I am happy to announce that Martin Eberle and I have been commisioned by the Konzerthaus Wien to score the silent movie "The Man with the Movie Camera" live at the "Grosser Saal" on April 21st 2024. Tickets on sale starting from March 8th 2024. For more infos click here.
Upcoming concerts in 2024 together with my friend Martin Eberle: Spielboden Dornbirn on Februar 9 / Arkadensaal Langenlois on March 16 (program not online yet) and at the wellenklaenge festival in July 24 (programs not online yet).
Together with Soap & Skin I will perform on June 18th in London (Southbank Centre) and on November 19th in Bern (Full of Lava Festival).
Between May and October 2023 I will be part of the production "ganymed bridge" combining musical and theatrical performances at the art history museum & the museum of natural history in Vienna. Tickets & infos are available here.
Feb. 25, 2023: Velvet Elevator Orchestra feat. Die Strottern @ Theaterhotel Wien - A Tribute to Otto Tausig. Infos & tickets here.
On March 8, 2023 our quartet "Die Strottern & Blech" will perform at the Musikverein, Vienna (Gläserner Saal). Get infos & tickets here.
Dec. 21, 2022 @ Treibhaus Innsbruck : Duo Martin Eberle / Martin Ptak. Double concert together with Mira Lu Kovac & Clemens Wenger. Infos & tickets here.
November 24, 2022 @ Konzerthaus Vienna (21.00): Martin Eberle and me are glad to present our new duo album "MOMENTUM" live. The concert will be part of the neo classical/minimal concert series "Atmosphéres". Infos and tickets here.
Some Soap & Skin concerts in autumn 2022: Remise Bludenz (Sep. 27) / Berlin - Tempodrom (Sep. 28) / Munich - Tonhalle (Sep. 29) & Hamburg - Kampnagel (Sep. 15).
April 29, 2022 @ Donaufestival Krems: Soap & Skin - "in sheep´s clothing - reinterpretations and cover versions". Get tickets here.
June 1, 2022 @ Klagenfurt Festival : Soap & Skin. Infos & tickets here
May 29, 2022 @ Geyerhof (19.00) : Our quartet "Die Strottern & Blech" will perform at the lovely "Geyerhof" Oberfucha. Infos and Tickets here.
July 2, 2022 @ Südtirol Jazzfestival, Bozen: Together with the 9 piece band "Die Strottern & Jazzwerkstatt Wien". Infos and tickets here.
October 24 (19.30) @ Recreate Festival Weitra: Duo Martin Eberle / Martin Ptak at the historic Rathaussaal in Weitra (Lower Austria). Get infos and tickets here.
November 8 (19.30) @ Kunsthalle Krems: Duo Martin Eberle / Martin Ptak. Since the premiere of a new piece (including concert band) has been cancelled in April, we will perform parts of it as a duo. Infos & tickets here.
On December 5 (19.30) I will perform my composition "River Tales" with the large ensemble (9 musicians) at the Wiener Konzerthaus. Infos and tickets here.
On September 19 (20.30) Martin Eberle and me will present our new duo program "earth" at the Porgy & Bess Music Club Vienna. On the same evening Emily Stewart will perform a set of her new solo album. Get infos and tickets here.
In September we will play 3 concerts in a row with Soap & Skin in Graz (Kasematten, Sep 8) and at the Konzerthaus Wien (Großer Saal, Sep. 9 & 10).
August 27 (18.30) @ Netzhaut Ton&Film Festival (Wiener Neustadt) : Our retro film music orchestra Velvet Elevator will play the opening concert together with Die Strottern. Infos and tickets here.
September 6 (14.00) @ Gipfelklaenge Festival (Lower Austria): Together with the Darkstone Brass Sextet I will play the festival´s final concert at the foot of the Oetscher mountain. Infos and tickets here.
On August 22 (14.00) our quartet "Die Strottern & Blech" will perform at the Jazzfestival Saalfelden. Tickets and infos here.
On the 1st of March I will perform together with Ernst Molden, der Nino aus Wien and many others at the "Ganz Wien" Festival (Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg) Infos here.
Between March and June 2020 I will be part of the production "ganymed in power" at the art history museum in Vienna (Kunsthistorisches Museum). Besides other musicians and actors, Martin Eberle and me will perform a piece that is based on Beethoven´s Apassionata. Tickets are available here.
