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They have been rebels for 50 years, those young-at-heart Ulrichsbergers who have always been united by the joy of music that was unheard of at the time: jazz. 50 years ago the Mühlviertel was definitely not a jazz area – and it isn’t today either. But: Five decades later, the Ulrichsberg Jazzatelier has become an integral part of the national and international music scene. For this, the jazz studio received the culture prize from the city and Raiffeisenbank Rohrbach.
The founders Adolf Berlinger, Josef Geretschläger, Werner Ruckerbauer, Christof Pröll and Franz Krenn probably had to listen to a lot when they launched the Ulrichsberg Jazzatelier in 1973. But, as Rohrbach-Berg’s City Councilor for Culture Roland Straußberger put it at the 2023 Culture Prize ceremony in the Raiffeisenbank Rohrbach: “It always takes people with visions to lead the way.”
A place of artistic freedom
These tireless fighters really were, because who would have guessed back then that the name Ulrichsberg would now be inextricably linked to the world of jazz? In her laudatory speech, musician Tanja Feichtmair praised the “Ati”, as it is also affectionately called, as a “place of opportunity and much more than just a concert stage. It is a hotspot for contemporary music and enjoys an excellent reputation far beyond the country’s borders “The need for the unconventional was always at the forefront there. Despite all the forward thinking, it never lost its roots – jazz.”
Engine Alois Fischer
Feichtmair highlighted a special person who made the jazz studio what it is today: Alois Fischer. Just a few years after the beginning, he joined the founders and became the driving force behind “Ati”. From 1990 until this summer he was managing director of the Ulrichsberg jazz studio and as such was always open to experiments and tried to open the house up to everyone. It is guaranteed that things will continue well after him. Julius Winter has once again gathered a group of young people around him and is leading the company into new times as managing director.
Rohrbach-Berg’s mayor Andreas Lindorfer was also full of praise: “Thanks to you, international jazz music has found its way to the Mühlviertel.” The director of Raiffeisenbank Rohrbach, Ludwig Kapfer, not only celebrated the 35th winner of the Rohrbach Culture Prize with words of praise, but also with a bit of sadness – it was the last culture prize he was allowed to award. Kapfer is retiring in November.
Gerhard Wöß from the Jazzatelier team thanked him for the award: “The Rohrbacher Culture Prize is the reward for what you have achieved and at the same time motivation for the future.”
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