Artist Genre Category: Jazz/Improvised Music

The Austrian musician Klemens Marktl is intensively and strongly committed to the exploration of the classic jazz tradition. If you listen to his music, you feel like you are catapulted into the bloom of modern jazz. Straight-ahead jazz at its best in … read more »

The band is no longer active under this name. Here are the links to their current projects: Verena Zeiner:       Verena Zeiner Judith Ferstl:         Judith Ferstl Philipp Harnisch: m o s   The quartet KLIO is dedicated to … read more »

With a genuine blend of musical influences, unconventional original compositions and energetic live performances, the Austrian trio KO·AX explores the boundaries of Contemporary Jazz. Starting from reduced compositions, the three musicians fuse Jazz and Improvisation with borrowings from Rock, Electronic Music, New … read more »

Martin Eberle (trumpet, horn), Benny Omerzell (organ, rhodes), Manu Mayr (electronics, bass) and Lukas König (drums, samples), the four heads of Kompost 3, are experts in bridging musical gaps. Representing a young generation that has defied and overcome old-school thinking patterns, the quartet … read more »

Kurdophone, a Vienna-based band founded by Omid Darvish, a vocalist, tanbur player, and composer, in 2017, has been gaining recognition for its exceptional compositions and arrangements that fuse Kurdish-Iranian music with other music genres. The band comprises a diverse group of musicians, … read more »

The Viennese quintet KVIN knows how to use the musically unpredictable in a suspenseful and incredibly artistic way. Philipp Kienberger (double bass), Raphael Kasprian (violin), Emily Stewart (viola), Cornelia Perwein (cello) and Tatjana Wurzer (piano) take a refreshing break from the familiar. … read more »

“Tenor saxophonist, clarinettist and composer Leonhard Skorupa is a real prankster who sets no limits to his imagination. Probably in order to open up a tangible terrain for his urge to walk a stylistic tightrope, the native Viennese dances at so many … read more »

Julia Pallanch was born in 1985 in Wels, Upper Austria. In her early childhood she started taking piano, flute and ballett lessons. In the brass band of her home town she played the flute till she graduated. From the very beginning she … read more »

Born in Vöcklabruck, Austria, in 1991, Lisa Hofmaninger is an acclaimed jazz musician, composer, and educator who has established herself as a dynamic and innovative artist in the world of jazz and improvised music. Known for her work on the soprano saxophone … read more »

On its eponymous debut album, Little Rosies Kindergarten is trying to tread new and formerly unexplored paths. The big band’s expansive pieces run the gamut from minimalistic to broad, from quiet to loud, from straight to crooked, from soft to energetic, from … read more »