Gala Concert of the New Austrian Jazz Award
06.12.2024

Yesterday, the presentation of the Austrian Jazz Award in the categories "Best Live Act", "Best Album" and "Best Newcomer" took place at the "Porgy & Bess" in Vienna by Federal Minister Werner Kogler, among others. The prize money was donated by the BMKÖS and awarded by the Austrian Music Council, t...

These are the winners of 2024
07.11.2024

Based on the selection of 35 nominees made by an “Academy” 82 experts from a total of 256 submissions see www.jazzpreis.at a meeting of the Austrian Jazz Award jury on October 17th determined the following results. Jury Results 1st place and Austrian Jazz Price as Best Newcomer: Yvon...

Presentation of the winners
07.11.2024

When: on Tue, November 5th,10 a.m. Where: University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, New Concert Hall Rennweg 8, 1030 Vienna, 2nd Courtyard Austria has a very lively jazz and world music scene. In order to draw more public attention to creative musicians, the Austrian Music Council ...

Nominees 2024
23.09.2024

These are the nominated artists for the Austrian Jazz Award 2024: Nominated for Best Newcomer Since there were three artists in 10th place in terms of the total number of points awarded by the Academy, the list was expanded to 12 nominees. Nominated for the Austrian Jazz Award 2024 in the catego...

Academy voting started!
01.09.2024

The submission phase has now been completed. 198 projects and 683 artists applied for the three categories "Live Act", "Album" and "Newcomer" and/or entered them in the "Directory of Austrian Music Projects with a Jazz Connection since 2022". From 1st to 15th of September, 82 experts will no...

Update: Submission without application until August 25
07.08.2024

An entry in the "Directory of Austrian Music Projects with Jazz Reference from 2022" on jazzpreis.at is now also possible without applying for one or more award categories "Live Act", "Album", "Newcomer". The registration and submission deadline has been extended to 25 August. Some points of ...

Austria gets another jazz award
10.07.2024

Award Ceremony Gala on 5.12.2024 at Porgy & Bess in Vienna – Website www.jazzpreis.at is online Vienna OTS From now until August 15, jazz musicians can submit their music projects in the categories "Best Live Act", "Best Album" and "Best Newcomer" 2024. All experts in the scene are invited t...

Austrian Jazz Awards: NEWS
09.07.2024

All projects bands/ensembles submitted so far, in which a total of 208 musicians have participated as of July 8, 2024, can now be seen and heard on the website www.jazzpreis.at under "Submissions", "Artists" and "Projects". The submission period 1.1.2022 to 15.8.2024 was chosen to give projects t...

Presentation of the Austrian Jazz Awards 2024
06.06.2024

On the occasion of the first presentation of the Austrian Jazz Award on December 5, 2024, the Austrian Music Council, on behalf of all cooperation partners and sponsors, invites you to a press conference/Austrian Jazz Summit on June 13 at 10 a.m. in the Jazz & Musicclub Porgy & Bess....