Sandro Friedrich is a studio musician who plays over 200 different flutes and other wind instruments from all over the world (duduk, fujara, didgeridoo, low whistle, tin whistle, bass flute, traverse flute, soprano sax, jews harp, bag pipes, etc.)
As a studio musician Sandro has recorded with composers such as Hans Zimmer, Mychael Danna, Howard Shore, Andreas Vollenweider,Tina Turner, Atli Oervarsson, Shigeru Umebayashi and many others. He has recorded for numerous international films, video games and CDs.
His musical styles vary from film music and world music to rock, folk and pop. He also plays live in various bands and combinations, including Andreas Vollenweider's 2011 live band.
He has performed as an orchestral soloist for presentations of film music, including an international debut performance of Howard Shore's "Lord of the Rings Symphony and performances of the music of Shigeru Umebayashi under the direction of Dirk Brossé at various international film festivals.
As musician and composer his strength lies in the originality and passion of his melodic lines, the power of his rhythmic grooves and his ability to competently and flexibly support diverse musical atmospheres. His technical knowledge also enables recording jobs via internet in addition to traditional studio work.
References:
Film: Mychael Danna, Jeff Danna:"The Addams Family 1 and 2"; 2019 / 2021
Games: Richard Jacques:"Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy", 2021
CD: Howard Shore: “The Lord of the Rings Symphony”, 2011
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35 Reviews - 7 Repeat Clients
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check_circleVerifiedExcellent musician. Great pleasure to work with. Highly recommended! We love the Sandra’s tracks very much. They sound awesome and we love the feeling that they contribute to the song. Thank you Sandro !
check_circleVerifiedAbsolutely loved working Sandro! He really understood what I was going for! Thank you, Sandro!!!
check_circleVerifiedAnother fun session with Sandro! For this project I asked Sandro to video record himself performing some of the parts from our last recording session so I could edit together a track breakdown video for a social media post. He was 100% happy to do it and delivered quickly!
check_circleVerifiedVery quick to deliver and did an amazing job first try! It was nice working with Sandro, I recommend! :)
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It was so fun and engaging working with Sandro. We recorded the Didgeridoo, Fujara, and the Zurna, all of which he played expertly! Sandro was so open-minded about pushing these instruments to different extremes to get interesting sound effects. Great session and experience!
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Tarogato improvisations. Everything's very well played, I had multiple recordings to choose from, recording quality is great, communication and delivery we're fast.
check_circleVerifiedTop marks all round. Pro!
check_circleVerifiedSandro is a master musician and very professional. I had an amazing experience working with him and I will definitely be working with him on future projects.
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I hope I will do many more jobs with Sandro ;-) Thanks a lot !
check_circleVerifiedAwesome dude and fantastic musician! Top notch deliveries every time! Warmly recommended!
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Excellent performance! Good communication. Very nice person. Look forward to working together again
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Excellent musician! and delivered an album in a short amount of time!
check_circleVerifiedSandro is a master at his craft and is at his best when he can contribute his melodic talents, as well as a huge variety of expressive wind instruments. A true pleasure to work with!
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Touching and emotional
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World class musicianship! You can’t go wrong with Mr. POWERFLUTE :D Highly recommended!
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Sandro was really helpful during the process, his recording was excellent and he delivered very fast - couldn't be happier with the results. Five stars!
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Sandro -PowerFlute - Is a consummate professional, able to play and interpret a score to perfection, he can also improvise and bring new life to a track.
Highly recommended 
check_circleVerifiedSandro did a great and very quick job of composing and playing a tin whistle piece. He's super easy to work with and I would collaborate with him again any time.
check_circleVerifiedSandro gave beautiful renditions in Flute and Clarinet for my song for the movie Vellai Pookal.
Interview with Powerflute
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: Andreas Vollenweider: CD Book of Roses. I provided overtone flute lines which just created very special athmosheres.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: "Breadwinner", an animation movie with composers Jeff and Mychael Danna, executive producer Angelina Jolie.
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: short turn around time, high reliability, ready-to-use tracks
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: To dive into the emotionality of the most diverse athmospheres in music productions.
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: For over 30 years I have been working with instruments and music of many cultures. My skills have grown to include a spectrum of over 200 different wind instruments.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: World, Film music, Ethno
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: My strength lies in the originality and intensity of my melodic lines, the power of my rhythmic grooves and my ability to competently and flexibly support diverse musical atmospheres with more than 200 different ethnic wind instruments.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Typically composers send me orchestral playbacks over which I record ethnic wind instruments in my home studio.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Film music, Game music, CD productions
I was the performer and composer in this production
- Andreas Vollenweider and Band
- Mic Neumann TLM 103
- Preamp Daking Pre One
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- Billy Lynn's Long Halftime WalkAug 16, 2017
February 2017: Mychael Danna / Jeff Danna: "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk", a film by Ang Lee, with Kristen Stewart and Vin Diesel,US 2016. I play Ney flute.
- BreadwinnerAug 16, 2017
August 2017: "Breadwinner"; animation movie. Executive producer: Angelina Jolie. Music by
Jeff & Mychael Danna. I play ethnic flutes. In the cinemas in fall 2017.