BTHVN-Musikfrachter: I am happy to announce the premiere of a new piece for brass band featuring Martin Eberle (trumpet, electronics) & me (synthesizers, composition) accompanied by the concert band of the VOEST-Alpine. (April 14, 2pm) More infos here.
Some Soap & Skin concerts in autumn 2022: Remise Bludenz (Sep. 27) / Berlin - Tempodrom (Sep. 28) / Munich - Tonhalle (Sep. 29) & Hamburg - Kampnagel (Sep. 15).
On September 26, 2019 I will perform RIVER TALES at the Porgy & Bess Music Club, Vienna. Video projections and lightning design by Nico de Rooij. Tickets and infos here.
2 more concerts will follow this autumn with Soap & Skin: Sept. 13 at the Arena, Vienna / Nov. 24 Latvia /
On Oct. 12 2019 I will perform with the Acoustic Techno band Elektro Guzzi at the Porgy&Bess Music Club, Vienna.
On Sep. 28 2019 our quartet "Die Strottern & Blech" will perform at the Donaubühne Tulln followed by a concert on Oct.20 at the Theater am Spittelberg, Vienna.
On Sep. 29 2019 our brass sextet "Darkstone Brass" will perform at the festival "Schloss Kirchstetten Klassikfestival" (Brass & Wine). Line up: Martin Eberle, Martin Ohrwalder (trp) / Phil Yaeger, Martin Ptak (trb) / Erik Hainzl (tuba) / Lukas Koenig (dr).
On Nov. 8 2019 the Velvet Elevator Orchestra will accompany the Kulturpreisgala of Lower Austria at the Festspielhaus St.Pölten. More infos to come soon.
Between March and June 2019 I will be part of the production "ganymed in love" at the art history museum in Vienna (Kunsthistorisches Museum). Besides other musicians and actors, Benny Omerzell and me will perform a specially composed piece for four-handed piano. Tickets are available here.
On November 21, 2018 I´ll play the album release concert at the Radiokulturhaus Vienna (Großer Sendesaal). We will perform in the original 9 musicians line up, featuring Martin Eberle (trp) as a soloist. For more infos and tickets click here.
After 8 days of recording in January, the new album of the acoustic techno band "Elektro Guzzi" featuring Hilary Jeffery, Daniel Riegler and me on trombone will be released on Oct. 26, 2018 by Denovali Records. Between October and November we will play 10 shows in Austria, Germany, Slovakia and Italy. Get infos here.
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In spring 2018 the danish radio station "The Lake" broadcasted an interview I did with Nico de Rooij. I talk about the last 15 years of making music - included are also many examples of past and current projects. You can still listen to the interview here.
On October 6 & 7, 2018 our retro-filmmusic orchestra VELVET ELEVATOR will perform at the Spittelbergtheater in Vienna. Since last years´collaboration with the Viennese duo "Die Strottern" was a big success we will play 2 concerts together. Get infos and tickets here.
On August 9th 2018 our quartet "Die Strottern & Blech" will perform at the Allegro Vivo festival in my hometown Langenlois. More infos and tickets here.
On June 21st 2018 Christoph Bochdansky´s figure theatre piece "Ich freue mich" which I wrote the music for will be played at the Barockfestival St.Pölten. Get infos and tickets here.
On June 10th 2018 I will perform together with "Die Strottern" and the Jazzwerkstatt Wien. The concert is part of the "Baulücken-concerts" series by Oliver Hangl. Infos and tickets here.
On May 26th 2018 our brass sextet "Darkstone Brass" will perform at the festival "Kultur in Langenloiser Höfen". This time the line up will be: Lorenz Raab, Markus Pechmann (trp) / Phil Yaeger, Martin Ptak (trb) / Erik Hainzl (tuba) / Bernhard Breuer (dr). Get infos and tickets here.
After some months of editing and doing some additional recordings, my 2nd solo album will be released this year! Engineer Christian Clementa did a great job, the exact release date will be anounced soon. You can listen to a teaser here or watch the video of the concert here.
On May 9th 2018 our retro film orchestra Velvet Elevator will perform together with "Die Strottern" at the Konzerthaus Wien. We will play new arrangements of Strottern originals as well as music from Austrian film composers who emigrated to the U.S. in the last century. I´m looking forward to this very special evening...
