Robert Unterköfler
Robert Unterköfler is an Austrian saxophonist, composer and educator. Besides the saxophone as his main-instrument, he also plays clarinet, flute & electronic wind instruments.
Robert began his jazz studies at the Konservatorium Klagenfurt. He holds a Bachelor degree from the Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien and also studied in Groningen and Rotterdam. He holds a masters degree in Music Education from JamLab University, which was part of the Ö1 Jazzstipendium he won in 2018.
Robert has been honoured to collaborate with musicians such as Valentin Duit, Ivar Roban Križić, Robin Gadermaier, Tobias Meissl, Werner Feldgrill, Amina Bouroyen, Erik Asatrian, Alan Bartuš, Simon Springer, Kenji Herbert, Nina Feldgrill and Christian Muthspiels Orjazztra and is part of the trio slowklang. He is the co-leader of the fusion quartet r i v e r and has a solo project called sidrat. His most recent Project Rote Welt #2 is a collective that consists of musicians with whom he has been working for the last 10 years. The new album will be released mid 2026.
contact: robert.unterkoefler@gmail.com
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Dates
15.04 – 16.04 Workshops + Jam Session @ GMPU, Klagenfurt
23.04 slowklang @ Opus Jazz Club, Budapest (HU)
24.04 Slowklang @ Jazzwerkstatt Graz, Orpheum
25.04 TBA @ Café Frame
01.05 Kelag Big Band meets river @ KIB, Bleiburg
07.05 Emiliano Sampaio Jazz Orchestra @ Waldarena Krumpendorf
08.05 Emiliano Sampaio JO @ Bigband Night Weiz
09.05 Emiliano Sampaio Jazz Orchestra @ St.Ulrich Greith Haus
10.05 Emiliano Sampaio Jazz Orchestra @ Porgy & Bess, Vienna
14.05 Jakub Turac Trio feat. Robert Unterköfler @ Nu Spirit Bar (SK)
29.05 Valentin Duit Quartett @ Café Frame
30.05 river @ Hörkunstfestival Eing’steckt is, Oberkirchbach
06.06 Uli Datlers Stingfluenced @ ZWE, Vienna
07.06 slowklang @ Green Hours Festival (RO)
08.06 slowklang Workshop @ TBA Bukarest (RO)
13.06 KBB @ Congress Center Villach
25.06 river @ Loop, Vienna
26.06 river @ Jazz am Schiessberg, Calw (DE)
27.06 river @ Kunsthaus Troisdorf (DE)
28.06 river @ Mampf-Jazz, Frankfurt/Main (DE)
30.06 river @ Musikwerkstatt Wels
02.07 Emiliano Sampaio Jazz Orchestra @ Regensburg (DE)
03.07 Emiliano Sampaio Jazz Orchestra @ Regensburg (DE)
04.07 Emiliano Sampaio Jazz Orchestra TBA
25.07 slowklang, Übergänge-PŘECHODY Festival, Gmünd
13.08 KBB @ Waldarena Krumpendorf
14.08 KBB @ La Guitarra, Erl Tirol
22.08 slowklang @ Spania Dolina Festival (SK)
12.09 KBB @ Congress Center Villach
17.09 slowklang @ Tischlerei Melk
25.09 slowklang @ Haskovo JazzFest (BGR)
26.09 TBA @ Café Frame
30.10 TBA @ Café Frame
31.10 TBA @ Café Frame
27.11 TBA @ Café Frame
28.11TBA @ Café Frame
07.12 KBB @ Congress Center Villach
08.12 Feldgrill / Unterköfler, TBA
02.01 river @ Jazz im Sägewerk
03.02 – 04.02 recording new RoteWeltRecords album
12.02 Rote Welt #2 @ Kulturforum Villach
14.02 Rote Welt #2 @ Zwe, Wien
26.02 West Belt United Session @ Loop, Wien
27.02 Rote Welt #2 @ Frame
28.02 Rote Welt #2 @ Frame
13.03 Valentin Duit Quartett @ Forum Stadtpark, Graz
25.03 Nina Feldgrills Winds Whispers, @ Jazz Dock Prague (CZ)
27.03 Ivar Roban Križić WhereWhen Groove @ Café Frame
28.03 Valentin Duit Quartett @ Café Frame
