AustrianJazz Award
Welcome to the website of the Austrian Jazz Awards! Here you will find comprehensive information about the Award. The submission period for the Austrian Jazz Awards 2025 and the registration of the Academy begins on 21.05.2025 and ends on 25.08.2025 (observation period: 26.08.2024 – 25.08.2025). The possibility to register in the "Austrian Jazz Library" of jazz-related music projects in Austria since January 2022 remains under "ARTISTS UPLOAD".
Mission
Jazz is understood as a transcultural form of music with a high degree of improvisation.
Info
Austria has a highly vibrant jazz and world music scene. To give more public attention to creative musicians, the Austrian Music Council (ÖMR), together with mica-music austria, the Ö1 Jazz editorial team, the IG World Music, and Porgy & Bess were able to achieve a reestablishment of an Austrian Jazz Award.
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Submission for Artists
Entry in the "Directory of Jazz Diversity in Austria since 2022" remains open. Please fill out the form electronically to submit your projects.
Academy Registration
If you are professionally involved in the style field of Jazz/improvised music/World Music in Austria – as a journalist, as an organizer, as a musician, as a teacher, as a label owner/producer, as a booker, as a label/producer, as a sound engineer, etc. – we invite you to participate in the nomination process and contribute your expertise.
News
Below you will find the detailed schedule for the Austrian Jazz Awards 2025 as well as all the innovations around the award ceremony. Schedule ■ April 24–26 – Jazzahead in Bremen ■ May 19 – Dates in Carinthia: State Government, ORF, GMPU, Casino Velden am Wörthersee ■ May 21 – Press conference...
On the occasion of the 2nd presentation of the Austrian Jazz Awards on 26.11.2025 at Casino Velden, the Austrian Music Council invites you to a press conference on behalf of all cooperation partners and sponsors on 21.05.2025 at 11 a.m. in the Jazz & Musicclub Porgy & Bess. Austria has a very liv...
Yesterday, the presentation of the Austrian Jazz Award in the categories "Best Live Act", "Best Album" and "Best Newcomer" took place at the "Porgy & Bess" in Vienna by Federal Minister Werner Kogler, among others. The prize money was donated by the BMKÖS and awarded by the Austrian Music Council, t...