Wallisch & Kollar

FINALLY
Heartfelt Songs in harmonic soundscapes and relaxed grooves.
Beautiful timeless pop-ballads.

Michaela Kollar (A): vocals
Thomas Wallisch (A): guitars, loops 


Infotext:

After knowing each other for several years, Michaela Kollar and Thomas Wallisch decided to team up to work on original songs (lyrics: Kollar, music: Wallisch).
Heartfelt interpretations of Michaela's lyrics are accompanied by rich, orchestral structured guitar playing, using also live-loops and guitarsynth-sounds to create a "full band sound".
Breathtaking technique, complex harmonies and musical depth are presented with lease, to support the character of each song.
The lyrics describe positive experiences, human emotions and situations and some relaxed grooves take the listener on a journey, sharing beautiful moments. 


Biographies:

Michaela Kollar was born in Vienna/Austria as a daughter of a music teacher and a violinist of the Vienna Symphonic Orchestra. After private vocal studies she graduated with a diploma in "Chanson, Musical und Operette" at the Vienna Conservatory. Shortly after graduation she started working as a stage performer at several theatre shows in Europe: Stadttheater Klagenfurt (Dschungelbuch, Elvis, Jesus Christ Superstar), Vereinigte Buehnen Wien (Elisabeth, Tanz der Vampire), Oper Graz (Hair), Stella Musicaltheater Duisburg (Les Misérables), Haebse Theater Basel (Fame), Oper Bonn (Les Miserables). She shared the stage with entertainers like Harald Junke, Peter Alexander or Reinhard Fendrich live and in TV-Shows and toured with her own projects, performing Broadway Songs, Pop and Fusion tunes as well as Jazz Standards. Beside that, she works as a studio singer for many years. Since 2002 Michaela teaches singing at the VSA (Vokalsommerakademie) in Eisenstadt/Austria. 

Thomas Wallisch, born 1973 in Klagenfurt/Austria into a family of musicians, began playing the guitar at the age of six. He studied jazz and classical guitar at the state conservatory in Klagenfurt, received scholarships for studying at Berklee College of Music in Boston where he graduated 'summa cum laude'.
Since then he gave concerts world-wide, produced five own CDs, composed for classical ensembles and won several prizes such as Promotion Prize of the State of Kaernten and the Jimi Hendrix Award, USA. Since December 2003 he teaches jazzguitar at the State Conservatory Kaernten.  www.thomaswallisch.com


Pressestimmen:

"Kollar manages again and again to capture different moods in her sensitive lyrics. In combination with the highly emotional guitar playing of Wallisch, they created a delicate album for relaxed moments."
musicals, June 2004 

"Vocalist Michaela Kollar and guitarist Thomas Wallisch enchant with timeless beautiful pop-ballads. "Finally" turned out to be a very atmospheric album. This wonderful, relaxed sounding unaffected atmosphere affects the listener. Very advisable fine guitar-pop."
Jazzdimensions, May 2004

"Just as likeable both of them seem in the booklet, so actually sounds their music: cheerful and loose. True heartfelt music."
Akustik Gitarre, May 2004

"The lyrics ... lines with a true well-being-factor".
Jazzzeit, May 2004 

"Already after a few bars this relaxed and familiar mood comes up. And even after listening to this record several times you don't feel bored, on the contrary you want to hear more of it."
Jazz4you, April 2004

"From the first note on, the listener is drawn into the music."
Passauer Neue Presse