Bernhard Jan

A versatile pianist, who is home in classical and jazz music, Bernhard started to play piano at the early age of 5. In his early years his passion for piano music and improvisation became evident, as well as his wish to become a musician.

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His first steps into the academic world of music began at the Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität in Linz, where he completed both a Bachelor in piano performance and pedagogy. After an exchange year at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels, Bernhard completed his Master studies in Vienna, where he focused on classical piano, vocal accompaniment and jazz piano. Further studies led him to New York, where he completed his skills in both classical piano and jazz piano and worked as a piano teacher at New York University.

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His fascination for both the classical and the jazz world are inherent in his playing. His concert activities led him to China, Germany, Belgium and the USA. In Austria, he can be regularly heard at Ehrbarsaal, being both an accompanist to voice and a piano duo partner with his Duo Delirium.

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Bernhard is teaching at the Upper Austrian State Music School and is furthermore, together with his wife, the founder of the Sing & Swing Academy and the Vienna Piano School in Vienna, where he works as a director and teacher. He is the organizer of the Vienna Piano Summer Festival, which takes place every July in Summer and consists of Masterclasses and and international piano competition. He is regularly invited to give Masterclasses for piano and piano improvisation around the world.

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