Bernhard Wiesinger

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Bernhard Wiesinger (* 21st October 1981 in Vienna ) is an Austrian jazz - saxophonist and composer .

Live and act

Wiesinger began his musical training at the Poysdorf Music School . He continued this in the musical branch of the BORG Mistelbach grammar school and from 2000 studied at the Vienna Conservatory, today's MUK - Music and Art Private University of the City of Vienna ; Graduated from the Conservatory Vienna Private University in the concert subject jazz saxophone and instrumental and vocal pedagogy (IGP) was in 2004. As part of a postgraduate course, Wiesinger studied in 2004/05 at the Berklee College of Music in Boston (USA). In 2008 he completed his master's degree in saxophone with distinction at the Conservatory of the Private University.

As a freelance musician, Wiesinger lives near Vienna and is an active part of the Viennese jazz scene. He is co-founder of music projects such as free TENORS feat. Harry Sokal and Miss Moravia - World Music from Central Europe . Furthermore, there was cooperation u. a. with drummer Joris Dudli , with whom he recorded two albums ( A Rewarding Journey , 2008 and Aspiration , 2019), Christian Havel ( 13.03 Thirteen "O" Three , 2016), Fritz Pauer , Lori Williams, John DiMartino , Danny Grissett, Klemens Marktl , Rob Bargad , Renato Chicco and Jon Davis . In January 2020 Wiesinger's debut album "Notice That Moment" ( Double Moon Records ) was released, which he recorded in New York in 2019 with pianist Kevin Hays , bassist Scott Colley and drummer Bill Stewart .

In 2010 he took over the management of the association “Jazzwerkstatt Poysdorf” from founder Erich Schreiber as chairman and since then has regularly organized concerts and an annual one-week international jazz workshop.

Discographic notes

  • 2013: Miss Moravia Exploring Europe (with Andrea Profant, Juraj Bartoš, Přemek Tomšíček, Gerald Schuller , Hans Zinkl, Juraj Griglák, Herbert Pirker )
  • 2013: Gina Schwarz Jazzista
  • 2014: freeTENORS feat. Harry Sokal Fellowship (with Ondrej Štverácek, Tomáš Baroš, Marián Ševcík)
  • 2016: Christian Havel 13.03 Thirteen "O" Three
  • 2019: Joris Dudli Aspiration
  • 2020: Notice That Moment

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jazz album of the week (NDR)
personal data
SURNAME Wiesinger, Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian jazz musician (saxophone, composition)
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna