Hallo, Servus, and welcome to this page!
My name is Markus and I'm a saxophonist living in the Austria near Vienna.
I've decided to create this page for people who would like to support my channel. So if you want, I am happy if you can buy me a "coffee" on here. This is really perfect, cause I am very much coffee addicted. ;-) Thank you so much! I appreciate each and every one who supports me and my channel.
If you want to here more of my music, I am happy if you subscribe on my Youtube-Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWzAtE0F0jUs17jZYvFhujQ or you can check out my latest Album „A World of Bliss“ on your favorite streaming platform: https://linktr.ee/markuszahrl
ABOUT ME
My personal relationship with music started at the ago of 5 years with playing the drums. At 16, I picked up the saxophone and immediately loved it, and it was pretty much the only thing I wanted to do in my life. At 17, I joined my town’s the local big band and turned pro at 19. In the 1990s I studied at the Conservatory of Vienna (jazz saxophone) and at the Berklee College of Music Bosten/USA. I worked as a sideman for artists like Kirk Covington, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Clark Terry, Bob Brookmeyer, Bill Dobbins, Concert Jazz Orchestra Vienna, Rounder Girls, Russkaja, Hot Pants Road Club, Waldeck, Andy Lee Lang and many more, touring and doing sessions for many years before releasing my first solo EP in 2020. The EP immediately reach top 10 of Smooth Jazz Listener Countdown with 3 song and gained international attention.
After finishing the recordings for my latest album I said: „I can’t wait to play this new music live. Playing live is what I love the most. Every time I go on stage I enjoy the deep connection and the energy between the audience and the artist. It creates a magical space where wonderful things happen.“
After being in the music business for 30 years, „I still want to make the world a better place with my music“, and „I want to heal it in some way and help the people who are interested in my music to reach a place where there is love, joy and no suffering.“ That’s what I wanted to express with my songs, and what I´m deeply convinced that music can do for us.“
Thank you so so much for your support and greetings from Austria, Markus.
