Daniel Riegler

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DANIEL RIEGLER works as a freelance performer, composer, ensemble director and producer of improvised contemporary and jazz related music.He performs regularly as trombonist with Klangforum Wien, as composer and ensemble director he has received commissions from well known ensembles and institutions (21er Haus Wien, ensemble for contemporary music zürich, NDR Bigband, Jazzfestival Saalfelden, among others). Riegler is co-founder of the Jazzwerkstatt Wien and artistic director of the chamber ensemble he founded, Studio Dan.

He has received countless grants and awards (Staatsstipendium für Komposition 2015, Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik/Bestenliste 02/2010, to name a few) and has worked together with artists like Elliott Sharp, Vinko Globokar, Michel Doneda, Friedrich Cerha and the ensemble “die reihe”.

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