Knoedel
Biography Knoedel
Knoedel
In the early 1990s, the group was formed – initially under the name “Die Knödel” – from the environment of the Innsbruck music academy and a young folk music scene. Christof Dienz was already interested in the music of his Tyrolean homeland, and invited his friends, all with a family background in folk music, to record a couple of pieces he had composed.
At a concert in Utopia in Innsbruck, music manager Christoph Moser noticed the group and took on their management. Performances in Europe, North America, Japan and Russia followed, as well as film music and five CDs, until in autumn 2000, after 8 years, they ran out of steam.
Everyone went their own way and built their own career.
After 17 years, Christof Dienz felt that the break had been long enough, and invited all of Knoedel to play together again. Everyone other than the violinist, Julia Fiegl, was keen to do so. A wonderful replacement for Julia Fiegl was found in the timpanist and percussionist Charlie Fischer – so nothing stood in the way of a reunion in a new guise. Music for Urs Egger’s film “Das Wunder von Wörgl” was recorded straightway in the winter of 2017/8, and a new program was developed, which is presented here now on this CD, “Still.”
