Wolfgang Puschnig


Wolfgang Puschnig is an Austrian jazz musician and composer.

Biography

After his studies of saxophone and flute at the Vienna Conservatory Puschnig was the founding member of the Vienna Art Orchestra together with Mathias Rüegg in the mid-1970s. Here he was active until 1989. He was also involved in projects with Ernst Jandl involving Lauren Newton. He also played with Hans Koller in the early 1980s, with the quartet 'Air Mail' and 'Saxofour'. Carla Bley brought him into her groups in the mid 1980s. He worked with Wolfgang Mitterer, Uli Scherer, and his longtime partner Linda Sharrock and Jamaaladeen Tacuma in different groups, and also has cooperated with Reinhard Flatischler, Herbert Joos, Christof Lauer, and Michel Godard. In the project "Alpine Aspects" he started in 1991 with jazz musicians and the Amstetten musicians together. In addition, he has repeatedly performed with the Korean percussion ensemble SamulNori.
Puschnig is Professor at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien and Board of the Institute for Popular Music.

Honors (selection)

Solo albums

;With Ernst Jandl
;With 'Air Mail'
;With 'AM 4'
;With Red Sun Samulnori
;With Carla Bley
;With Paul Urbanek and Hans Koller
With the Vienna Art Orchestra
;With other projects