Between March and June 2018 I will be part of the production "ganymed nature" at the art history museum in Vienna (Kunsthistorisches Museum). Besides other musicians and actors I will perform on piano together with Martin Eberle on trumpet and harmonium.
On March 29th 2018 I will be part of an interdisciplinary project by Renald Deppe at the festival Imago Dei. As a quintet we accompany a live painting of Shaahin Norouzi. Get infos and tickets here.
Together with the acoustic techno band Elektro Guzzi we recorded a 2nd album in January 2018 with the extended line up:
Elektro Guzzi featuring Hilary Jeffery, Daniel Riegler and me on trombones. The album will be released in November 2018 and will be followed by a tour.
On Dec. 20th 2017 our quartet "Die Strottern & Blech" will perform at the Konzerthaus Wien. The concert is part of a "Strottern"-portrait. Another show will follow on May 9th 2018 with our retro film orchestra "Velvet Elevator".
During the last months I wrote the music for Christoph Bochdansky´s figure theatre piece "Ich freue mich". Finally the premiere will be on May 25th in Leipzig! There are 3 more shows in Leipzig on the 26,27 & 28th of May 2017. Between October 17-21 there will be performances of the piece in Vienna too. Get Infos and tickets for Leipzig here.
On May 29th 2017 I´ll play with the band Elektro Guzzi at their album release concert at Porgy & Bess, Vienna. The album "Parade" has been released on Denovali Records. The music is an amazing mixture of Acoustic Techno combined with the sound of 3 trombones. Infos & tickets for the concert here.
On the June 3rd 2017 our Retro Filmmusic Orchestra Velvet Elevator will perform at the "Theater am Spittelberg" in Vienna. This time we will feature 3 amazing guest vocalists: Caroline de Rooij, Tini Kainrath and Sumitra. Playing a Concert with Velvet Elevator is always like getting on a time machine and travelling back in time to the charming era of the 60ies, 70ies and 80ies. Get Infos here...(pay as you wish!)
A special concert will take place on the 20th of June 2017 at the Donau-University in Krems. It´s the first collaboration of the Velvet Elevator Orchestra and the choire of the Donau-University Krems. Together we will perform new arrangements of legendary film and TV-themes. Looking forward to this special evening... Get infos here.
On the 1st and the 28th of July 2017 our newly founded brass 6tet "Darkstone Brass" will perform at the festival "Glatt und Verkehrt" in Krems. The first concert will be on the old riverboat "MS Schönbrunn", the second gig will be at the Sandgrube Krems. Get infos and tickets for July 1st here and for July 28th here.
Since there are a few copies left I did a reprint of my Christmas CD ("Martin Ptak - Christmas") which is available as digital download or CD. I recorded it last year on an old swedish pianino, a fender rhodes and a harmonium.
Thanks to Cornelia Pesendorfer (she played the recorder on one track), David Mueller (mastering) and Sigrid Pohl (artwork). You can order it here.
On 22nd of October and 4th of November 2016 I will play two concerts with the 9 piece band "Die Strottern & Jazzwerkstatt Wien" at the Poelz Halle in Amstetten and at the Tischlerei Melk. Get infos and tickets for the 22nd here and for the 4th here.
On Ocober 26th and 27th 2016 I will be part of the production "Im Herzen der Demokratie" hosted by the artists of "wenn es soweit ist". Together with other musicians and actors our quartet "Die Strottern & Blech" will perform at the Austrian parliament. I´m looking forward to this mission...
On October 15th and 16th our retro-filmmusic orchestra VELVET ELEVATOR will perform at the Spittelbergtheater in Vienna. Since last years´collaboration with the Viennese duo "Die Strottern" was a big success we will play 2 concerts together. Get infos and tickets here
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Together with "Die Strottern" I will accompany Christoph Bochdansky´s figure theater "Die Blumengeschichte" on Oct. 13th at the Brucknerhaus in Linz. Highly recommended for children between 5 and 100+. Get Infos and tickets here
On 21st of August our quartet "Die Strottern & Blech" will perform at the Kultursommer Semmering. Infos and tickets here.
In July I will play 2 concerts with "Die Strottern & Jazzwerkstatt Wien". We are performing at the Wellenklänge Festival on 29th and will play the opening concert at the Jazzakademie Zeillern on 31st.
