(Times are CET unless otherwise noted. Links are for clicking and lead to further information and/or ticketing.)
FW 2024/2025
23 October, 8pm: Wednesday Night Prayer Orchestra @ Little Stage, Wien V.
6 November, 8pm: Wednesday Night Prayer Orchestra @ Little Stage, Wien V.
14 November TBA: @ Prishtina Jazz Festival, Prishtina, Kosovo
20 November, 8pm: Wednesday Night Prayer Orchestra @ Little Stage, Wien V.
4 December, 8pm: Wednesday Night Prayer Orchestra @ Little Stage, Wien V.
18 December, 8pm: Wednesday Night Prayer Orchestra @ Little Stage, Wien V.
29 December, 8pm: *Premiere!* Jazzorchester Vorarlberg & Strings play “Egypt Road” and “Scenes From A Play” @ Spielboden Dornbirn.
3 January 2025, 8:30pm: *Premiere! (Part 2)* Jazzorchester Vorarlberg & Strings play “Egypt Road” and “Scenes From A Play” @ Porgy & Bess, Wien I. (and streaming)
31 January, 8:30pm: Max Nagl Ensemble @ Porgy & Bess, Wien I. (and streaming)
7-8 February: *Premiere!* Brassband Vorarlberg plays “The Weather in 20 Years”, commissioned for their 20th anniversary. 7 February @ CUBUS in Wolfurt; 8 February @ Kulturbühne Ambach in Götzis.
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SS 2024
15 May, 8pm: Wednesday Night Prayer Orchestra season finale @ Little Stage, Wien V.
24 May: Leading the JSBM Popakademie student big band @ Diakoniefest, Wien XXI.
30 May, 8:30pm: “Charles Mingus 102” @ Zwe, Wien II.
9 June: leading the Popakademie big band @ Usus am Wasser, Wien XXI.
20 June: Max Nagl Ensemble, awards ceremony, Rathaus, Wien I.
22 June, 5/8erl in Ehr’n & Jazzorchester Vorarlberg @ StadtLandFluss festival, St. Pölten
18 July, 5/8erl & JOV @ Pitten Classics, Pitten
19 July: 5/8erl & JOV @ Pfarrgarten Aschbach
20 July: 5/8erl & JOV @ Freudenhaus Lustenau
21 July: 5/8erl & JOV @ Treibhaus Innsbruck
25 July, 8pm: w/Ulrike Haidacher & Peter Rom @ Kultursommer Wien, Währingerpark, Wien XIX.
21 January, 8:30pm: Max Nagl Ensemble @ Porgy & Bess, Wien I. (and online).
8 March: Wednesday Night Prayer Orchestra @ Radiokulturhaus, Wien IV.
9 March, 8:30pm: Wayne Horvitz’ Electric Circus @ Porgy & Bess, Wien I. (and online). This should be awesome.
FW 2023
19 & 20 September, 7:30pm / 21 September, 9:30pm: GHOST (music by Wayne Horvitz, feat. Max Nagl et al). A production of the Musiktheatertage Wien @ brut northwest, Wien XX.
23 September, 5:30pm: Finissage “LuegerTemporär“, a production of KÖR – Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Wien. Dr. Karl Lueger-Platz, Wien I.
23 September, 8:30pm: Wednesday Night Prayer Orchestra season opener at Porgy & Bess, Wien I. (also online).
29 September, 7:30pm: Die Party: Eine musikalische Einkreisung with Ulrike Haidacher (reading) and Peter Rom. At Anton Bruckner Centrum, Ansfelden (AT).
8 November, 8pm: Wednesday Night Prayer Orchestra at Little Stage, Wien 5.
13 November, 8pm: Yaeger + friends at Zwe, Wien 2. Is this the rebirth of Hunter? Come and find out. With Eberle, Omerzell, Rom, Glüxam & Duit.
15 November, 8pm: Wednesday Night Prayer Orchestra at Little Stage, Wien 5.
22 November, 8pm: Wednesday Night Prayer Orchestra at Little Stage, Wien 5.
29 November, 8pm: Wednesday Night Prayer Orchestra at Little Stage, Wien 5.
SS 2023
31 May, 8pm: Wednesday Night Prayer Orchestra season closer at Little Stage, Wien 5.
16 June, 8pm: Jazzorchester Vorarlberg, Petit Mal (premiere), Collini, Hohenems.
25 June, 8pm: Jazzorchester Vorarlberg, Petit Mal, Naturhotel Chesa Valisa, Hirschegg, Kleinwalsertal (Tickets).
9 July: with the Vienna Klezmore Orchestra at Schrammelklang Festival, Litschau.
14 July: with Fainschmitz at Zeughaus Lindau (DE)
23 July: Glory be, it’s Mingus’s Black Saint and the Sinner Lady at Inntöne!
27 July: with Ulrike Haidacher and Peter Rom at Kultursommer Wien, Herderpark, Wien 11.
Early 2023
15 February, 20:00 w/Wednesday Night Prayer Orchestra @ Little Stage, Wien 5. In the grand tradition of once-a-week big bands.
22 February, 20:00 w/Wednesday Night Prayer Orchestra @ Little Stage, Wien 5.
30 March w/Mingus tribute band @ Seidl-Keller, Bruck an der Leitha
3 April 19:00 “Die Party” w/Ulrike Haidacher and Peter Rom (see above) @ the Strenge Kammer, Porgy & Bess, Wien 1.
5 / 12 / 19 / 26 April, 20:00 (subject to change) w/Wednesday Night Prayer Orchestra @Little Stage, Wien 5.
20 May w/Mingus tribute band, Hohenauergasse, Wien 19.
And a preview of coming attractions: I have the honor to be an artist-in-residence this year at the Literaturfest Kleinwalstertal in Vorarlberg. In connection with this, the Jazzorchester Vorarlberg will (finally!) be performing my large piece Petit mal, developed in cooperation with the writer Carolyn Amann. Premiere on 16 June, with a second performance on 25 June in Hohenems. Watch this space for details.
Spring 2022
26. March, 8:30pm w/Jazzorchester Vorarlberg feat. Orges and the Ockus-Rockus Band @ Porgy & Bess, Vienna and online (just click the link). Arranged and led by yours truly.
11. April, 8:30pm w/The Mighty Roll (sort of a Vienna all-star band) @ Porgy & online.
12. April (time TBA) w/Mingus birthday band (Gregor Aufmesser, Martin Bayer, Valentin Duit, Clemens Salesny, Andi Schreiber) on Radio Ö1.
23. April, 8:30pm w/many people: “Triumph of the Underdog”, a celebration of Charles Mingus’s 100th birthday @ Porgy & Bess and online. A set of greatest hits with the aforementioned birthday band, and then a rare live performance of Black Saint and the Sinner Lady for big band plus.
26. April (TBA) w/Gregor Aufmesser, Astrid Wiesinger & Hubert Bründlmayer @ Zwe.
21. May (TBA) w/Fainschmitz in St. Georgen a.d. Gusen (AT). Details to follow.
26. May (TBA) w/Fainschmitz @ Scharfrichterhaus, Passau (DE)
Summer 2020
8 July w/ Madame Baheux @ Minimundus, Klagenfurt
11 July w/Madame Baheux @ Alter Schlachthof, Wels
2 August w/JOV5 @FESTIVELO, Lustenau
4 August w/Andreas Waelti, Tobias Pustinek, Herbert Pirker @ZWE, Vienna
29 August w/Jazzorchester Vorarlberg feat. Aja @Jazz und Groove Festival, Bludenz
Into 2020
25 January w/Fainschmitz @ JazzIt, Salzburg (Mosaik Fest)
29 January w/Max Nagl Ensemble @ Porgy & Bess, Vienna
30 January w/Vienna Klezmore Orchestra @ Musikverein, Vienna
5 March w/Jazzorchester Vorarlberg @ Jazzwerkstatt Bern
13 March (22:20 CET) w/Puschnig, Aufmesser & Aichinger, live broadcast for Ornette Coleman’s birthday on Radio Ö1
Closing the year, 2019
23. November w/Darkstone Brass @ “Literarisch-musikalische Soiree“, Klangraum Krems
26.-29 November w/Fainschmitz in Germany:
26. @ Pony Bar, Hamburg
27. @ Komplex, Schwerin
28. @ Alte Polizei, Stadthagen
29. @ Freiraum, Bamberg
5. December w/Austrian Jazz Composers Orchestra (aka Nouvelle Cuisine) @ Porgy & Bess, Vienna
7. December w/Crossplay @ Turnhalle (Brick-5), Vienna
19. December w/Crossplay: It’s M.E. Christmas Concert @ Odeon Theater, Vienna
Fall 2019
11. September – Hunter @ Bird’s Eye, Basel. This concert will be live-streamed.
w/Studio Dan: “Music is THE BEST: A Tribute to Frank Zappa”:
19. September @ Spielboden, Dornbirn
20. September @ Altes Kino, Landeck
29. September – w/Darkstone Brass @ Schloss Kirchstetten
19. October – w/Jazzorchester Vorarlberg (feat. Sista Raie & Vincent Pongracz) @ Jazz and the City, Salzburg
Summer 2019
1 June – w/Fainschmitz, Waldviertel (private function)
4 July – w/Studio Dan @ VHS Donaustadt, Vienna
5 July, 8:30pm – w/Aufmessers Schneide @ Porgy & Bess (Jazzfest Wien)
26 July, 5pm – w/Jazzorchester Vorarlberg feat. Vincent Pongracz & Renee Benson at Popfest Wien (Seebühne Karlsplatz)
16 August, 9pm – Hunter Special Quartet (feat. Benny Omerzell, Beate Wiesinger & Valentin Duit @ Zemplen Festival, Hungary
Spring 2019
16 March, 8:30pm – Max Nagl 5 @ Blue Tomato, Vienna
13 April – with Soap&Skin @ UdK, Berlin
14 April – with Soap&Skin @ Botanique, Brussels
15 April – with Soap&Skin @ EartH, London
30 April – with Jazzorchester Vorarlberg feat. Vincent Pongracz & Renee Benson @ Kammgarn, Hard
1 May – with Jazzorchester Vorarlberg/Pongracz/Benson @ Porgy & Bess, Vienna
Early 2019
31. January – with Gregor Aufmesser @ “Die Rote Brille“, Roter Salon der OESTIG LSG, Vienna.
2. February – with the Max Nagl Ensemble @ Porgy & Bess, Vienna
9. February, 2:30pm – Lecture: “Living Jazz” @ Jazz Showcase 2019, Budapest
9. February, 8pm – with Elektro Guzzi @ A38, Budapest
Nov.-Dec. 2018
29. November – with Elektro Guzzi & Polybrass @ Treibhaus Innsbruck
30. November – Elektro Guzzi @ Conrad Sohm, Dornbirn
1. December – Elektro Guzzi @ STWST Linz
9. December – Lukas Kranzelbinder’s Liederabend, Porgy & Bess
28. December – with Jazzorchester Vorarlberg @ Spielboden Dornbirn
29. December – with Jazzorchester Vorarlberg @ Porgy & Bess
Fall 2018
15 September – Vienna Klezmore Orchestra at Theater am Spittelberg (with the Brothers Wladigeroff)
20 September – with Aufmessers Schneide at the JazzWerkstatt Wien Festival (Projektraum, WUK)
21 September – with the Max Nagl 5 at the Jazzwerkstatt Wien Festival
8 October – with Synesthetic Octet at ORF Radiokulturhaus Wien (livestream)
11 October – Hunter @ Blue Tomato
12 October – Hunter @ Landestheater Linz (BlackBox Lounge)
20 October – with Nouvelle Cuisine Big Band @ St. Johann in Tirol
21 October – Nouvelle Cuisine @ Porgy & Bess
29. November – with Elektro Guzzi & Polybrass @ Treibhaus Innsbruck
30. November – Elektro Guzzi @ Conrad Sohm, Dornbirn
1. December – Elektro Guzzi @ STWST Linz
9. December – Lukas Kranzelbinder’s Liederabend, Porgy & Bess
28. December – with Jazzorchester Vorarlberg @ Spielboden Dornbirn
29. December – with Jazzorchester Vorarlberg @ Porgy & Bess
June-July 2018
1 June – Studio Dan @ Open Ears Festival, Kitchener, ON
2-3 June – Studio Dan @ PIFA 2018, Philadelphia, PA
23 June, late – San Lucar Charity Golf Tournament Gala, Colony Club Gutenhof, Himberg (private)
25 June – Vienna Klezmore Orchestra @ Austrian Red Cross Sommerfest, Wien
30 June – with Fainschmitz, private event, Salzburg
3 July, 21:00 – JazzFest Wien: Handsemmel Orchestra/The Mighty Roll, Porgy & Bess, Vienna
7 July – Fatima Spar & Freedom Fries, Feldkirch, Vlbg. (TBA)
May 2018
23 May, 21:00 – Synesthetic Octet @ Rhiz, Vienna
26 May, 20:00 – Darkstone Brass @ LAKULT, Langenlois
Early Spring 2018
3 March, 20:30 – Jazzorchester Vorarlberg: Morphing II @ Porgy & Bess, Vienna
16 March, 19:30 – Vienna Klezmore Orchestra @ Internationales Klezmer Festival, Fürth (DE) Achtung-sold out!
23 March, 19:30 – Portrait: “Der Posaunist Phil Yaeger auf Reisen”, Ö1 Radio
~ Hunter Winter Tour, 2018 ~
20 January, 20:00 – Opus Music Club, Budapest (HU)
25 January, 20:30 – Porgy & Bess, Vienna
26 January, 20:30 – Tangente, Eschen (LI)
27 January, 20:00 – Kulturverein Bahnhof, Andelsbuch
1 February, 20:00 – Vorarlberg Museum, Bregenz
Winter 2017.
28 December, 20:30 – Fatima Spar and the Freedom Fries @ Spielboden, Dornbirn
31 December – New Year’s Eve in the Ungar Grill
Fall 2017.
28 September, 19:30 – Fatima Spar + Jazzorchester Vorarlberg @ Theater Akzent, Vienna
29 September, 16-19:00 – trio w/Alexander Hofmayr & Valentin Duit @ Herbstflohmarkt Neubaugasse (13A bus stop at Neubaugasse & Mariahilfer Straße), Vienna
18 October, 19:00 – w/Nouvelle Cuisine @ Bigband Summit, Bruckneruniversität, Linz
13 November, 20:00 – w/Vienna Klezmore Orchestra @ Klezmore Festival, Kirche am Gaußplatz, Vienna
25 November, 19:30 – w/Jazzorchester Vorarlberg & Symphonieorchester Vorarlberg, Montforthaus, Feldkirch
26 November, 19:30 – w/Jazzorchester Vorarlberg & Symphonieorchester Vorarlberg, Festspielhaus, Bregenz
Summer 2017.
10 June – Hunter @ No Risk Festival, Neukirchen am Grossvenediger
11 June, 11:00 – with Stefan Heckel Group @ Sessionwork Festival, Porgy & Bess, Vienna
13 June, 20:00 – with Vienna Klezmore Orchestra @ “Wir sind Wien” Festival, vacant lot in Hietzing, Vienna
1 July, 16:30 – with Darkstone Brass on a boat down the Danube @ Glatt & Verkehrt Festival, Krems
16 July – with Elektro Guzzi @ MQ Hofmusik Salon, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna
17 July – Jazzorchester Vorarlberg Plays the Music of Philip Yaeger @ Innsbrucker Promenadenkonzerte, Innenhof der kaiserlichen Hofburg, Innsbruck
22 July, 7pm – with Fatima Spar & the Freedom Fries @ Kultur am Berg, Bruck an der Mur
28 July, 18:00 – with Darkstone Brass @ Glatt & Verkehrt, Winzer Krems
9-11 August – with Reverend Broger’s Brass Invasion @ Bezau Beatz Festival, Vorarlberg
6 March, 19:00, RadioCafe (ORF Radiokulturhaus)
with Ethel Merhaut, soprano: “Echo des Unerhörten” – Yiddish songs
12 January 2017 • 7:30pm
H U N T E R
Austrian Cultural Forum NYC
11 E 52nd St, New York, NY
December
w/Nouvelle Cuisine
8 December, 20:30, Porgy & Bess (Vienna 1., Riemergasse 11)
20 December, 19:30, Sargfabrik (Vienna 14., Goldschlagstr. 169)
January 2017
Hunter at the Austrian Cultural Forum (11 E 52nd St, New York, NY)
Fall 2016: You know, for kids!
October
w/Studio Dan, “Studio Dan spielt…”:
13 October, 10:00
Kunsthaus Mürz, Mürzzuschlag
14 October, 10:00 & 15:00
Carl-Rotky-Saal, Kulturzentrum Leibnitz (Jazzfestival Leibnitz)
w/Stefan Heckel Group, “10 Kleine Elefanten”:
22 October, 16:00
Stadtgalerie Mödling
23 October, 11-16:00
Maskenfest & Concert, Schloss Eggenberg, Graz
w/Jazzorchester Vorarlberg feat. Aja
27 October, 20:00
Bahnhof Andelsbuch
29 October, 20:30
Kammgarn Hard
w/Studio Dan, “Dekadenz”
16 November, 20:30
Porgy & Bess, Vienna
19 November, 22:00
Toni-Areal, Mehrspur, Zurich (Tage für neue Musik)