Markus Gottschlich | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | Vienna, Austria |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Piano |
| Years active | 2000s–present |
| Website | markusgottschlich |
Markus Gottschlich is an Austrian jazz pianist and composer.
Markus Gottschlich | |
|---|---|
| |
| Background information | |
| Born | Vienna, Austria |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Piano |
| Years active | 2000s–present |
| Website | markusgottschlich |
Markus Gottschlich is an Austrian jazz pianist and composer.
Gottschlich was born and grew up in Vienna.[1][2] He began playing the piano at the age of five.[3] When he was seventeen, he left Vienna for St. Petersburg, Florida.[1] He studied at Admiral Farragut Academy,[2] Concordia College in New York, and Western Connecticut State University.[2] He played in China before moving to Miami around 2007.[1] Gottschlich toured Austria for a month in 2013, including playing at the Vienna Jazz Festival.[1] In 2013 he was curator of the inaugural Miami Beach Jazz Festival.[1] In 2014 he became a Steinway Artist.[2]
In 2015 he represented the U.S. as a guest speaker and panelist at the International Festival Forum in London, England.[4] In 2016 he served as a juror for the showcase festival Jazzahead! in Bremen, Germany.[5] Also in 2016 he founded Jazz Academy Miami and toured Taiwan and South Korea to perform and conduct workshops.[6]
In 2018 he was named Executive Director of the New Mexico Jazz Workshop in Albuquerque.[7][8] He later became Director of Music Operations at Jazz House Kids in New Jersey.[9]
