AustrianJazz Award
Welcome to the website of the Austrian Jazz Awards! Here you will find comprehensive information about the Award. The submission period for the Austrian Jazz Awards 2026 begins on 28/05/2026, 13:00 and ends on 25/08/2026, 23:59 (observation period: 26/08/2025 – 25/08/2026). The possibility to register in the "Jazz and Global Music Library" of jazz-related music projects in Austria since January 2022 remains under "ARTISTS UPLOAD".
Mission
Jazz is understood as a transcultural form of music with a high degree of improvisation.
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Austria has a highly vibrant jazz and world music scene. To give more public attention to creative musicians, the Austrian Music Council (ÖMR), together with mica-music austria, the Ö1 Jazz editorial team, the IG World Music, and Porgy & Bess were able to achieve a reestablishment of an Austrian Jazz Award.
Submission for Artists
Entry in the "Jazz and Global Music Library in Austria since 2022" remains open. Please fill out the form electronically to submit your projects.
Academy Registration
If you are professionally involved in the style field of Jazz/improvised music/World Music in Austria – as a journalist, as an organizer, as a musician, as a teacher, as a label owner/producer, as a booker, as a label/producer, as a sound engineer, etc. – we invite you to participate in the nomination process and contribute your expertise.
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Dear Friends of Jazz, Global & Improvised Music, Thanks to the fact that, in addition to the Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport BMWKMS, JAM MUSIC LAB Private University Vienna, the Ö1 Jazz Editorial Team, we have also secured the City of Graz, StockwerkJazz...
Four categories and festive gala at Dom im Berg / Graz In recent years, Austria has impressively demonstrated the extraordinary creative and musical potential of its domestic scene. The annual Jazz Prize – an initiative of the Austrian Music Council ÖMR, mica – music austria, IG world music, Ö1...
Invitation to the Press Conference and the Austrian Jazz Summit 2026 On the occasion of the 3rd Austrian Jazz Award ceremony on November 28, 2026, at Dom im Berg in Graz, the Austrian Music Council, on behalf of all cooperation partners and sponsors, invites you to a press conference and the Aust...