Frederic Belli, Johannes Fischer, Nicholas Rimmer
Biography Frederic Belli, Johannes Fischer, Nicholas Rimmer
The Belli-Fischer-Rimmer Trio
with Frederic Belli on trombone and Nicholas Rimmer on piano was originally founded as a prize-winning ensemble of the German Music Competition for the national selection "Concerts of Young Artists" and after a very successful season with concerts all over Germany, the trio decided to continue. Due to the very meagre starting position as far as the repertoire was concerned, the trio quickly knew how to help themselves and made a virtue of making repertoire that was initially quite remote usable for their instrumentation of trombone, piano and percussion. Works by Bach, Dvorak, Brahms, Debussy and Bernstein were given a new sound, while at the same time composers were commissioned to create new pieces.
The trio's programs sometimes seem like a rollercoaster ride through music history, genre pigeonholes do not apply here, the old influences the new and vice versa, creating astonishing relationships and interactions across the centuries. The three musicians prefer to surprise themselves on stage: Many arrangements leave room for improvisation and each concert remains unique. The arrangements are often the result of joint experimentation and continue to change over the years.
