Artist Genre Category: Jazz/Improvised Music

“In spite of all the wild things that are in a flow here, this music always has that calming clarity that otherwise only happens when listening to Bach’s cello suites, but which is also immensely warm.” – Victoriah Szirmai, JAZZTHETIK (DE) It … read more »

Jazz music of a tremendously elegant quality, the kind that does not linger in the classical realm, but rather unfolds many interesting interconnections to other styles. Purple is the Color sets sail to special musical shores, to shores on which the dignified … read more »

Lorenz Raab – trumpet Christof Dienz – E-zither and Electronics A trumpet meets e-zither and electronics. Together Lorenz Raab and Christof Dienz travel the wide world of sound and strive to always find new approaches, they seek the new and unfamiliar, break … read more »

Vienna based radio.string.quartet is a stylistic multi-cell, a micro-organism in which the individual cells communicate with each other without interfering, thus resulting in their own, unique living being. A newly discovered cosmos, combining the future with old roots. Flattering, demanding, searching, wild, … read more »

Ralph Mothwurf, composer and musician, lives and works in Vienna. He studied Jazz composition and contemporary music with Christoph Cech, Carola Bauckholt and Gerd Hermann Ortler. In 2019 Mothwurf made his debut as a composer and conductor with his newly founded 22piece … read more »

Ralph Mothwurf is one of the most sought-after composers of Austria’s young generation. In recent years, he has been a major driving force in the Austrian music scene and has been awarded numerous prizes and scholarships: Talent Promotion Award of the Province … read more »

Raphael Wressnig is an excellent example of the fact that there are methods and possibilities beyond conventional didactical paths to establish oneself in the music world and to draw attention to oneself on an international level. His career is slightly reminiscent of … read more »

Rdeča Raketa (Red Rocket) comprises of Maja Osojnik and Matija Schellander, both internationally active musicians and composers based in Vienna. Rdeča Raketa is characterized by a high degree of individuality which is dedicated above all to the artful examination of the phenomenon … read more »

RICHARD KOCH is a trumpet player and composer born in Austria, based in Germany, outside of Berlin. He plays with artists like Nils Frahm (‘All Melody’), Jimi Tenor, Hermeto Pascoal, Peter Fox and the Beatsteaks. His wide musical range goes from Jazz … read more »

Emerging from JazzWerkstatt Wien and Jazzwerkstatt Bern the Ensemble Rom Schaerer Eberle was founded in 2009. Full of wit and imagination this furious cooperation with an unusual line- up (Voice, Trumpet, Guitar) has found it ́s way into the center of the … read more »