GERD HERMANN ORTLER – BIOGRAPHY
Gerd Hermann Ortler was born in 1983 in South Tyrol (Italy).
He studied saxophone at the "Konservatorium Wien Private University" and jazz composition at the "University of Music and Dramatic Arts Graz" with Ed Partyka. He also received composition lessons from Bob Brookmeyer.
Ortler lives in Vienna and works as a composer, conductor and arranger for various ensembles and institutions in the international jazz and classical music field. Thus, numerous works were composed/arranged for example for the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, HR Big Band, HR Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt, Metropole Orchestra, Südtirol Jazz Festival, Vienna Trombone Ensemble, Partyka Brass, Wiener Konzerthaus (Concertino for Joshua Redman), Jazzwerkstatt Vienna, Lucerne Jazz Orchestra, Phil-Blech, Transart Festival, United Stages Bolzano, and many more
Ortler is a lecturer of composition and arrangement at the "University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna.
Gerd Hermann Ortler is the founder and conductor of the GHO Orchestra, which performs his compositions and consists of musicians from the international jazz scene, as well as musicians from major classical orchestras. The debut album "Hermannology" was released in 2011. Furthermore, in 2011 the GHO Orchestra was the stage band of the Viennese "Jazz & Music Club Porgy & Bess".
In his compositions Ortler especially focuses on the development and processing of images and textures, which he sets via a cross-genre musical language into a narrative context, in order to break up sector-specific associations and expectations, and to bring elements of contemporary music and jazz together.
Gerd Hermann Ortler is a two times winner of the "Down Beat Student Music Awards" awarded by the U.S. Downbeat Magazine (2010 Winner/2012 Outstanding Performance). In 2010 he was the only European musician to receive this prize.
In addition, he also received a talent scholarship from the City of Graz (2008) and the State Scholarship for Composition (2011) by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture.


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Gerd Hermann Ortler, MA
Composer, Arranger, Conductor, Musician,
Lecturer of Composition (Vienna Music Institute,
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna)
Braunschweiggasse 14/15
1130 Vienna
Austria

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