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15. June 20175. September 2017
by stefan

A special moment!

...was the opening concert of the festival "Dialoge" with Christoph Sietzen and the Marimba Wave Quartet. Music by Johann Sebastian...

Fireworks of rhythm

Link to german review: Review of the Wave Quartet in Gmunden, 19.08.2019

Bach as never before – Marimbas instead of Cembalo

Link to german review: Review of The Wave Quartet in Weiz, 17.08.2019

Review in schwäbische Lindau

Link to the german Review: Review of The Wave Quartet in Lindau

Supersonic award for “Bach Concertos”

"Enjoy goose bumps and shivers going down your spine when the marimba players get a maximum of expressivity from the...

Fono Forum Review

"Musically, this new recording has quite a few charms to offer: for example the mysterious atmosphere in the slow movements,...

WDR 3 (5 stars) Tonart suggestion of the week

CD Review: Bach Concertos with Marimbas "I do not want to go so far and say, who needs a harpsichord...

“Bach Concertos” CD of the week on rbb Kulturradio

The Wave Quartet: "Bach Concertos" "This harpsichord concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach can be discovered in a new way on...

Upper Austrian Review

Kulturbericht OÖ "Inspiring. (...) An absolute must for every decent sound library!" The article by Norbert Trawöger is published here in german...

CD-Tip on SWR 2

"(...) The intimacy of the marimba sound opens up a very unique sound magic (...)" CD-Tip from 20.10.2017 from the...

Review in Neue Vorarlberger Tageszeitung

Neue Vorarlberger Tageszeitung, 26.09,2017 "... they merge into an energy, let the marimbas breathe, sing in the dynamics and decay...

Bach and the Wooden bars

Bach and the Wooden bars "The intimacy of the Marimba opens up completely new sound spaces." Oliver Buslau, Rondo Magazine

NEW CD Release

The Wave Quartets performing Bach Concertos on two to eight Marimbas together with an orchestra on period instruments? We are...

The Wave Quartet at the Brucknerfest

"With a flair for the Music. Man usually appears to be a decent being who wants to assign every thing...

Tango on four Marimbas? Yes, it works.

"The acoustic conditions in the historic casting hall of Sayner Hütte are outstanding, at least when The Wave Marimba Quartet...

Enthusiastic Press Coverage for Christoph‘s new CD -“Attraction”.

"With original compositions and unique arrangements, Sietzen ignites a firework of sonic variety and virtuoso percussion witchcraft that can even...

The new Bogdan Bacanu Artist Marimba

At the Musikmesse in Frankfurt, Adams Musical Instruments presented the new Bogdan Bacanu Artist Series Marimba, which was designed together...

Int. Summer Academy Mozarteum Salzburg

The renowned Int. Summer Academy Mozarteum Salzburg will again host the Marimba/Multi-Percussion course with Bogdan Bacanu and The Wave Quartet...

“Loco” awarded with Supersonic Pizzicato

Sensualistic-mystisc Piazzolla on four Marimbas The Wave Quartet's own arrangements of music by Piazzolla and some mother composers certainly make...

ECHO Rising Star

Christoph will be Rising Star of the ECHO (European Concert Hall Organisation) in 2017/18. He was nominated by the Philharmonie...

Exciting Percussion opening of the Mittelrhein Music Festival 2017

"(...) following breathtaking, fast tangos and particularly fiery, South American music.. The talents presented to the audience the entire range...

The Wave Quartet at the Castle in Herten

WDR 3 Kammerkonzert in NRW with the Wave Quartet. The concert will be broadcast in autumn 2016 on WDR 3. The exact...

“MusekerIn am Gespréich”

"MusekerIn am Gespréich" Remy Franck talking to Christoph Sietzen about our CD "Loco" on radio 100,7 at 6:30 De Multiperkussionist...

“Applause and Bravos for The Wave Quartet”

"Until now, the Marimba concert repertoire was limited. That will change. The Wave Quartet (Bogdan Bacanu, Christoph Sietzen, Emiko Uchiyama,...