Austrian Jazz Award: JAM student Nina Feldgrill achieves 2nd place
The winners of the Austrian Jazz Award have been announced. There are winners in the categories Best Newcomer, Best Live Act and Best Album. The JAM MUSIC LAB Private University is delighted to announce that current Master's student and Ö1 Jazz Scholarship winner Nina Feldgrill has won second place in the Newcomer category. She has been impressing in many projects for several years and inspires with her virtuoso playing. We congratulate her on this success.
There were a total of 256 different submissions. These were awarded points in the summer by the so called Academy (82 experts from the jazz and music industry, including JAM representatives). Based on these scores, a shortlist was created for each of the three categories, from which the respective winners as well as the runners-up were selected by an expert jury on October 17. The jury is made up of
- Dieter Glawischnig (musician & composer, chair of the jury)
- Amro Salah (Cairo Jazz Festival)
- Martyna van Nieuwland (EJN, festivals in Katowice and Nijmegen)
- Otmar Klammer (Jazz Journalist and Organistor, Styria)
- Caroline Berchotteau (Sargfabrik Vienna)
- Regina Fisch (Festival De/Ensemble)
together.
The winners are:
1st place and winner in the best newcomer category: Yvonne Moriel
2nd place: Nina Feldgrill (bass)
3rd place: Lorenz Widauer (trumpet)
1st place and award winner in the best album category: Echoboomer: “Timeless Warrior”
2nd place: “Dance of the Elders” (Wolfgang Muthspiel Trio)
3rd place: “Way To Blue” (Gina Schwarz & Multiphonics 8)
1st place and award winner in the category for best live act: Synesthetic4
2nd place: Manu Delago feat. Mad About Lemon
3rd place: Austrian Syndicate
On December 5, the winners will be honored at the Austrian Jazz Award Gala at the Porgy and Bess in Vienna. Before that, a Jazz Award brunch will be held for invited guests from 11 am to 2 pm at the Hotel Hoxton, organized by the JAM MUSIC LAB Private University.
