Jan Satler • Pianist

Curriculum Vitae

Jan Satler (1997) is a Slovenian pianist. In the 2024/25 academic year, he was the first Young Artist in Residence at the Institute for Piano at the mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna.

In January 2023, Jan completed his artistic master's degree in the field of concert piano and contemporary music at the mdw with unanimous distinction, and in 2024, Jan completed his postgraduate program there. He studied with Christopher Hinterhuber and Mathilde Hoursiangou (mdw) and his bachelor's degree (concert piano and instrumental pedagogy) with Till Alexander Körber (ABPU Linz). In the 2021/22 academic year, he was the recipient of the SYLFF (The Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund), which is awarded by the Tokyo Foundation to "global-renowned students from selected universities." He has performed numerous concerts in various Austrian venues, including the Vienna Musikverein, the Vienna Konzerthaus, the ORF RadioKulturhaus, the Arnold Schönberg Center, the Parliament in the Hofburg, the Brucknerhaus Linz, and the Klagenfurt Konzerthaus, as well as in Germany, Slovenia, Italy, South Africa, Lithuania, and the United Kingdom. He has performed in more than 100 world premieres and performed with leading Austrian contemporary ensembles, including the Klangforum Wien, PHACE, Platypus Ensemble, and the Ensemble Wiener Collage. Jan has made several dozen recordings for ORF, Deutschlandradio, the Con Legno label, and others, and has performed at various festivals, including the Salzburger Festspiele, Wien Modern, World New Music Days, Wiener Festwochen, Grafenegg, Klangspuren Schwaz, Imago Dei Festival, 4020 Festival, and Brücken Festival, among others.


Since 2023 Jan is a member and the head of organisation of the Platypus Ensemble for contemporary music.
                                      

Concerts