Bertl Mayer
Harmonica (Jazz & Popular Music)/ Improvisation (Jazz & Popular Music)
Education
- Music Theory and Study of Harmony at the Prayner Conservatory Vienna
- Instrumental Lessons: Bass and Saxophone
- Workshops with Michael Mantler and Enrico Rava
Work Experience
- Since 1978: Professional engagements playing the chromatic harmonica
- 1988 - 1993: Collaboration with Karl Ratzer, concerts and performances in clubs in Austria, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary
- 1993: Founding member of the Alegre Corrêa Group, with 5 CDs produced
- 1996: Jazzfestival Montreux
- 1998: Festival do Brasil in Sanary sur mer, France
- 1999: Brasil tour with Sinfonietta Porto Alegre
- 1999 - 2008: Guest soloist with the Vienna Art Orchestra, CDs include: All that Strauss 1 & 2
- 2001: Latin-Music Festival Milan
- 2002: Founding member of the ensemble Zur Eisernen Zeit, 2 CDs produced
- 2003: Jazzfest Vienna (Viennese Staatsoper), Brasil tour, concerts at the “Ruhr-Triennale” in Duisburg with Karl Hodina and Trude Mally
- 2004: Wiener Konzerthaus – Collaboration with Camerata Salzburg and Christian Muthspiel
- 2005: Concerts at the Staatsvertragsjubiläums with Joe Zawinul (Belvedere Palace, Vienna Konzerthaus)
- 2007: State Opera House Hannover (Milhaud Programme)
- 2008: Jazzfestival "9 Gates" Beijing
- 2010: Wiener Festwochen, Rathausplatz
- Concerts as a soloist or sideman with: Mark Murphy, Jazzorchestra Zagreb, Hallucination Company, Sandra Pires, Rebekka Bakken, Wolfgang Puschnig, Anna Lauvergnac, a.o.
Teaching & Research
- JAM MUSIC LAB since 2012