Michael Publig
Guest Artist
Artistic experience
- Pianist: International projects in the fields of contemporary art music (chamber music), Jazz, Brazilian music, Tango Nuevo and Flamenco.
- Composer: (works in the fields of contemporary art music as well as popular music); award winner of several composition competitions. Performances of his works in Europe, Asia, Australia and the USA; radio broadcasts.
- Arranger, editor, author: Publications in various musical fields with several international publishing houses (Austria, Germany, USA, China). Among them several editions for children (teaching purposes)
- Head of music preparation Hollywood in Vienna;
Education
- 1983 – 1989 Piano at the MUK Vienna with Roland Batik
- 1984 – 1997 Business Administration at the Vienna Business University (Diplome work: Advertising and Music (in english)
- 1981 – 1984 Language studies at the Romance Institute at the Vienna university (Portuguese, Spanish)
- Other knowlegde
- Graphics (indesign, photoshop, illustrator); professional creation of books; fundamentals of audio engineering (sound recordings, Sequenzing, Sampling, Mastering); fundamentals of Webdesign; fundamentals in editing, Professional musical notation (Sibelius, Finale)
Teaching & Research
- Arranging at the Vienna music university (at the Anton Bruckner institute, mdw, since 2019); lecturer for Jazz Chamber Music at the Vienna music university (Haydn institute, mdw 2017)
- lecturer at the Amadeus International School Vienna (2016–2020); Music professor at de la Salle Vienna (2020–2025)
- Numerous workshops and master classes for piano, improvisation, composition and arranging, songwriting, film music, and jazz harmony (at home and abroad, e.g. at the Konservatorium Wien University, Central Conservatory Beijing, Shanghai Conservatory, China), music computer programs.
- Jazz Chamber Music, 8 years at the International Orpheus Academy; several years workshops Improvisation at the Musikforum Viktring.
Publications
books, notes
- http://www.michaelpublig.com/publications-books.html
- Publigs further sheet music publications can be found online at: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/en/explore?q=michael+publig
- Chick Corea - Omnibook. Piano transcribed exactly from Coreas recorded solos - Hal Leonard: ; https://www.halleonard.com/product/364470/chick-corea-omnibook
- In Session with Dave Weckl Band (Jay Olivers Keyboard Version) https://www.amazon.de/Session-Dave-Weckl-Band-Piano/dp/0825841518
CDs:
- Brasiliade – Traditional and New Brazilian Music, Gramola
- Caliente – Cuban, Flamenco, Chamber Jazz, Galileo
- Many more CDs: http://www.michaelpublig.com/discography-downloads.html
Further Work Experience
- Publishing manager of many years’ standing at Doblinger (Austria´s biggest music publisher); panel member in many institutions; organizer of several concerts with the emphasis on “Jazz Chamber Music” (8 years at the International Orpheus Academy);
- Producer of numerous CDs, 2021 foundation of the label «publig music».
Philosophy
- As composer Michael Publig stands for musical diversity and pursues an open musical path “among all worlds”. His music is a symbiosis of elements from jazz, contemporary (serious) music and Latin American. He calls it Jazz Chamber Music. http://www.michaelpublig.com/
- Info on jazz for classical musicians: http://jazzforclassics.michaelpublig.com/What_is_It_About.html