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little snippet of my recent masters concert
YVONNE MORIEL
Saxophonist and composer Yvonne Moriel is currently based in Vienna and certainly plays at the forefront of Austria’s creative young music scene. She is continuing to build a name in the international jazz scene through her fresh and unhinged approach to music, exciting collaborations and projects, that root in improvised and contemporary music and have started to turn heads all over.
In 2022 she founded her project sweetlife where she fuses Jazz with Dub and Electronic and is currently touring through Europe, America and Asia. She is also part of internationally successful bands like Shake Stew, Christian Muthspiel’s Orjazztra and has played with renowned Swiss Jazz Orchestra. In 2024 she received the Austrian Jazz Award, in 2025 the SKE Composers scholarship, and she has been honoured with multiple residencies and commissions, like the JazzIt Salzburg Residency 2025, the Opening of the MainStage at International Jazzfestival Saalfelden 2026, Cormons Jazzfestival Residency 2027 and more.
“I see Yvonne Moriel and I expect nothing but the unexpected. And then I press play, to discover yet another interesting and captivating sound journey that the Austrian saxophone player and composer crafted!” (STEREOFOX UK)
“Jazz at the cutting edge” (JAZZTHETIK)
“Impressive debut. An artist one should keep an eye on” (JAZZIST NL TOP 3)
“The jazz saxophonist is currently a hot commodity in Central Europe” (AUSTRIAN MUSIC EXPORT)
“Yvonne Moriel’s sweetlife undoubtedly shape today’s European jazz.” (JAZZFUN)
Credit: Paola Lesslhumer