Jörg Leichtfried
Lecturer for Piano (Faculty of Music)
Artistic Major(s):
Piano
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Artistic or pedagogical education
- Master of Arts, Jazz piano concert subject, Music and Art Private University of the City of Vienna, graduation 2009
- Instrumental pedagogy jazz piano, Vienna Conservatory, teaching qualification 2010
Teaching & research
- Teacher at JAM MUSIC LAB Private University for Jazz and Popular Music & at Gulda School of Music since 2018.
- Masterclasses:
- University of Arts, Tirana, 2021 (Albania)
- Latvian Academy of Music (Lettland)
- Academia Nationala de Muzica, Cluj (Rumänien)
- Vytautas-Magnus-Universität, Kaunas (Litauen)
Publications
- "Words Have Vanished Into Silence" Jörg Leichtfried with Strings・Koehne Quartett, 2025
- "Scandinavian Ballerina" Jörg Leichtfried Trio, 2025
- "Little Tales Of Light And Sorrow", Duo Fuss / Leichtfried, 2020
- "Misery Is Wasted On The Miserable", Elektro Jirschi, 2019
- "Magicians Sounds And Other Beauties", Jörg Leichtfried Trio, 2013
- "Rooms", Duo Bertl Mayer / Jörg Leichtfried, 2010
- http://www.joerg-leichtfried.com
Further work experience
- Musical collaboration withWolfgang Puschnig, Cameron Brown, Piotr Baron, Hans Salomon, Andy Middleton, Piotr Schmid, Koehne Quartett
- Concerts in Austria and abroad:
ACFNY (New York), Somethin' Jazz Club (New York), Dresdner Jazztage (Deutschland), Harlem Jazz Club Barcelona (Spanien), Porgy & Bess Wien, Birdland Wien, ÖKF Teheran (Iran), Lublin Jazzfestival (Polen), Kraljevo Jazz Festival (Serbien), Jazzfest Lungau, International Jazz Piano Festival Kalisz (Polen), ÖKF Warschau (Polen), Ermitage Garden Jazz Festival Moskau, Philharmonie Belgorod (Russland), Odessa Jazz Festival (Ukraine), Vinnitsa Jazz Festival (Ukraine), Jazzweekend Regensburg (Deutschland), Jazzfestival Jazzablanca (Casablanca, Marokko), Warsaw Jazzfestival (Polen), Krakow Jazzfestival Piwnica Pod Baranami (Polen), Jazzycolors Jazz Festival (Paris), Jazz Festival Spania Dolina (Slowakei), Podgoricko Kulturno Ljeto (Montenegro), Carthage Jazz Festival (Tunesien), Binh Minh Jazzclub Hanoi (Vietnam), Sax N Art Jazzclub Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), No Black Tie Jazzclub Kuala Lumpur (Malaysien), Europa In Musica Rom (Italien), Haskovo Jazz Festival (Bulgarien), Albanian Brass Festival (Tirana), Teatri Petro Marko Vlora (Albanien), Neumünster (Luxemburg), Festival Entre Quintas (Portugal), 38Riv Jazzclub (Paris), Paris-Prague Jazz Club (Paris, Jazz w Ruinach Gliwice (Polen), VEF Jazz Club Riga (Lettland), Transilvania Jazz Festival, Cluj (Rumänien, Teatro Klubas (Litauen)ub (Paris)
Prizes, awards, miscellaneous
- 2012 Scholarship of the BMUKK (working stay in New York)
- 2021 Cultural award winner of the state of Lower Austria
- 2024 State Scholarship of the Federal Ministry of Art and Culture (Composition)
- Reviews: http://www.joerg-leichtfried.com/pressetexte.html
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6rg_Leichtfried_(Musiker)