Team
Leila Weber (Bratschistin, Künstlerische Leiterin) unterrichtete auf Initiative des Deutschen Musikrats Kinder- und Jugendorchester bei „El Sistema“ in Venezuela. Ihre Erfahrung bei „El Sistema“ inspirierte sie 2015 zur Gründung von HANGARMUSIK. Für ihr künstlerisches und gesellschaftliches Engagement steht Leila Weber auf der Shortlist des OPUS KLASSIK 2026. Ausserdem arbeitete sie mit verschiedenen Jugendorchestern in Europa, Südafrika und Jamaika und erwarb sich vielfältige Kompetenzen im Umgang mit Kindern aus sozialen Brennpunkten. Bratsche studierte sie an der Hochschule für Musik Freiburg im Breisgau bei Wolfram Christ und an der Hochschule für Musik »Hanns Eisler« Berlin bei Walter Küssner, ergänzt durch Unterricht und Meisterkurse bei Tabea Zimmermann, Jörg Widmann und Thomas Riebl. Leila Weber spielte im Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, mit dem Faustquartett, dem Ensemble Resonanz, der Kammerakademie Potsdam, dem Konzerthausorchester Berlin und den Berliner Philharmonikern.
Andreas Knapp Andreas Knapp (co-director) founded HANGARMUSIK together with Leila Weber. For the Salzburg Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Festival, and the Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation, he offered exceptional artists, including Leonard Bernstein, Alfred Brendel, Peter Eötvös, György Ligeti, Frank Zappa, and for many years, Sir Simon Rattle, the finest opportunities to realize their artistic potential. He now provides these same opportunities for young talents at HANGARMUSIK. After studying German philology (M.A. phil) in Frankfurt am Main, specialising in exile literature, he worked for several years at the Fritz Bauer Institute on the history and impact of the Holocaust. In addition to his artistic work, he is dedicated to documenting contemporary historical topics with a focus on culture and migration through his photography. www.andreas-knapp.de
www.andreas-knapp.de
Natalie Plöger (double bass) studied classical double bass, instrumental pedagogy and school music at Detmold University of Applied Sciences. During her studies, she was deeply engaged with jazz music, gaining experience in various big bands and jazz-pop ensembles Musical work with children is particularly close to Natalie's heart, which, in addition to her involvement with Hangarmusik, is expressed in her many years of teaching at the Kleinmachnow music school, among others.
Angela Brunton-Trüg (double bass) is an orchestral musician and Gestalt therapist. She has worked with the NDR Symphony Orchestra, the Schleswig-Holstein State Theatre and the Komische Oper. Since 2013, she has been a freelance musician, performing both nationally and internationally. In addition to her career as a musician and music educator, she is an independant Gestalt therapist with a focus on trauma therapy and is a member of the Society for Psychotraumatology and Violence Research (GPTG). For Angela, the special thing about working with HANGARMUSIK is experiencing how making music together without the pressure to perform has a healing and stabilising effect on so many levels. Since all participants are welcomed for the skills they bring at any given moment, everyone plays a part in creating unique musical experiences and fostering a supportive community.
The English cellist Anna Carewe's believes that every musical goal should serve as a gateway to the unknown. This applies both to her work with her duet partner, vibraphonist Oli Bott, and to her work with the Sheridan Ensemble, which she founded. Both are ensembles that lead the audience into surprising musical worlds and invite them to expand their own listening horizons. The further teaching endeavours she has been pursuing since 2022 have been a great enrichment to Anna’s life working with HANGARMUSIK has been a focus of Anna's work since 2023 and forms the basis of her philosophy that music can positively influence a person's life on many psychological levels.
Brigitte Täubl (Violin) Already during her studies at the Graz University of Music, she was interested in the baroque style of playing the violin and attended several masterclasses in Innsbruck with Ingrid Seifert. From 1987 she deepened her training in this direction at the Scola Cantorum Basiliensis with J. Schröder and Th. Hengelbrock. From there she crossed paths with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, where she has been a member for over 30 years. She has performed with renowned artists such as Ivor Bolton, Rene Jacobs, Cecilia Bartoli, Jordi Savall, Thomas Quasthoff, N. Harnoncourt and others. Together with Lorenz Duftschmid, she founded the Ensemble Armonico Tributo in 1989, where she serves as concertmaster and performs as a chamber musician.
