Ernst Molden & Das Frauenorchester

In May 2020, Sibylle Kefer, Marlene Lacherstorfer, Maria Petrova and Ernst Molden met in the Cselleymühle, in Oslip/Uzlop, Burgenland, to record their second album together, supervised by Kalle Laar and Thomas Pronai. Since their debut "Dei Schwesda waand" was created two years earlier in the same place, the circumstances have changed radically. Ernst Molden and the women's orchestra belong to a forbidden trade in times of pandemic. When they met each other again after months for nightly rehearsals and finally for the recording session When they meet, the four of them aren't even sure whether they're actually allowed to do that. Under the pressure of the circumstances, ten wild songs are ultimately created. "Murderer band," says Ernst Molden happily, "we've never been this bad before." Somehow logically, they call it Band released their second record “Neiche Zeid”.

The band
SIBYLLE KEFER, born in 1976 in Bad Goisern, in the Upper Austrian Salzkammergut. Singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist and music therapist. Member of the legendary Ausseer Hardbradler for years. Part of the Ernst Molden Band since 2006. Several albums with his own songs, most recently HOB I DI (Bader Molden Recordings).

MARLENE LACHERSTORFER, born in 1982, grew up in a family of musicians in Bad Hall, Upper Austria. Bassist for the style-defining band Velojet for years. Plays, among others, in the award-winning new folk ensemble ALMA, in the touring band of the German singer Clueso and in the highly acclaimed new pop project PRESSYES by Velojet founder René Mühlberger. Since 2008 working with Ernst Molden.

​MARIA PETROVA, Bulgarian drummer and percussionist based in Vienna. She has worked with Madame Baheux and the Vienna Tschuschenkapelle, among other things, and has been drumming with the women's orchestra since 2016.

ERNST MOLDEN, born in 1967, songwriter and poet, lives with his family in Vienna-Erdberg

Program and cast

Ernst Molden: guitar, vocals
Sibylle Kefer: guitar, flute, vocals
Marlene Lacherstorfer: bass, vocals
Maria Petrova: drums, vocals