Karlheinz Essl is an outstanding Austrian composer, improviser and performer. He attended the Vienna Musikhochschule (1979--87), where he studied with Friedrich Cerha and Dieter Kaufmann, among

Active as a double bassist until 1984, Karlheinz Essl played in chamber and experimental jazz ensembles. As a composer he has contributed to the Projekt 3 composition programming environment of Gottfried

Karlheinz Essl Selected works Helix 1.0 for string quartet (1986) met him pike trousers for large orchestra (1987) Rudiments for 4 snare drums (1989) Close the Gap for 3 tenor saxophones (1989 ...et consumimur