“5 Million Pesos” is a monthly concert and radio broadcast series of young jazz in and from Austria – presented by Radiokulturhaus Vienna and the Ö1 jazz department. In September, Thomas Quendler and his trio, will be guests in the concert series.
Thomas Quendler Trio
Thomas Quendler – piano
Jakob Gönitzer – bass
Jonas Kocnik – drums
Thomas Quendler is the winner of the Ö1 Jazz Scholarship 2025 and will be performing as part of the “5 Million Pesos” series.
As the winner of the Ö1 Jazz Scholarship 2025, the 24-year-old pianist, who comes from Wolfsberg in Carinthia and studied with Olaf Polziehn at the Jazz Institute of the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, will enjoy a two-year course of study at the Jam Music Lab Private University in Vienna and a CD production with Quinton Records.
Quendler, who has already made a name for himself with releases by the rock-jazz-heavy bands Kernfusion and Origina1Nerd, will be performing with the band that impressed the jazz scholarship jury, which included guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel, during the final audition: In an acoustic piano trio with Jakob Gönitzer (double bass) and Andreas Reisenhofer (drums), he presents the fluid, rhythmically complex modern jazz of his recently released debut album “Awaking.” A highly talented young musician introduces himself!
In collaboration with the Ö1 jazz editorial team.
Concert: FR | 19 09 2025 | 8:00 p.m. | RadioCafe
Broadcast: Ö1-Jazz Night TBD
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Translated from the German original by Arianna Alfreds.