David Helbock

David Helbock by Angela Lamprecht

As one of Austria’s busiest and most sought-after jazz pianists, David Helbock has always been a musician full of surprises. He has released almost 25 albums as a leader, the last six of them with the renowned jazz label ACT from Germany. … read more »

DUO MINERVA

Duo Minerva by Nancy Horowitz

Boundaries between genres and remaining in the same musical position are, it seems, completely alien to this duo. Tyrolean clarinettist Johanna Gossner and Vorarlberg accordionist Damian Keller form the Duo Minerva and show what exciting new things can be created when you … read more »

Johanna Doderer

Johanna Doderer (c) Maria Frodl

The composer Johanna Doderer was born in Austria in 1969. She studied with Beat Furrer, Klaus Peter Sattler and Erich Urbanner. For years, Johanna Doderer has been dealing with the issue of dynamics and simultaneity in music. The focus of her creative … read more »

Kenji Araki

Kenji Araki by David Prokop

Kenji Araki is a digital artist based in Austria with roots in Japan. His work is influenced on the deconstruction of contemporary art and music. The exploration of genre- and medium boundaries are at the core of his artistic ethos and lead … read more »

Lukas Schiemer

Lukas Schiemer, born 1982 in Bregenz, is currently living as independent artist, composer, songwriter, pedagogue, gehdanke, gardener, poet and musician in Vienna, Austria. In 2007 he finished his studies for a Bachelor of Arts, specializing in the jazz saxophone, at the private … read more »

Matt Boroff

Matt Boroff, Portraitfoto © Georg Alfare

Band leader of PLANET DREAD, opening band for NIRVANA and KYUSS, solo artist – MATT BOROFF has been a strong player in the music scene since the 1990ies. Born in New Jersey, he moved to Vorarlberg with his wife in 2000. Here … read more »

Peter Herbert

Peter Herbert, © Wolfgang Gonaus

Born Leap Day of 1960 in Bludenz, Austria Bassist Peter Herbert has been living in Paris since 2003 (in New York from 1989-2003) and leads a busy schedule with an average of 100 concerts annually throughout the world. Trained as a classical … read more »

Prinz Grizzley

Prinz Grizzley (c) Pia Berchtold

Blues, honky tonk, and melancholic country is what the audience can expect when Chris Comper hits the stage as PRINZ GRIZZLEY. It is a mix of Austrian alpine culture expressed through the sounds of Americana. Heartbreak, loneliness, and melancholy are universal experiences … read more »

Simon Frick

Simon Frick was born in 1983 in Bludenz (AT) and studied classical violin under Josef Sabaini and Werner Neugebauer, as well as jazz and improvised music under Andreas Schreiber at the Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität in Linz. In and beyond his studies he … read more »

The Weight

The Weight by Jasmin Elmi

The Weight have lost their hearts to 1960s and 70s rock, and it’s obvious at all of their shows. They give themselves up to the music. They flood the audience with their sound and come across just like the rock legends they … read more »