Newcomer: Jakob Zimmermann

Born in 2000 in Bludenz. Self-taught. First contact with jazz in 2012: Outreach Academy, private lessons with Michael Wolff and Adam Holzman. Debut concert 2015 at Treibhaus Innsbruck. Awarded the Tyrolean Jazz Youth Prize (BTV) at age 15. Performed at Jazzfest Wien, Porgy & Bess, Südtirol Jazzfestival Alto Adige, Stummer Schrei, Outreach Festival, Radiokulturhaus Wien, Poolbar Festival, Ö1 Jazznacht. Release of debut album Resistance (Edition Ö1/ORF, 2021). 2022 concert at Inntöne Festival with Zimmermann/Ismaili Duo. Member of Bludenz BigBand Union (2016–2019). Film composer (Lebenswertes Lasnitztal, 2020). Other projects: Mr. Robbery (2020), keeplove: Playground (2022), back on it (2023). Currently studying M.A. at Jazzcampus Basel (Malcolm Braff, Shai Maestro, Aaron Parks, et al.)