Friedrich PHILIPP- PESENDORFER,
alias Flip Philipp
was born in 1969 in Oberwart (Austria).
He received his first music lessons at the age of 5 including
recorder, trumpet & euphonium.
At the age of 7 he choosed the drums to be his favorite
instrument.
With 14 he attended percussion courses at the Music University
of Graz/Austria.
Further on he studied mallet instruments at the Franz SchubertKonservatorium
and attended Jazztheory & Improvisation Clinics at the Berklee
Summercollege of Music in Perugia / Italy.
At the age of 17 he switched to the vibraphone .
1990
became Principal Percussionist of the Vienna Symphony
Orchestra.
2000
composes the music to the ballet " caravaggio"
with erdem tunakan & patrick pulsinger for the volksoper wien
2002
jury member of gradus ad parnassum contest for young
upcoming musicians
2004
concert at the opera in cairo/egypt with original composition
"dissonata concordata"
for 2 percussions and 2 pianos with ferhan&ferzan önder
2006
austrian premier of "marimbavibe"
piece for solo marimba and stringquartet with michael mantler
concert at the kunshaus bregenz with electronic improvisation
trio "gaze feat. Alice Daquet"
percussion masterclass at Tokushima Bunri University (Japan).
writes a composition "sketches" for gradus ad parnassum 2007
contest for category "solo percussion"
2007
premieres his "concerto for marimba&strings"
as a composer and soloist at the topkapi palace /istanbul
string arrangement writing with japanese rock trio for their
actual cd "quruli-tanzwalzer"
concert tour with lana cencic&flip philipp quintet through
D,A,Slov
premier at the wiener musikverein/brahmssaal
"der schlag des schmetterlingflügels" for wiener kammerduo
recording "descartes" with paul gulda for vienna art orchestra cd
"european visionaries"
Besides he played with
Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Super World Orchestra
Orchester d. Bayerischen Rundfunk (Germany)
Ferhan & Ferzan Önder(Turkey)
Beat Furrer, Friedrich Cerha,
Ensemble „Die Reihe“
Heiner Goebbels,
Vienna Art Orchestra (A)
Super World Orchestra(intern.)
Sinshi Tanimura (Japan)
Fujiko hemming (Japan)
Ensemble des 20.Jahrhunderts (A)
Ensemble Die Reihe (A)
Klangforum (A)
Natalie Cole, Joe zawinul,
Lalo Schifrin, Diana Ross, Placido Domingo,
José Carreras, Luciano Pavarotti,
Diane Warwick, Wayne Horvitz, Patrick Pulsinger
Richard Dorfmeister,
Quruli(japan)
Selected CD -Recordings
Flip Philipp Quintet- Bad follows Good (released 2003)
Flip Philipp Quintet–Muse (released 2001)
Flipotronics- Tape (released 2000)
Flip Philipp / Ed Partyka Dectet- Something wrong with you?
(2005)
Flip Philipp / Ed Partyka Dectet- Opium (2006)