Robert Unterköfler -

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.