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Verena Zeiner (* 1983) is an Austrian pianist, composer and rhythmist.

Life

Verena Zeiner completed her studies (Music- and Movementeducation/Rhythmics; IGP Tasteninstrumente Popularmusik/Jazzpiano) at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.
She studied Real Time Composition with Opher Brayer and is currently expanding her skills in orchestration, instrumentation and composition with composer and bassist Noam Wiesenberg.

2011 Verena was awarded the scholarship Künstlerstarterstipendium des Bundes, followed by five months of artistic residency and research in New York City.
2020 she was awarded the Recognition Prize of the State of Lower Austria in the category of music.
2023 she won a recognition prize for her chamber music piece (piano trio) The Unfolding on the occasion of the composition competition 2022/23 by INÖK and the festival Allegro Vivo.

She plays in various ensembles in the wide field of improvised music, composes for them as well as for chamber music ensembles, orchestra and transdisciplinary projects.
At the heart of her work is the artistic exploration of the possibilities of improvisation. Her approach to music is strongly rooted in movement, bodywork and dance.

She is co-founder of Fraufeld, a platform dedicated to increasing the visibility of Flinta* musicians, is senior lecturer for improvisation at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna as well as lecturer for the Free Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Composition at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna.

Source Verena Zeiner: https://www.verenazeiner.at/