The pianist and composer Thomas Castañeda is known as the founder of the music group "Donauwellenreiter" as well as the mastermind behind it. He undertook a study visit in Colombia in 2020 and performed at the Steinway Piano Hall in Bogotá. This was the first concert as soloist and the birth of Vélvez.
Since then, this name stands for a new artist personality which gives free rein as soloist to his over the years developed and refined musical style. On his debut album, Vélvez processes the experiences and impressions of this trip in a double sense - to South America and towards a new artistic expression: music manifesting the feeling of being on the way, music in a limbo between ecstasy and melancholy and the permanent desire to discover something new.
Thomas Castañeda’s (*1982) roots lie in Tyrol and Mexico. He began to play the piano at the age of six and the organ at the age of twelve. He studied in Innsbruck as well as Vienna and graduated in musicology. Castañeda is the founder of the music group "Donauwellenreiter" and composes music for theatre, performances and television. © col legno