44th International Viola Congress

The OmYs Ensemble consists of two members: Luca Altdorfer (Hungary) on viola, and Severiano Paoli (Italy) on Double bass. They met during their first year master in Groningen, where they found a mutual interest in baroque music. Their goal is to re-invent the Viennese performance style and put more emphasis on broadening the repertoire for Viola and Double bass through arrangements.The Ensemble had masterclasses from Jos van Veldhoven, Christian Staude,Wolfgang Güttler, Jane Rogers and Daniel Lanthier. The Ensemble is under the guideance of Johan Hofmann in the Prins Claus Conservatoire, Groningen, The Netherlands. They performed successfully in Hungary, Italy and in The Netherlands. The Duo performs with original and modern instrument as well. The Ensemble is focusing on arranging Carl Fridrich Abel’s music, to bringthis unique and often forgotten composer alive in our time not on the Viola daGamba, but on viola solo and on viola and double bass to show the Universal power of this composer and the combination of these two instruments. During the presentation we would like to show the possible use of Abel’s music in the viola repertoire and in the duo setting with violone/double bass.