jazz / improvisation

Rendering the Extraordinary: Georg Breinschmid

February 11th, 2012  |  by  |  published in jazz / improvisation | Leave A Comment »

Rendering the Extraordinary: Georg Breinschmid

In terms of today’s most significant and important personalities of the local jazz scene, one of the top names on the list is Georg Breinschmid. Numerous extraordinary projects show that this musician strives for creative freedom and has no fear when it comes to exploring new ideas. Unlike many other musicians, Georg Breinschmid has impressively [...]

One of Austria’s most versatile and eclectic musicians: Maja Osojnik

February 4th, 2012  |  by  |  published in jazz / improvisation | Comments Off

One of Austria’s most versatile and eclectic musicians: Maja Osojnik

There are a few musicians and artists who do not want to commit to any kind of categorizations, who vehemently defend themselves against having to meet expectations in their work, who defy conventions and take the time to look at the bigger picture in order to pick up the challenge of crossing traditional stylistic boundaries. [...]

Breaking Boundaries: Wolfgang Mitterer

February 2nd, 2012  |  by  |  published in contemporary music, jazz / improvisation | Comments Off

Breaking Boundaries: Wolfgang Mitterer

The proverbial rules that are there to be broken can be applied to Wolfgang Mitterer and furthermore expanded: boundaries are there to be exceeded. Once approaching Mitterer’s creation, you find yourself confronted with contrasting, sometimes even contradictory-appearing elements. Composition and improvisation, jazz and contemporary music, classical and pop music, acoustic instruments and electronic samples are [...]

Indulging in New Forms of Improvisation: Jazzwerkstatt Wien

February 2nd, 2012  |  by  |  published in jazz / improvisation | Comments Off

Indulging in New Forms of Improvisation: Jazzwerkstatt Wien

A place to attempt new and unusual ideas, a platform for young and talented musicians who are no longer content with following old traditional paths but rather seek to break boundaries, a place liberated from any blinkered thinking in order to realize exciting musical visions, a first point of contact for innovative local jazz experiments [...]

Technical Brilliance and Musical Elegance: Wolfgang Muthspiel

January 20th, 2012  |  by  |  published in jazz / improvisation | Comments Off

Technical Brilliance and Musical Elegance: Wolfgang Muthspiel

In the attempt to summarize the musical oeuvre of the internationally acclaimed and respected Austrian jazz guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel in a few words, the appropriate vocabulary would most likely include terms such as “versatile”, “innovative” and “virtuosic”. Wolfgang Muthspiel is a musician who thrives in exploring new musical boundaries. For him, musical borders are there [...]

Auer/Delago/Fagg/Norris/Riddell: Living Room in London

December 20th, 2011  |  by  |  published in jazz / improvisation | Comments Off

Auer/Delago/Fagg/Norris/Riddell: Living Room in London

Last year the bass clarinetist Christoph Pepe Auer and hang player Manu Delago impressively demonstrated their understanding of reinventing music on their second album “Colouring Book”. As the duo “Living Room”, the two Tyroleans virtually followed their self-developed traditions and have once again released a new CD: “Living Room in London” (Session Work Records). With [...]

Devoted to Creative Transgressions: Klaus Paier

November 22nd, 2011  |  by  |  published in jazz / improvisation | Comments Off

Devoted to Creative Transgressions: Klaus Paier

As a true master of his craft, Klaus Paier is a musician who plays the accordion like few others in this country. There is hardly a musical style, which the Carinthian native Klaus Paier has not virtuosically attempted in his many different projects, both technically and compositionally. No matter whether in world music, jazz, classical [...]

New Austrian Sound of Music: Ensembles, Bands and Musicians Determined

October 26th, 2011  |  by  |  published in contemporary music, jazz / improvisation, pop / rock / electronic, world music | Comments Off

New Austrian Sound of Music: Ensembles, Bands and Musicians Determined

The decision has been made. In the context of the music program “The New Austrian Sound of Music”, a total of 20 young Austrian musicians and bands can look forward to receiving support from the Austrian Foreign Ministry and Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture in the years 2012 and 2013. What is [...]