Michael Publig

Michael Publig (born July 29, 1961 in Vienna ) is an Austrian composer, pianist, music manager and editor.

Michael Publig

Career

Publig studied piano with Roland Batik at the Vienna Conservatory and social and economic sciences at the Vienna University of Economics and Business .

As a pianist he is active in various international projects in the fields of serious music (chamber music), jazz, Brazilian music, Tango Nuevo and Flamenco.

As a composer, he wrote around 800 works in serious and popular music . He was able to emerge as the winner and laureate of several composition competitions (Gustav Mahler Competition 2006, E- and U-Composition Prize of the ÖKB 2001 and 2002). Publig's works have been performed and broadcast in Europe, Asia, Australia and the USA.

As an arranger, editor and author, Michael Publig has published for several publishers in Austria, Germany, the USA and China. In addition, he dealt with the music of Chick Corea and supervised a. a. until 1996 the unpublished edition of the almost complete complete works. He is also Head of Music Preparation for Hollywood in Vienna.

He has also been teaching arranging at the Vienna University of Music since 2019. He is also a lecturer at the Amadeus Vienna International School for composition, songwriting, film music composition and piano. In the field of music education, he held workshops and master classes for piano, improvisation and jazz harmony. a. at the Music University Vienna , the Music and Art Private University of the City of Vienna , the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and the Shanghai Conservatory, China. He was also invited to workshops for music computer programs. As a music mediator he designs, moderates and plays concerts for children and young people.

Publig's activities as a music manager include his professional activity as a long-time publishing director at Doblinger. He was also a juror at the Austrian State Scholarship for Composition. Publig organizes several concerts with a focus on “Jazz Chamber Music” and produces CDs.

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Michael Publig composes pieces that combine modern serious music with jazz and with a strong influence of Latin American music. For chamber music works in this style, he coined the term “jazz chamber music”, which summarizes this connection between classical music and jazz. In his educational work he teaches classical musicians jazz and Latin elements.

Selection of works

Jazz Chamber Music

• Coreasts for Chamber Band (for flute, vibraphone, piano and string quartet),
• Hang Loose (for violin and piano),
• Rhapsody on a Blue Cello (for cello and piano),
• Rhapsody on a Blue Violin (for violin and piano),
• Scenes on an Imaginary Movie (for flute, bassoon (cello) and harp (or piano)),
• Time In_Time Out (for piano trio),
• To Brothers (for guitar and piano)

Concerts

• Brazilian Choro Concerto (for flute, piano, guitar and string orchestra),
• Concerto for Piano with Big Band,
• A seeker on the move (for accordion and big band),
• El Viento Andaluz (Concierto Clásico del Flamenco Jazz, for vibraphone (or guitar or piano 2), piano and string quartet),
• Fantasia Suite-Ibero Americano (for guitar, mallets and piano),
• Stories from Ternitz (for Big Band)

Flamenco (chamber music)

• Alegrías de Concierto (for oboe and piano),
• Andalusia (for oboe (or flute, cello, violin or guitar) and piano),
• Flamenco Rhapsody (for piano, clapping, foot-stamping (1 player)),
• The Mistery of Ronda (for flute, cello, bass, piano, percussion),
• Misa Flamenca (for choir, guitar, percussion, organ ad lib.)

Brazilian (chamber) music

• Amadeus no Brasil (Chorando a Sonata para 2 pianos por Mozart, for guitar (or flute) and piano),
• Choro de Concerto (for 2 pianos),
• Chorinho pra Dudu (for vibraphone, double bass and piano),
• Dança Sertao (for flute, guitar, piano and string quartet),
• O Rio (Suite do Araguaia, for flute and piano)

Tango Nuevo

• Tangasíon (for orchestra, orchestrated by Pablo Boggiano)
• 3 Tangos Nuevos (Astorizado, Buscando, Tangasion (for vibraphone, double bass and piano or piano solo)),
• Ultimo Tango (for violin (or cello) and piano or piano and string quartet)

Miscellaneous

• Baker's House (for flute, vibraphone, double bass, guitar, piano and percussion),
• Chameleon Suite (for flute, 2 trumpets, bass, piano, keyboards, drums),
• Clare Fischer (for piano),
• Ligetation Day 1 & 2 (for piano),
• Magic Ray (for chamber ensemble),
• Sea of ​​Dreams (for mezzo-soprano and piano),
• Nite Song (for keyboards, piano, bass, percussion and drums),
• On the Irish Side of Life (for harp, piano (flute and cello ad lib.)),
• Rhapsody in Pink (Bohemian Variations on a Well-Known Theme by Freddie Mercury for 2 pianos),
• Vamonos! (for flute and organ)

Textbooks, music editions (selection)

• Applause applause! Clear the stage for my first piano concert! (incl. CD, Doblinger),
• Chillin 'with Jazzy Feel Good Songs from the piano series "On the Lighter Side" (Doblinger),
• Christmas. The Christmas album. The most beautiful Christmas carols in easily singable keys, easily set for piano (keyboards) (Doblinger),
• Jazz On! Classics. Eight Classics for Piano (from Mozart to Debussy) and Ten Jazz Piano Interpretations (incl.CD) ( People's Music Publishing , Beijing; Doblinger),
• Jazz Piano Suite. 15 jazz variations in the style of the masters for classical pianists (Doblinger),
• Jazz Up! Paganini - A Crazy Concert Piece for Classical Pianists. Virtuoso Jazz Piano Suite based on the Capriccio No. 24 by Paganini (Doblinger),
• Spooky - Of Witches and Ghosts. Eerie pieces for piano / keyboards (incl. CD, Doblinger),
• Dave Weckl & Jay Oliver - In Session with the Dave Weckl Band, Players Circle (PRESSER)

Discography (selection)

• Brasiliade (Gramola, 2011)
• Jazz Piano Suite (2010)
• Jazz on! Classics (3 issues, Doblinger, 2005)
• Motions & Emotions. New Latin Music (1999)
• Joy to the World! (Doblinger, 1995)
• 3 rooms. Kitchen. Death. (Soundtrack, 2006)
• New chamber music from Lower Austria. (Works for violoncello and piano, Ursula Erhart-Schwertmann, violoncello, Edda Andrea Graf, piano, RICH ART Records, 2012)
• Fidelio Competition 2013 (Desislava Tinkova Dobreva flute, Lilyana Milenova Kehayova violoncello, Bernhard Voss, piano, ORF-CD 3176, 2013)

Current projects

• Brasiliade (Brazilian chamber music with Stefan Oser, guitar and Edison Tadeu, percussion)
• Jazz Chamber Music (with Tomasz Skweres, cello)
• Lighter Side Trio ("Celtic-Latin-Chamber-Jazz" with Monika Stadler , harp and Tomasz Skweres, cello)
• El Viento Andaluz (flamenco-jazz chamber music with Antonis Vounelakos, guitar, Sabina La Canelita, dance, singing and string quartet)

Web links

• Official website of Michael Publig
• Comments on Michael Publig's Jazz Piano Suite
• Mica interview on the musical beginnings and the perspective as a composer