Nikola Vukovic is a trumpeter, composer, and improviser with Serbian roots who lives in Vienna. After studying jazz in Graz and moving to Vienna, he is seeking his place in the diverse Austrian (and regional) music scene.
Between jazz, contemporary music, improvisation, sometimes performance, and theater, he prefers to move in the open and experimental areas of these fields—without losing touch with the elements that originally brought him to music. For the Brennkammer series, Nikola presents three different constellations, each highlighting a different side of his musical language.

“The solo concert will be my first attempt of this kind, but it's something that has been in the works for a long time. In the meantime, I have developed enough techniques and preparations in my own practice—and a strong idea of how a trumpet, without any special amplification or electronics, can tell a multi-layered story—and that in the context of a solo performance.”