Vienna | Berlin

Born in 1990 in Salzburg, Haitzmann studied jazz and baroque violin at the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz, performance art at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, and completed the Master’s program SODA (Solo Dance and Authorship) at the Berlin University of the Arts. Furthermore, he is a founding member of the contemporary folk music ensemble ALMA, the Vienna-based jazz collective Little Rosies Kindergarten, and the improvisation quartet s q u a m a t a. In addition to his concert work, Haitzmann is deeply rooted in the contemporary performance scene. Haitzmann has performed at venues such as the Wiener Musikverein, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Konzerthaus Wien, Centre Georges Pompidou, “Centre National de la Danse” Paris, Kaaitheater Brussels, Gessnerallee Zurich, Austrian Culture Forum Rome, at the Ludwigsburg Palace Festival, and Festspiele Erl. His compositional work includes solos, duos, ensemble music, orchestral pieces and theater music. In 2017, Haitzmann debuted with the ensemble ALMA and the Lower Austrian Tonkünstler Orchestra in the golden hall of the Wiener Musikverein, for which he also composed music.