!!!Puschnig, Wolfgang

Puschnig, Wolfgang, b. Klagenfurt (Carinthia), May 21, 1956, 
composer, musician. Studied musicology at the University of Vienna as 
well as saxophone and flute at the Vienna Conservatory and the Vienna 
Musikhochschule (now University of Music and Performing Arts). 1977 
co-founded the Vienna Art Orchestra, of which he was a member until 
1989. Collaborated with other artists, e.g. M.  Rueegg, H.  Koller and 
E.  Jandl; composed music for film and theatre productions in Austria 
and abroad; in recent years has developed a particular interest in 
East Asian music and how it can be synthesised with Western improvised 
music. Awarded the Hans Koller Prize in 1998.

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Works (Records/CDs): Bist Eulen, 1984 (with E. Jandl); Obsodero, 1986 
(with W. Mitterer); Alpine Aspects, 1991; Then Comes the White Tiger, 
1993; Journey Into The Gemini Territory, 1996 (with J. Tacuma); 
The Hans Koller Concept, 2000 (with H. Koller and P. Urbanek).


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