Curtain up for Austrian jazz: KICK JAZZ, a cooperation between Austrian Music Export and Vienna’s Porgy & Bess, brings some of the most promising acts from Austria’s jazz scene to the stage on the 2nd and 3rd of December, 2026. The showcase … read more »
2025 kept the pace up: festivals and conferences, newfound partnerships and a constant flow of releases and live shows— both domestically, and far beyond Austria. Across genres and formats, Austrian artists showed up on international stages and platforms with real consistency, powered … read more »
How quickly time flies: a whole decade of incredible, home-grown acts gracing the beautiful Porgy & Bess stage! And in honor of the anniversary this year, we’ve cooked up something special. Get ready for Kick Jazz Festival 2025 coming up faster than … read more »
With “free fall a cappella” (Session Work Records; May 16), the vocal quartet HALS presented its debut album—a fascinating interplay of precise technique and free improvisation. Anna Anderluh, Amina Bouroyen, Anna László, and Verena Loipetsberger weave complex compositions with spontaneous sound experiments. … read more »
In February 2025, the debut album by LORENZ WIDAUER, FELIX GUTSCHI, FERDINAND RAUCHMANN, MAXIMILIAN REHRL, and PAUL WIDAUER—known together as the band CHEZ FRÍA— was released under the title “Die Kunst dem Fuge.” The Salzburg-born quintet, now geographically scattered, dismantles music boundaries … read more »
Time flies! December is coming sooner than you think, and that means that Kick Jazz is just around the corner. Vienna’s premiere showcase festival for domestically produced jazz will take place this year on December 3rd and 4th at Porgy & Bess, … read more »
I AM ABROAD is the new European project promoted by Taller de Músics, designed to strengthen improvised music networks in the European music ecosystem. Selected through LIVEMX, the project starts in October and launches a series of actions aimed at responding to … read more »
The goal of the trio otherMother is a rhythmic symbiosis of sound; their path to that goal is the fusion of acoustic and electronic sounds. Markus Deisenberger talks with Judith Schwarz, Jul Dillier and Arthur Fussy about the birth of the band, … read more »
The feel of the wind slapping you in the face…the smell of burnt chestnuts…feeling your “transition coat” gradually soak through because the fashion gods have dictated that, for some unfathomable reason, fall outerwear does not need to be waterproof: it’s November in … read more »
Believe it or not: December isn’t nearly as far off as you think it is. On the bright side, that means Kick Jazz is right around the corner! The annual showcase of local jazz talent at the Vienna institution Porgy & Bess … read more »