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Jazz in symbiosis with experimental rock shapes the music of Valentin Goidinger. Raised on the cello, he discovered the electric guitar as a teenager and graduated with distinction from the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz in 2022. With his jazz-rock trio “X!XU” (debut album 2023) and the Goidinger/Matheis Collective (debut 2024), he develops distinctive soundscapes that draw on both club aesthetics and jazz tradition. In addition to performances at home and abroad, he is a permanent member of the rock band Color The Night and composes for jazz and contemporary music ensembles. In 2024 he was a finalist for the Ö1 Jazz Scholarship, and in July 2025 he was featured on the Ö1 Jazznacht series “5 Millionen Pesos.”