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Foto © Sandrine Rohrmoser Rudi Berger Jazzviolinist & Contemporary Songwriter

As a well established traveler between cultures tory when he was 6 years old. At the age of strumentalist/singer in a night club band for Performances and recordings with: diversity of human expression is the main sour- seven he took up piano lessons for four years. two years, alongside playing violin with classi- Jay Anderson, Nelson Ayres, Victor Bailey, ce of inspiration for Rudi Berger`s pieces and His grandfather who was an amateur accordi- cal and traditional Viennese Waltz orchestras Jeferson Ballard, Joseph Bowie, Phil Bowler, Fabiano Chagas, Mike Clark, playing, and has influenced the development of on player & folklore singer taught Rudi to play and finishing his studies of classical violin at Kennwood Dennard, Joris Dudli, Mark Egan, his distinct personal tone as a violinist and com- with him by ear. the Conservatory of Vienna. Charles Fambrough, Russel Ferrante, poser. He has released 5 albums and has featured Before moving to New York in 1986, Rudi had Artt Frank, Mike Gerber, Gil Goldstein, on more then 200 recordings, some of them At age fifteen he wrote his first songs made already created a stir within the European Danny Gottlieb, Christian Havel, Billy Kilson, Grammy nominated, including award-winning his first public appearances and recordings Jazz scene with his formations (Rudi Berger`s Didier Lockwood, Brian Lynch, Peter Madsen, Mike Mainieri, Armando Marcal, Yuri Popof, soundtracks for animation, film and theatre. with Blues guitarist & singer Al Cook and be- Good News, R.B. Group, R.B. Quartett and Wolfgang Puschnig, Luciana Rabello, gan jamming and gigging with his friends and R.B. Project) and his three-year stint as soloist Karl Ratzer, Mauro Rodrigues, Mathias Ruegg, Born and raised in Vienna, Rudi Berger began musicians of the Viennese Gypsy scene.After of the newly-founded “Vienna Art Orchestra”. Nana Vasconcelos, Erwin Schmidt, studying Classical Violin at Prayner Conserva- finishing high school he played as a multi-in- He released his debut album “First Step” and Robertinho Silva, Romero Lubambo, Ron McClure, Selma Reis, Wolfgang Reisinger, was voted Violinist of the year in 1985 & 86 Gerry Weil a.o. by the European magazine “Jazz Live”. In: After one year living in the city the legendary Brazil, Chile, Germany, England, Finland, jazz broadcaster WKCR invited him to play a France, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Japan, Colombia, Croatia, Latvia, Macedonia, Austria, “Live Special” with his first New York Quartet Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Hungary, ( Joe Calderazzo, Mike Formanek and Adam Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Czech Republic, Nussbaum). Ucraine, Hungary, Venezuela, United States In 1989 he has been performing the music of Astor Piazzolla at the American Music Theatre www.rudiberger.com Festival (New York, Philadelphia, Charleston), under the supervision of the tango composer Booking: [email protected] himself. Talk to Rudi: [email protected] In the same year he met Brazilian guitar com- poser Toninho Horta whom he has teamed up with on more than 500 occasions. In 1999 he held a post as guest professor of the University of Belo Horizonte (UFMG) for two years and moved 2003 to Brazil.

Over the years Rudi Berger has performed all over Brazil with many of the finest instrumen- talists and singers and continues his journey writing new music, developing his violin sty- les and being involved in social projects sup- avaiable at ATS records porting native Indians. Rudi Berger’s career www.ats-records.com development has seen him achieve his unique standing and musical style in the world of Jazz Violin and has resulted in him being conside- red one of the most original and trend-setting current voices of his genre.

In 2019 Rudi Berger & the Three World Band will tour for the sixth time Europe and cele- brate the beauty of diversity with their mu- sic which challenges peoples mind and goes I'm a Thomastik Infeld Artist Foto © Pedro Lippi straight to the heart.