Lorenz Widauer, born in Salzburg (Austria), began his musical career with an intensive study of classical piano. By the age of 17, he had had the opportunity to perform in renowned concert halls such as the Großes Festspielhaus Salzburg and MuTh Vienna. As a piano soloist, he worked with orchestras such as the Salzburg Philharmonic and performed works ranging from Mozart piano concertos to Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. This early engagement with the classical repertoire laid the foundation for his versatile musical career.

Widauer later turned his attention to the trumpet. While studying classical music in Vienna, he became increasingly immersed in jazz and developed a broad understanding of different styles. He combines his passion for classical, contemporary, and improvised music to create his own unique artistic language.

At the age of just 26, he was already touring throughout Europe—both as a bandleader and as a sideman. These include Christian Muthspiel's Orjazztra Vienna, Shake Stew, Yvonne Moriel's sweetlife:quartet, and his own project Chez Fría—a contemporary, transdisciplinary ensemble founded as a commissioned work for the Potsdam Sanssouci Music Festival. From 2021 to 2024, he was principal trumpeter in the renowned production Jedermann at the Salzburg Festival, cementing his place as one of Austria's leading young musicians.

Widauer received the Hubert von Goisern Culture Prize and won the ARTEDEA competition. He has worked with Miguel Zenón, Linda May Han Oh, Immanuel Wilkins, Kris Davis, Becca Stevens, and Guillermo Klein, among others. In fall 2024, he was selected as trumpeter for the Focusyear Band 25—a prestigious one-year program at the Basel Academy of Music under the direction of Wolfgang Muthspiel.

“One of the most outstanding talents on the Austrian music scene” ORF

“His star shines brightly” Salzburger Nachrichten

Guitarist Philipp Schiepek has a vision: he wants to develop a new, individual musical language through his compositions and his playing. The musician and composer, who lives in Dinkelsbühl, is successfully pursuing this goal. In recent years, the young artist has focused his work on performing his own compositions with his jazz projects and interpreting music for solo guitar.

With his ensembles, he has performed at the Berlin Jazz Festival, the Leipzig Jazz Days, the Bach Festival in Köthen, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Prinzregententheater in Munich, the Leverkusen Jazz Days, and the Europe Sound Festival in Ankara, among others. Philipp Schiepek's concerts are broadcast on Deutschlandfunk, Bayerischer Rundfunk, RBB, WDR, and NDR. A 60-minute live concert recorded as part of the Berlin Jazz Festival was recently streamed on ARTE CONCERT.

Schiepeks debut album as bandleader and composer, GOLEM DANCE, featuring New York star saxophonist Seamus Blake, was released in February 2019 on ENJA Records. In the same year, he was awarded the Music Scholarship of the City of Munich and received the “BMW Welt Young Artist Jazz Award” in 2020. Most recently, Schiepek was awarded the “Bayerische Kunstförderpreis” in the music category.

On April 30, 2021, Schiepek and pianist Walter Lang released the duo album “Cathedral” on ACT Music. Schiepek's composition “BLAUE BÄUME” (Blue Trees) for two electric guitars premiered in May 2022 together with Berlin guitarist Ronny Graupe. Further performances took place at Schwere Reiter Munich, as part of the Konstanzer Jazzherbst and the Kollektivnights Berlin. Philipp Schiepek was a guest solo artist at the Köthener Bachfesttage 2022 with the program “Saitenglück - Bach und von Bach inspiriert” (String Happiness - Bach and Inspired by Bach). In February 2024, his new album “VERSUCH ZU TRÄUMEN” (Wooden Waggon Records) was released, featuring Henning Sieverts on bass and Bastian Jütte on drums. This was followed in November 2024 by the album “MEADOWS AND MIRRORS” (GLM), on which Schiepek showcases his playing on the nylon string guitar.

“I particularly enjoyed the clear chiming, renege tone of the guitar.” London Jazz News

“One of the outstanding guitarists of our country.” Bayerischer Rundfunk