Ensemble NACHT
Our story, members, and projects
"We are the children of the night. Playing, searching, exploring...dreaming."
Our Story
We are an ensemble of musicians, initiated by Leon Erdödy, from very different backgrounds, starting from early music, to contemporary experimental music, working together to achieve an artistic workflow and ensemble structure that enables us to be equals, establishing very low hierarchies from the start.
Starting out as an ensemble to realize a music theatre project, it quickly became clear that the shared love and appreciation for improvisation and experimental music as well as the interpersonal compatability would lead to a steady artistic flow, that resulted in the Ensemble NACHT.
Our artistic and educational work
We perform at various stages, incorporating our individual personalities into a whole.
Recent projects:
Kultursalon Graz (Gretchen-excerpts: link to audio by request)
Studio Recordings (link to audio by request)
Performance and Workshop at ECI (International conference for improvisation and pedagogy) at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz
That's us
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Credit: Orenc Graca
Marley Erickson, 2003, is the grand prize winner of numerous competitions including USA National Strings Competition, Fundacja Young Arts Competition, Philadelphia
International Competition, and the Moscow International Competition.
Marley has performed as soloist with orchestras on both sides of the Atlantic including the Seattle Symphony, Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra, l'Accademia d'Archi Arrigoni, Mitteleuropa Orchestra, Anima Musicae, and Seattle Festival Orchestra. She has concertized in such venues as Walt Disney Concert Hall, Benaroya Hall, Paul Hall, Trinity Chapel, Müpa Budapest, and the Liszt Academy's Grand Hall, and is regularly invited to play at Festivals such as Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival, Festival Academy Budapest, Tiberius Chamber Music Festival, Festival Kortrijk, Arsonore Festival, and Seattle Chamber Music Festival.
In 2016, by invitation of John Adams, Marley performed the North American Premiere of Oscar Colomina i Bosch's Shpigl on the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Green Umbrella Series at Walt Disney Concert Hall to critical acclaim:
Having joined the roster in 2024, she is represented by Felix Artist Management in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
Marley currently studies with Boris Kuschnir at the University Music and Performing Arts Graz, having received her Bachelor's degree at the Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest, studying with Kristof Baráti and Barnabás Kelemen.
Credit: Manca Kosi
Manca Kosi (Slovenia, soprano) began her musical journey with piano and continued with classical singing at the Vič-Rudnik Music School under the mentorship of Katja Konvalinka. She continued her music education at the Conservatory of Music and Ballet Ljubljana with Mateja Arnež Volčanšek, and is currently continuing her studies at the Kunstuniversität Graz in the class of Oliver Zwarg. She is also a master's student of musicology at the Faculty of Arts at University of Ljubljana. As a co-producer, she participated in the production of Vid Ožbolt's opera Srečanje (Encounter, 2023).
Credit: Lex Karelly
Leona Lenger (*2001) is a musician who specialises in the recorder and historical oboe instruments. After completing her bachelor's degree in recorder and instrumental pedagogy, both with distinction, she is now pursuing a master's degree in Historical Wind Instruments/Recorder at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (class: Christine Gnigler/Lea Sobbe). Erasmus took her to the HfM Trossingen (class: Susanna Borsch) for one semester and to Lyon, Verona and Bremen for short stays. Leona began learning the baroque oboe with Georg Fritz in 2020 and is now studying Historical Oboe Instruments with Michael Bosch at the Leipzig University of Music and Theatre. She regularly performs in concerts with her ensembles Trio Tenso, Rayons du Soleil and Schranck Four, as well as in Renaissance music performances (renaissance recorders, shawms), baroque orchestras and contemporary music and improvisation. Her work as part of the team of Der forschende Musicus#, a musicological magazine, complements her activities.
Credit: Lex Karelly
Margaux Goubet graduated with distinction her Bachelor’s degree in 2025 from the Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles. She is currently pursuing her Master’s in the Kunst Universität Graz (Austria). She is involved in various artistic projects, both in early and new music such as the Austrian improvisation-centered ensemble Nacht. From 2022-2025 she was part of FluteLab Bxl, a large Belgian band of recorder players. She also plays the cornetto. From 2018-2022 in Grenoble (France), she was part of the Journées de la flûte à bec festival organising team. She is the co-founder of the recorder consort Cairn.
Credit: Lucija Novak
Leon Erdödy started as an autodidact, with improvisation being a constant part of their artistic expression from the very beginning, which led to composition. Some of Leons first encounters with music and sound were free sessions on a synthesizer, that gave the possibility to work with sound itself, regardless of any musical system. This experience remained a constant influence.
After studying piano, further self education in the field of composition and music-theory, and enrolling in philosophy, Leon started a composition and music theory program at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz.
Due to early experiences with all kinds of art, and drawing from influences of diverse musical styles as well as other art forms and aesthetics, their work spans from contemporary music to experimental electronic music and live performance. This includes various projects such as ensemble and solo pieces, radio plays and experimental movies, with the goal to fuse visual media and other art forms with sound art.
Fruzsina Szűcs is an innovative clarinetist from Hungary, currently based in Lisbon and Graz. She studied in Egressy Béni and Bartók Béla Conservatories in Budapest, continued her studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, Austria, and is currently taking part in the Erasmus Exchange Program studying at the Lisbon School of Music.
She learned under renowned clarinetists, including István Varga, Bertram Egger, Martin Rainer, and Manuel Jeronimo, and took masterclasses with world-class clarinetists like Nuno Pinto or Wenzel Fuchs. She specializes in bass clarinet and contemporary music. She is an active member of the Laboratory of Mixed Music under the guidance of Jaime Reis, where she serves as an eco-activist and contemporary musician.
She is also active in classical music, taking part in orchestra projects with the European Spirit of Youth Orchestra (Slovenia) or the Zoltán Kodály World Youth Orchestra (Hungary). She is also active as a chamber musician with the award-winning 3Stufen trio.
She is a prize winner of international competitions like Word Harmony Competition (Azerbaijan), Femus International Competition (Serbia), Tiziano Rosetti International Competition (Switzerland), or Birmingham International Competition (UK).