Christian Mühlbacher

Composition and Music Theory (Jazz & Popular Music)

Founder of the bigband "Nouvelle Cuisine" (together with Christoph Cech)
Co-founder and member of the ensembles "Go 4 it", "5.4.xx" and "Diphtongs"
Composer, musician and artistic director for the brass ensemble "Pro Brass"
Compositions for various ensemblest: Klangforum Wien, Ensemble "die reihe" Vienna, Mozarteum-Orchestra Salzburg, Wiener Posaunenquartett, "Bösze Salonorchester", "Janus Ensemble" and numerous others
Composer for various film soundtracks and theatre productions
Performances with Django Bates, Elliott Sharp, Gerald Preinfalk, Werner Dafeldecker and many more
Awards: Kompositionsworkshop der Austro Mechana with the Vienna Art Orchestra (1984), Bigband- Composition Competition of the City Leibnitz (1994) (with Holman, Brookmeyer, Pomeroy), Composition Competition of Klagenfurt/Viktring (1995), Sparkassenpreis (1998) / Wien Modern, IGNM Promotion Award for New Music, Government Funding for Composers (1998), Erste Bank Award (1998)

Nouvelle Cuisine, Mühlbachers USW, Pro Brass, Max Nagl & Conrad Schrenk, Sigi Maron, Ronnie Urini and various others

JAM MUSIC LAB - Conservatory for Jazz and Popular Music Vienna, since 2011
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Jazz theory and arrangement, since 1998
Anton Bruckner Private University Linz
Gustav Mahler Conservatory Vienna
Prayner Conservatory Vienna

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