On 2nd and 3rd of July I will play with Steven Bernstein´s Universal Melody Brass Band at the Festival Glatt & Verkehrt. The ensemble features musicicans from the USA, Netherlands, Italy and Austria. Get infos for July 2nd here and July 3rd here.
In March we recorded some tracks for a new album of the acoustic techno trio ELEKTRO GUZZI. The project is called Elektro Guzzi & Trombones and features the trombone players Hillary Jeffery, Daniel Riegler and myself. The album is likely to be released in autumn 2016. We played a concert at the Artacts Festival, some impressions can be found here.
It´s done... my Christmas CD ("Martin Ptak - Christmas") is out now. I recorded it on my old swedish pianino, a fender rhodes and a harmonium.
Thanks to Cornelia Pesendorfer (she played the recorder on one track), David Mueller (mastering) and Sigrid Pohl (artwork). You can order a copy or download the music here. Seasons greetings!
On Nov. 13th I will perform in my new hometown Langenlois. You can hear music from my latest projects in an intimate setting featuring Martin Eberle on trumpet and flugelhorn.
For infos and tickets click here.
On Oct 30th 2015 our quartet Die Strottern & Blech will perform at the Spittelbergtheater Wien.
Get infos and tickets here.
On October 23rd 2015 our filmmusic orchestra "Velvet Elevator" will perform at the Spittelbergtheater in Vienna.
This time we are pleased to collaborate with the Viennese duo "Die Strottern"
Get tickets and more infos here.
On October 8th and 9th 2015 I will accompany puppet player Christoph Bochdansky with my Roland Juno synthesizer at the Theatre in Halle an der Saale (D).
Tickets and infos here.
River Tales
A short montage of the 80 min. piece "River Tales" written for the festival "Glatt und Verkehrt" in July 2013. (sponsored by Radio Ö1 and the Dept. of Culture of Lower Austria).
On November 30th 2014 I will perform at the festival "Wachau in Echtzeit". I accompany the actor Udo Samel, known for his role as Franz Schubert in the movie "Mit meinen heissen Traenen".
Infos and tickets are available here: http://www.kultur-melk.at/wachau-in-echtzeit/programm.php
We just started recording my new album which will be released later this year.
Thanks to the crew at the wonderful analogue studio Baumgarten.
http://www.casinobaumgarten.at/dasCasino.php
I just finished a footage of the "River Tales" live recording which was done by the ORF in July at the Gothic church "Minoritenkirche" in Krems.
You can choose between a short and a longer version. Listen to it directly on my site (scroll down...) or here: https://soundcloud.com/martin-ptak
On the 4th of November 2014 you can tune in to a radio broadcast on radio Oe1.The program "Spielräume" with music of Nils Frahm, Nils Okland and myself.The program can also be streamed for 7 days here: (starting on the 4th)
On the 24th of August 2013 I will play a duo concert with the trombonist Alois Eberl at Stift Melk (Gartenpavillon)
We´ll play both music from "Twilight Street" and "River Tales" in duo versions.
The concert starts at 7pm.
Get tickets and infos here: http://www.stiftmelk.at/Pages_melk/veranstaltungen/2011/veranst.html
On the 22th of August 2013 there will be a radio broadcast of the "River Tales" premiere on
"Zeitton" (Radio Ö1) between 11 and 12pm.
The program can also be streamed for 7 days starting on the 22th.
I am happy to announce the premiere of my new program "River Tales" which will be on the 13th of July at the festival "Glatt und Verkehrt" in Krems.The composition for 9 musicians was comissioned by the broadcast station Ö1 and the festival and will be premiered at the Minoritenkirche.
Get more infos and tickets on www.glattundverkehrt.at
My new album "Twilight Street" is out now and can be purchased at your local dealer and from the following sites: www.hoanzl.at and of course from itunes, amazon etc...
CD release concert
Here is a video of the CD release concert at Porgy & Bess Music Club (Vienna).
Many thanks to Albin Janoska (sampling), Alois Eberl, Mark Gaal, Phil Yaeger and Gerald Pöttinger (trombones) for a great performance.
The new album of the Viennese duo "Die Strottern" featuring Martin Eberle on trumpet and me on trombone and harmonium. The CD recieved the "German World Music Prize 2012"
Velvet Elevator "At the movies". The 17piece Viennese film music orchestra plays famous film themes from the 50's, 60's and 70's in lovely arrangements.