Rorschach (Switserland).

A-cappella unplugged im Doppelpack

Das holländische Spitzen-Vokalensemble Shiva Knows ist am 26. März 2010 zu Gast beim Vorarlberger Doppelquartett Ottava Rima.

Starke Arrangements, groovige Performance, facettenreiche Stimmen, niveauvolle und vielfältige Vokalmusik, das alles erwartet die Zuhörer beim A-cappella-Konzert der beiden Vokalensembles Shiva Knows (NL) und Ottava Rima (Vorarlberg) am 26. März 2010, 19.30 Uhr, im Kuppelsaal der Vorarlberger Landesbibliothek in Bregenz. Die niederländische Gruppe Shiva Knows wurde 2007 gegründet und feierte mit ihrer ersten Show „A Tribute to The Real Group“ eine äußerst gelungene Premiere in der A-cappella-Szene. Die Presse schrieb damals: „Shiva Knows verleiht dieser wunderbaren Musik der schwedischen Formation Real Group mit eigenen, großartigen Versionen eine ganz spezielle musikalische Note.“ Shiva vereint zwei wunderbare Frauenstimmen, die sich in den verschiedensten Musikstilen wohlfühlen, mit einem ausdrucksstarken Tenor, dessen Stimmumfang keine Grenzen kennt, einem vielseitigen Bariton sowie einem tiefen „groovigen“ Bass. Wie in einem alten italienischen Versmaß eine Silbe den Reim mit den anderen sucht, so streben die acht Stimmen des Vorarlberger Vokalensembles Ottava Rima nach klanglicher Harmonie. Auf dieser Suche arbeiten die vier Sängerinnen und vier Sänger an unterschiedlichsten chorischen Werken und musikalischen Schöpfungen.