Live Jazz in Vienna

TICKETS: Seating (First come first serve) € 20.00 VMI-Students € 5.00 Pay as you wish (Stream) Aniruddha Das, Lea Pichlmann, Stephanie Schwartz, Nora Bergler, Bohdana Flekevchuk, Banu Berra Ipek, Anna Skvoretski: vocals Adrian Savciuc: saxophone Linus Ritsch, Thomas O’Donovan: piano Barnabas Z. Tóth: guitar Petar Telebar, Sebastian Erber: bass Eliah Antoine Ebner, Florian Eder, Victor Jann Nasri Bahdousheh, Thomas Engelbrechtsmüller: drums Conrad Schrenk, Simon Raab: musical leader We start the live stream approx. 1/2 hour before the concert begins (real time, no longer available after the end of the concert). By clicking on "Go to livestream" a window will open where you can watch the concert free of charge and without any registration. However, we kindly ask you to support this project via "Pay as you wish". Thank you & welcome to the real & virtual club! The annual Graduation Concert of the VMI – Vienna Music Institute at Porgy & Bess is one of the highlights of the academic year. For the students, performing on this internationally renowned stage for jazz and improvised music rep

Wed, Jul 1, 8:30 PM

Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog (USA)

Porgy & Bess / Innere Stadt / Map

TICKETS: Sitzplatz sold out Standing € 35.00 Pay as you wish (Stream) Marc Ribot: guitar, voice Shahzad Ismaily: guitar, bass, electronics Ches Smith: drums We start the live stream approx. 1/2 hour before the concert begins (real time, no longer available after the end of the concert). By clicking on "Go to livestream" a window will open where you can watch the concert free of charge and without any registration. However, we kindly ask you to support this project via "Pay as you wish". Thank you & welcome to the real & virtual club! “Ceramic Dog, a power trio of jazz geniuses who inflect literate rock with formidable chops. The synthesis is frenetic, potent, and at odds with the zeitgeist, even if Ribot’s lyrics decry today’s political oppression: Musically, he rejects both the voguish and the virtuosic in favor of his own whims…His progressive sentiments are welcome, and unfortunately more relevant than ever.” -Pitchfork 2023 “Marc Ribot can morph into any style and still come out sounding only like himself, which is central to the jazz aesthetic…He’s a guitarist and artist who tak

TICKETS: Pay as you wish (Seating) Ricarda Maria Jr.: vox, synthesizer Anja Obermayer: vox, piano Lena Mentschel: vox, synthesizer Bianca Ortner: vox, percussion Viennese singer Ricarda Maria Jr. is originally from Linz, where she earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in jazz vocal performance at the Anton Bruckner Private University under Elfi Aichinger. In addition to her work with the pop-avant-garde band Hikee Bikini, her primary focus is on polyphonic and background vocals. Currently, her focus is on the bands Anja Om Plus, Lylit, and AF90. Ricarda Maria Jr. is not only dedicated to music—she is also the creative director behind several music videos in the local music scene and works as a stylist. https://www.instagram.com/ricarda.maria.jr/

Fri, Jul 3, 7:00 PM

Ricarda Maria Jr. 'Hikee Bikini'

Porgy & Bess / Innere Stadt / Map

TICKETS: Pay as you wish (Seating) Ricarda Maria Jr.: vox Sebastian Maurer: guitar Philipp Rist: piano Daniel Zoglauer: bass Andreas Senn: drums, percussion Viennese singer Ricarda Maria Jr. is originally from Linz, where she earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in jazz vocal performance at the Anton Bruckner Private University under Elfi Aichinger. In addition to her work with the pop-avant-garde band Hikee Bikini, her primary focus is on polyphonic and background vocals. Currently, her focus is on the bands Anja Om Plus, Lylit, and AF90. Ricarda Maria Jr. is not only dedicated to music—she is also the creative director behind several music videos in the local music scene and works as a stylist. https://www.instagram.com/ricarda.maria.jr/

Fri, Jul 3, 8:30 PM

Wladigeroff Brothers & Friends 'Inspired Songs' (BG/A)

Porgy & Bess / Innere Stadt / Map

TICKETS: Seating € 25.00 Pay as you wish (Stream) Alexander Wladigeroff: trumpet, fluegelhorn Konstantin Wladigeroff: piano, vocals Patrizia Ferrara, Petar Terziev: vocals Vladimir Karparov: tenor, soprano saxophone Flip Philipp: vibraphone Daniel Mesquita: guitar Navid Djawadi: bass Vladimir Kostadinovič: drums special guest: Iskren „ISI“ Iliev: live visuals, video projections We start the live stream approx. 1/2 hour before the concert begins (real time, no longer available after the end of the concert). By clicking on "Go to livestream" a window will open where you can watch the concert free of charge and without any registration. However, we kindly ask you to support this project via "Pay as you wish". Thank you & welcome to the real & virtual club! The album *Inspired Songs* by the Vladigerov brothers and their friends is an exquisite musical journey where jazz meets classical music, folk, and contemporary sounds. The project combines original compositions and inspired interpretations, united by a warm, emotional expression and virtuoso instrumental artistry. With its characteri

TICKETS: Pay as you wish (Seating) Ricarda Maria Jr.: vox, electronics Mira Perusich: vox, piano Viennese singer Ricarda Maria Jr. is originally from Linz, where she earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in jazz vocal performance at the Anton Bruckner Private University under Elfi Aichinger. In addition to her work with the pop-avant-garde band Hikee Bikini, her primary focus is on polyphonic and background vocals. Currently, her focus is on the bands Anja Om Plus, Lylit, and AF90. Ricarda Maria Jr. is not only dedicated to music—she is also the creative director behind several music videos in the local music scene and works as a stylist. https://www.instagram.com/ricarda.maria.jr/

Sat, Jul 4, 8:30 PM

Karl Ratzer's Birthday Concert (A/USA)

Porgy & Bess / Innere Stadt / Map

TICKETS: Seating € 30.00 (Members: € 5.00) Pay as you wish (Stream) Karl Ratzer: guitar, vocals Peter Herbert: bass Howard Curtis: drums We start the live stream approx. 1/2 hour before the concert begins (real time, no longer available after the end of the concert). By clicking on "Go to livestream" a window will open where you can watch the concert free of charge and without any registration. However, we kindly ask you to support this project via "Pay as you wish". Thank you & welcome to the real & virtual club! Sometimes less is more. Master guitarist Karl Ratzer can still race across the fretboard, but today he mostly limits himself to condensing notes, to the essence of a song. “That only comes with age; you can't do it before,” says Ratzer, who celebrates his 75th birthday on July 4, in an interview. Just in time for the anniversary, the formidable live album Vienna Red has been released, featuring a best-of selection of performances by his trio at Vienna's Porgy & Bess. Christoph Huber's jazz club is a kind of home port for Ratzer, who, after ups and downs over the past 15 yea

Al Cook g&voc, Charlie Lloyd p, Eugen Pernkopf dm, Inga Lynch voc. (B)