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Lukas König
Lukas König

Lukas König (*1988) studied at Gustav Mahler Konservatorium in Vienna, Anton-Bruckner University in Linz and Swiss Jazz School / HKB in Bern. He was given the “Hans Koller Price- New York Scolarship” in 2009, the BMUKK Startstipendium in and the Bremen Jazzpreis (with Kompost3) and the  Bawag P.S.K. Next Generation Award in 2014. Klangforum Wien premiered his composition Stereogram1 at Konzerthaus Vienna in 2018. In addition to performances at festivals worldwide he collaborated with Reggie Washington, Malcolm Braff, Kazuhisa Uchihashi, Chris Pitsiokos, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Briggan Krauss, Shahzad Isamaily, Elliott Sharp, , Brandon Seabrock, Elvin Brandhi, Bilderbuch, Martin Siewert, Franz Hautzinger, Maja Osojnik, Matija Schellander, Wolfgang Puschnig, Thomas Gansch, Andy Manndorff, David Murray, Die Strottern, Leo Riegler, Wolfgang Mitterer, Jon Sass, Otto Lechner, Patrice Heral, Guem, Raphael Preuschl, Paul Urbanek, Sixtus Preiss, Ensemble für neue Musik Zürich and many more.

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2021