Born in Tehran, took her first piano lessons at age of 9. The study of instrumental teaching she graduated with honors. Further Saghar studied professional concert piano at the J.M. Hauer Conservatory in Wiener Neustadt. At the Vienna Music University, she completed the second Instrumental part of the education studies. Also received a Bösendorfer Scholarship.
Numerous solo and chamber music performances in Austria and Europe.
She currently teaches at the Franz Schubert Regional-Musikschule in Pitten.
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Jazzbassist and Composer Gina Schwarz studied Jazz-Bass and Accordion at the Conservatory Vienna and Bass (Popular Music) at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna (Mag.art), further studies at Berklee College of Music, Boston and in New York (Buster Williams, Cecil McBee, Dennis Irvin…) supported by the Austrian government since Oct 2011: Teaching Bass (Popular Music) at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna
Awards:
– Scholarship “BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC“, Boston, USA
– Berklee-Best-Award
– Winner of the MUSIC MAKER-Compositons-Contest, Jazz 2002
– Winner of the Austrian “Hans Koller Preis“ – Side(wo)man of the year, 2007
– “Best performances of the year“ in “All about Jazz – New York Best of 2007“ concert with “Bass Instinct“ Austrian Cultural Forum, N.Y.
Musical Collaboration amongst others with: George Garzone, Jim Black, Gerry Hemingway, Andy Middleton, Wolfgang Reisinger; Erwin Schrott, Jose Feliciano.
Alois OMIDVAR – Drums, Percussion
He was born in Waidhofen/Ybbs. He undertook his first musical steps at the local boy scout orchestra. After that he played in rock and jazz bands with youth and school friends. He studied jazz-drumming and percussion at the Conservatory of Vienna, and visited workshops and seminars for example with Peter Erskine, Jojo Mayer, Thomas Lang.
Since then he has worked as a musician and music teacher.
He teaches at the Franz Schubert Regional-Musikschule in Pitten and at the Musikschule Kirchberg/Wechsel.
Other current bands are:
CantoresDei (www.cantores-dei.at)
Also active in various jazz ensembles and dance music groups.
Alejandro Loguercio, born in Venezuela, violinist, educator and founder of the Academy for Music and Orchestra Währing in Vienna.
Specialist for the genre of latinamerican “crossover”, in which classical and latinamerican music melt.
His musical education began in the venezuelan youth orchestra-project El Sistema, studies at Conservatorio de Música in Valencia, Venezuela. at the age of 16 he became first violinist of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Carabobo. Engaged in the chamber-orchestra Filarmónica del Caribe and Orquestra do Norte in Portugal, then followed numerous international awards and prizes.
Studies of violin at University for music and performing arts in Vienna.
Concert performances et. al. at Wiener Festwochen, Rheingau Musikfestival, Ravinia Festival and Riga-Jurmala Music Festival.
Member et.al. bei “Crossmopolitans”, “Acros Trio”, “Garufa!” and the Rojotango Ensemble with Star-Bariton Erwin Schrott.
He is teaching at the University for music and performing arts in Vienna with focus on latinamerican music.
Loukia Agapiou was born in Nikosia ( Cyprus ). She was taught in classical guitar und singing at the greek music-academy and the european Music-conservatory in Nikosia.
In 1984 she received the first prize at the national competition for singing in Cyprus. In 1985 there was another junior music-competition in Cyprus, organized for the cultur program of UNESCO; where Loukia also received the first prize, and a scholarship for studying classical guitar at the LIST FERENCE AKADEMY in Budapest.
Following she studied at the Conservatory of Vienna and received diplomas for pedagogics and instrumental studies. Also there she studied classical singing. Since september 2016 Loukia is singing with Che Tango.