Verena Zeiner is pianist, composer and improviser. She plays in various ensembles in the broad field of modern creative jazz and improvised music, leads her own bands, composes for them as well as for chamber music ensembles and interdisciplinary projects in connection with dance, performance, visual arts etc.
As a bandleader she has released several albums and received awards for her work as pianist and composer.
Verena Zeiner is senior lecturer for improvisation at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. From Sept. 2023 to June 2025 she was lecturer for the Free Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Composition at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna. www.verenazeiner.at