Elias Stemeseder

Born: 1990

Born in Salzburg, Austria in 1990, Elias lived in Berlin from 2010 and moved to New York in 2015. Besides his main instrument, the acoustic piano, he also plays synthesizers. He performs in a variety of musical idioms ranging from the song-oriented music of Jim Black's trio to contemporary classical pieces by John Zorn to the electric music of Eyebone.

Current projects include collaborations with John Zorn (John Zorn's Bagatelles), the Greg Cohen Quintet, Philipp Gropper's "Philm", Jim Black's "Malamute" Anna Webber's "Percussive Mechanics", Robert Landfermann Quintet and "OTIS+WEDDING".

Umbra III

By Stemeseder Lillinger + Craig Taborn

Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Signum; Typus.

Jazz em Agosto 2025

by Stefano Merighi
August 15, 2025

Jazz em Agosto Gulbenkian Foundation Lisbon, Portugal August 1-10, 2025 Despite the “onda de calor" which hit it, Lisbon remains as peaceful as ever in its saturnine routine--even though invasive tourism in the Baixa neighborhood has already changed its appearance, and not for the better. August, however, is also ...

Jazz em Agosto 2025

by Stefano Merighi
August 13, 2025

Jazz em Agosto Fondazione Gulbenkian Lisbona, Portogallo 1-10 agosto 2025 Malgrado la “onda de calor" portoghese stia sfiorando la capitale, Lisbona �� al solito pacifica nel suo tran tran saturnino, anche se il turismo invadente della Baixa ha gi�� trasformato certo non in meglio la sua fisionomia. Ma ...

Stemeseder Lillinger + Craig Taborn: Umbra III

by Mark Corroto
March 2, 2025

Sometimes, the subversion of established paradigms unfolds through incremental variations and subtle shifts in the status quo--so gradual they can be almost imperceptible. Other times, transformation arrives in the form of unexpected revolutions, seismic and undeniable. Somewhere between these two extremes lie the musical experiments of Elias Stemeseder and Christian Lillinger. The Austrian-German duo--pianist, ...

Elias Stemeseder / Christian Lillinger: Umbra II

by John Sharpe
February 23, 2025

Austrian pianist Elias Stemeseder and German drummer Christian Lillinger capture the Zeitgeist in a nervy, occasionally anxiety inducing, pairing under the moniker Umbra. Although extant as a duet, they often supplement the numbers with like-minded collaborators, and on Umbra II trumpeter Peter Evans and bassist Russell Hall take to the full on interaction like ducks to ...

Deranged Particles

By Felix Henkelhausen

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Particle I: For EMac; Particle VII: Myth of Paradise; Particle II: Relapse Between; Mirror // Error; Particle IV: The Place Was a Waiting Room; Particle VI: A Dying Universe; Yet To Be; Particle VIII: Particles Feat. Myka 9.

Shimmer Wince

By Anna Webber

Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Swell, Wince; Fizz; Periodicity 1; Squirm; Periodicity 2; Shimmer.

Umbra II

By Peter Evans

Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Neue Form pt. I; Neue Form pt. II; Neue Form pt. III; Myokard; Resolution Points; Blendung; Blatum; Mandelbrot Sagiitaar; STKH pt. I; STKH pt. II; STKH pt. III; Dog; Eau-Forte/Strong Water.

Elias Stemeseder & Thomas Morgan a Firenze

by Neri Pollastri
October 25, 2024

Elias Stemeseder & Thomas Morgan Duo Sala Vanni A Jazz Supreme--Musicus Concentus Firenze 4 ottobre 2024 Riapertura in grande stile per la rassegna del Musicus Concentus di Firenze, A Jazz Supreme, con un concerto attesissimo e di livello assoluto: quello del pianista austriaco Elias Stemeseder e del contrabbassista americano Thomas ...