Sabina Hank
Born 1976 in salzburg (austria), as 5year old girl she attended the mozarteum high school where she got classical piano lessons for 13 years. From 1994 to 1999 jazzpiano- & -vocal-studies at the bruckner conservatory linz (austria), all studies broken off
Since 1997 sabina hank has been working as a freelanced musician (singer-pianist & composer) only.
First price of the composition scholar ship of salzburg 1998, art & music award of salzburg 2004.
International jazzfestivals: mexico, USA, marokko, denmark, poland, france, rumania, serbia, turkey, greece, belgium, germany, austria etc.
Worked with: bob mintzer, maria schneider, garry dial, dick oatts, willi resetarits, benjamin schmid, werner pirchner
Actual live projects: sabina hank “inside”, sabina hank & willi resetarits “twilight songs”, sabina hank &
herb berger “since we met”
composition commissions:
2008 for a classical violon concerto for benjamin schmid (vor chamber orchestra & solo violin)
2006 composition commission from the IG composers for the opening of "musikum salzburg" 2007
2002 composition commission from ORF/3sat for the documentary “ausgangspunkt österreich”
2002 composition commission from the opera house/theatre salzburg (A) for „night music“
2001 composition commission from volkstheater vienna (A) for „talisman“
(nestroy award 2002 & karl-skraup-award 2002)
2001 composition commission from brucknerhaus linz (A) („regeneration“)
Discography:
Sabina hank “inside” (2007, universal music)
Sabina hank “nah an mir” (2007, universal music)
Sabina hank „music in a mirror“ feat. Bob mintzer (2004, quinton records)
Sabina hank “blue moments” (2001, quinton records)
Sabina hank “softly spoken” (2000)
Sabina hank “uncovered soul” (1997)
Website adress: www.sabinahank.com
