“5 Million Pesos” – Young Jazz in and from Austria. A concert series by RadioKulturhaus Wien and Ö1 jazz editors. For the December edition: /kry. Concert time & place: Fri Dec. 9, 2022, 8 pm, KlangTheater, Radiokulturhaus /kry Mona Matbou Riahi (clarinet, … read more »
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/kry is an instrumental trio, formed in 2019 by Alexander Yannilos, Mona Matbou Riahi and Philipp Kienberger in Vienna. The band’s eccentric blend of contemporary grooves, avant-garde jazz and electronica leaves it completely untethered from any single genre and defying categorisation. /kry’s … read more »
New Austrian Sound of Music (NASOM) 2023/2024 presentation concert at Porgy & Bess
The New Austrian Sound of Music – NASOM for short – has its 20th anniversary this year! Come celebrate with us on September 5th, 2022 at Porgy & Bess, where 6 of the 25 acts will perform 20-min. sets, giving the audience … read more »
25 ACTS ANNOUNCED FOR THE NEW AUSTRIAN SOUND OF MUSIC (NASOM) 2023/24
In cooperation with mica – music austria, Austrian Music Export and the Austrian music universities, an expert jury selected five up-and-coming ensembles or musicians in five different genres: classical, jazz, global music, contemporary music and pop/electronic for the new NASOM edition 2023/24. … read more »
Vaak East music festival 2022 in London
Vaak is a Persian word for ‘vibrations that vocal chords make’. In this, the first festival of its kind, VAAK EAST brings Londoners two evenings (July 1-2, 2022) of music celebrating diasporic Iranian ‘Vaak’ from around Europe. Among the artists are Austrian … read more »
INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY: A LOOK AT THE AUSTRIAN JAZZ SCENE
It’s fair to say that the Austrian jazz scene has experienced a real upswing in recent years. At least, one can come to this conclusion when observing the increased international interest in jazz from Austria; and is true across all genres. Following … read more »
“WE ALLOW OURSELVES TO BE CHILDREN IN AN ADULT WAY” – MONA MATBOU RIAHI & ALEXANDER YANNILOS (/KRY)
MONA MATBOU RIAHI (clarinet), ALEXANDER YANNILOS (drums) and PHILIPP KIENBERGER (bass) are known as busy and very active musical creative minds, who have already impressively demonstrated their extraordinary playing skills and broad musical understanding many times in a wide variety of projects. … read more »
What went down at Kick Jazz VI (NEW VIDEOS!)
The 2021 edition of KICK JAZZ – the two-day festival organized by Austrian Music Export together with Porgy & Bess – was originally planned to take place live and in-person, bringing together local acts, fans and international promoters. However, as the well-known … read more »
Kick Jazz 2021 – Streamed!
It’s curtain-up for Austria’s local jazz scene! Following five successful editions, the KICK JAZZ 2021 festival will gather the most promising local jazz formations on the main stage of PORGY & BESS on December 6-7, 2021 and show what the local music … read more »
The parts of its sum – Jazz Festival Saalfelden 2021 Recap
INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL SAALFELDEN took place once again, for its 41st time at the end of August 2021. It was, as usual, a strong, long and explosive program. Therefore packing it into a collection of words won’t do it justice, however, there … read more »