Sigmund Dietmar, Mag. art.

Subjects

Piano practice, compulsory subject piano, improvisation and free playing, ensemble, popular music ensemble

Biography

• Training at the Vorarlberg State Conservatory, Matura at the Feldkirch Music High School.
• Studied music and instrumental pedagogy at the Mozarteum University, majoring in piano and oboe. Choir conducting and conducting with Howard Arman, jazz/pop piano with Peter Arnesen.
• 1997-2001, teacher at music schools for piano and repetiteurship. 2000-2015, teacher at grammar schools in the subjects music and piano, coordinator of a grammar school sixth form specialising in music and instrumental music. 2005-2015, head of advanced and continuing education in music and instrumental music at the Vorarlberg University of Teacher Education and lecturer in didactics for piano and school music. From 2015, lecturer at the former Landeskonservatorium Feldkirch and, until 2020, professor of musicology at the Music High School Feldkirch.
• Participation in music education committees in Austria, including the Ministry of Education: Curriculum and Matura in music and instrumental music. Federal working group for school and instrumental music. Co-opted member of the Curricular Commission at the University Mozarteum, department Innsbruck.
• In addition to teaching, extensive stage and studio work as a pianist, keyboardist, and musical director specialising in pop, rock, and improvised music. Music production, mixing, and composition of music for film and digital media in his own recording studio.