Pianist, improviser & composer crossing the border between jazz and classical music

The Austrian pianist and composer Simon Oberleitner is a highly versatile artist working at the intersection between improvisation and composition. He teaches at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. As a performer, composer and pedagogue, he successfully maintains the balance between jazz & pop, classical music, crossover and electronic music.

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  • "Revelation! (…) Varied sound textures, richness and care brought to the effects, everything remains placed at the service of a deliberate appeal to the imagination."

    Jazzmagazine France (FR)

  • "An artist with excellent technique and a feeling for atmospheric nuances"

    Concerto (AUT)

  • „… a playful labyrinth“

    A Closer Listen (UK)

  • "Music that takes its time and almost brings time to a standstill. [...] Music that does not even ignore boundaries."

    Johann Kneihs in the Ö1 Spielräume (AUT)

  • “classy young piano trio draws from the EST legacy while upping the chill factor.”

    Jazzwise (UK)

  • „(…) It’s a glorious musical journey and one that won't get put away on the shelf once I'm done writing this review!“

    Mainly Piano (USA)

  • “Fortunately, it is mainly about the excellent playing trio: lyrical with subtle dynamics and fluent interplay.”

    Jazzenzo (NL)

  • "... catchy melodies, interesting harmony and effective dramatic arcs of tension, which he also explores electro-acoustically in a tasteful way."

    Magazine for Culture and Society (AUT)

New Videos

with Owls - Live at ORF Radiokulturhaus Vienna

with “Light Works” - Live at Konzerthaus Vienna

New album "Light Works" out now on Col Legno!

Early Vocal Renaissance Music meets Jazz

Owls & Company of Music

“Oberleitner brings 600-year-old music into the present!” (ORF Ö1)

"A brilliant album that offers an incredible amount to listen to – and an exciting intellectual journey!" (Zeitschrift für Kultur und Gesellschaft)