Artist Genre Category: Jazz/Improvised Music

Franz Hautzinger is a musician who has never allowed any restrictions to get in the way of his own creativity. Always preserving artistic freedom as the top priority, the trumpeter, composer and improviser continuously creates his own musical world, where the boundaries … read more »

The songwriting duo “Gazelle & the Bear” is presenting their debut album “Weird Shaped Clouds”, a collection of songs which playfully connects pop music, modern Jazz and Hip Hop. Stories about self-love, confrontations with oneself and others and the ongoing dance between … read more »

Georg Breinschmid (*1973) is an outstanding expert on the double bass between all chairs and styles and one of the most surprising contemporary composers and lyricists. Classically studied, with first stations among others with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, he indulges in a … read more »

Georg Vogel is a keyboardist, composer and instrument maker. Aside from regular solo performances, he leads the 31-tone ensemble Dsilton (with David Dornig and Valentin Duit), Flower (with Raphael Preuschl and Michael Prowaznik), Tree (with Andreas Waelti and Michael Prowaznik); he also … read more »

Gerald Preinfalk started playing the clarinet at early age. The Saxophone became a vocation when discovering Vienna’s various scenes for music. Studies of Jazz- and Classical-Saxophone opened a wide range of activities. Gueststudies in Boston (USA) and Paris completed this constant curiosity. … read more »

“Schwarz’s compositions are thoughtful and clever, making good use of stylistic range by highlighting the timbral strengths of different sections of the ensemble!” Downbeat, USA, May 2020 Jazz bassist and composer Gina Schwarz studied jazz-bass and accordeon at the Jazz Conservatory Vienna, … read more »

After their album Nietzsche in Love (2014, Pumpkin Records)  Gitarren der Liebe released “How I Failed To Trick My Destiny” in 2015 –  a 12“ album that comes in a DIY-silk-screen-sweing-sweatshop-sleeve. Attached download comes unexcited. Epic Bernd Heinrauch (Melvins, Chicks On Speed, Mark Deutrum and Hella Comet) … read more »

Golnar Shahyar is an Iranian–Canadian vocalist, composer, poet, producer, educator, and cultural advocate based in Vienna whose music braids improvisation, storytelling, and activism. Her debut album *Tear Drop* earned a German Jazz Prize nomination (2023), cited by the jury for its “outstanding … read more »

Over the past years the Großmütterchen Hatz Salon Orkestar has rocketed its way through the international world music scene. In 2011 they caused quite a stir with their debut album “Gallato” and have ever since been able to make a name for … read more »

Tobias Vedovelli, Štěpán Flagar and Martin Eberle need little introduction to connoisseurs of the Austrian jazz scene. The bands and projects in which they are and have been involved all bear prominent names such as 5K HD, Purple is the Colour or … read more »