European Jazz Workshop Orchestra

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European Jazz Workshop Orchestra 'New concepts of the 2nd Viennese School: Artistry in Rhythm'

The European Jazz Workshop 2026 at the mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna takes the “Second Viennese School” and its twelve-tone technique, developed by Schoenberg, Webern, and Berg, as its starting point. The focus is on the question of how these compositional principles can be applied in contemporary large-ensemble jazz compositions—both as a direct compositional tool and as a source of inspiration for new aesthetic approaches.

Under the thematic umbrella “Artistry in Rhythm,” the workshop aims to demonstrate that even complex serial-based materials can be transformed into a rhythmic, grooving concept. This also establishes a connection to the jazz tradition, particularly to Stan Kenton, in whose ensemble the composer Bob Graettinger impressively integrated techniques of the Second Viennese School.

Cast

Teilnehmende Lehrende:

Markus Geiselhart, Wien, Markus Harm, Wien, Helge Sunde, Oslo, Morton Halle, Oslo, Steffen Schorn, Nürnberg, Roberto Bonati, Parma, Néstor Giménez, Barcelona

European Jazz Workshop Orchestra 2026:
Laura Detterbeck (Nürnberg), Alice Tarabella (Parma): vocals
Sophie Rothner (Wien), Valeria Hubareva (Nürnberg): violin
Fiona Werenitsch (Wien): viola
Rosalie Hasenbacher-Lenger (Wien): cello
Sara Visel (Oslo): flute
Luis Stauss (Wien): alto, soprano saxophone clarinet
Marlene Erker (Wien): alto, soprano saxophone, clarinet, flute
Alejandro Portella (Barcelona): tenor saxophone, clarinet, bassclarinet
Edoardo Filippi (Parma): tenor, soprano saxophone
Alen Pavlic (Wien): baritone, soprano saxophone, bassclarinet
Jakob Heindl (Wien), Roger Mora (Barcelona), Erlend Strand Rolfsen (Oslo), Fabio Frambati (Parma): trumpet, flugelhorn
Peter Robertstad (Oslo), Jens Koppang (Oslo), Marina Calleja (Barcelona): trombone
Frederik Abel (Wien): bass trombone, tuba
Iver Graabræk-Dyndahl: vibraphone
Sikia Masters Heien (Oslo), Francesco Bertellini (Parma): guitar
Cesare Panizzi (Parma): piano, keyboards
Russel Snyder (Nürnberg), Felix Loidl (Wien): bass
Francesco Baldini (Parma), Bendik Orla Jönk (Oslo): drums

Teilnehmende Universitäten: mdw - Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien (Österreich), Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg (Deutschland), Norwegian Academy of Music Oslo (Norwegen), Conservatorio di Musica „Arrigo Boito“ Parma (Italien), Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya Barcelona (Spanien)

Venue

PORGY and BESS Jazzclub

Porgy & Bess (actually, Jazz and Music Club Porgy & Bess ) is a jazz club in the Riemergasse 11 in the 1st district of Vienna. The club , founded in 1993 is considered " the most important jazz organizer and trendy meeting point " of the Austrian capital .

The program of Porgy & Bess speaks to a very large audience , about 70,000 guests a year ; is accordingly Jazz " understood very pluralistic ," and the program " even in fringe areas , such as electronic music , contemporary music and world music penetrated . " Many international artists , particularly from the U.S. space , see also Austrian musician here an opportunity to perform . The club also offers the stage for events, such as the award of the Austrian World Music Award.

Musicologist Christian Scheib According to the Porgy & Bess " at the same time essential for the development of the musical ( jazz ) reality of a City" and needs and uses ' plain commonplace as urban space music. " It creates itself " through artistic preferences, acoustic quality , capacity and real capacity, the necessary exclusion of other clubs. " Here, the different areas of the jazz clubs allow - the area in front of the stage with tables, upstairs gallery , a lateral area with a bar at counter - different intense concentration on the concert scene . For Jazzthetik Porgy & Bess is even a " traditional club . "

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