About
I am a jazz pianist, composer/arranger, musicologist and artistic researcher, currently employed as Senior Lecturer and postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Jazz and the Institute for Jazz Research University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, Austria as well as Dean and Head of MA Studies at Jam Music Lab Private University for Jazz and Popular Music in Vienna. I have also lectured at universities in Vienna, Salzburg and Sydney.
My publications comprise the recently published, award-winning monograph Jazz & the City: Jazz in Graz von 1965 bis 2015, various book chapters, articles, CDs and musical scores.
I am currently editing the multi-authored volume Artistic Practice as Research in Jazz and Popular Music – Positions, Theories, Methods (Routledge) as well as co-editing the Routledge Companion for Jazz & Gender.
As a musician, I have composed for big band, string ensembles, choir and jazz groups, produced a cariety of CDs and performed at festivals and in jazz clubs across the globe. Education
PhD – Musicology, University of Sydney
MMus – Jazz Piano Performance, University of Sydney
Mag. Art. – Jazz Piano Performance, University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz Upcoming Talks and Conferences
- 2nd Symposium of the International Network for Artistic Research in Jazz (18-22 January 2021) https://artisticjazzresearch.com/news/
- Panel on Artistic Research in Jazz at JEN Conference 2021 (6 January 2021)
Memberships
- International Society for Jazz Research (IGJ) – Board Member
- International Society for Artistic Research in Jazz (INARJ) – Convenor
