Simon Hofele

Simon Höfele – New Standards (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:03:20 minutes | 984 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Berlin Classics

One is inclined to speak of “soulmates” after hearing Simon Höfele and Elisabeth Brauss play as a duo and after getting to know them both personally. It is like two people connecting with one another in music and in conversation when they either know each other very well or have forged a special bond for some other reason. The latter is sure to be true – this album is their first joint recording venture, and they have not been working together for very long either.

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Simon Höfele – Standards (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 58:15 minutes | 550 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Berlin Classics

“Try something new” is Simon Höfele’s motto. Inquisitive, intrepid and full of passion for his instrument, on his new album “Standards” he turns to the trumpet in all its many facets, sweeping his audience along with him with his audacious and clever programmes and thrilling playing. As a “Rising Star” of the European Concert Hall Organisation and one of Konzerthaus Dortmund’s “young wild things”, Simon Höfele has centred his debut album on the Berlin Classics label around the key repertoire for trumpet and the quintessence of his time as a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist.

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Simon Höfele – Mysteries (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:02:00 minutes | 975 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Genuin

What Simon Höfele does with his trumpet is simply sensational! The prizewinner of the German Music Competition and winner of the special prize “U 21” of the ARD music competition shows all his skills on his GENUIN debut CD in the Primavera Edition. It presents an electrifying program of contemporary music: from György Ligeti to HK Gruber, from André Jolivet to Toshio Hosokawa. What results is a firework of sounds, between delicate hints and shattering fanfares, between deep seriousness and teasing humor. Höfele and his colleagues on piano and percussion start with a debut that promises for a great career.

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Simon Höfele & Frank Dupree – Salted Caramel (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:04:28 minutes | 660 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Berlin Classics

Just do it: That was the motto when Simon Höfele and Frank Dupree decided to devote themselves to a red hot iron.

They are hardly allowed to really live out their repertoire: the gulf between classical and jazz is still too big, the prejudices too insurmountable, the musical approach too different.

They did it anyway and, together with close musical friends, put together an album that doesn’t want to show any opposites, but rather creates musical connections and puts people in a good mood.
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