2017 – today: music teacher at the music school in Leoben & teacher for salsa dance at the dancing school „Freude am Tanzen“
2013 – 2017: music teacher in Leoben – high school
2010 – 2011: yearlong stay abroad in Barcelona – higher education institution for music (Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya - ESMUC) 2005 – 2013: studies of jazz and popular music – university of music and performing arts in Vienna – Institute for jazz and popular music 2001 – 2005: high school „BORG Murau“ with musical focus
PROFESSION:
Saxophone- / Vocal- / Dance Instructor & Musician
MY INSTRUMENTS:
Saxophone / Vocals / Flute / Piano
MUSICAL EXAMPLES:
Joshua Redman / Art Pepper / Kenny Garrett / Chet Baker / Ella Fitzgerald / Gregory Porter / Jamie Cullum
FAVOURITE MUSIC:
Various styles of jazz: Blues / Swing / Latin / Bossa Nova / Funk / Soul / R&B / 80´s / Salsa / Pop
FAVOURITE ALBUM:
“Beyond the wall” – Kenny Garrett
FAVOURITE SONGS:
“Kiss to the skies” & “Sing a song of song” – Kenny Garrett / “Hide and Seek” – Joshua Redman / “Fire” – Lizz Wright / “Insanity” – Gregory Porter / “Get a hold of yourself” – Jamie Cullum
INSPIRATIONS / PEOPLE WHO INSPIRED ME:
my partens / various friends / my music- and piano teacher in the high school (leader of the school big band) / inteview with Joshua Redman (my master thesis is about his compositions)
HOBBIES / PASSIONS:
Playing my instruments / Singing / Dancing (Salsa)/ Hiking and staying in nature / Travelling
MY SPECIALITY:
Improvising when cooking
FAVOURITE CITATION:
“Hear with your eyes, see with your ears.” (Charlie Parker)
MY GUIDING PRINCIPALS:
"Do not follow the past and do not lose yourself in the future. The past is no more. The future has not come yet. Life is here and now. "(Buddha)
"The most important hour in our lives is always the present moment; the most significant person in our lives is always the one who is facing us; the most necessary work in our lives is always love."(Leo N. Tolstoy)
