Born and raised in Lower Austria, Verena is currently based in Vienna as a pianist, composer, improviser and educator. After completing degrees in Piano and Music- and Movementeducation at the University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna, she went to Brussels/Belgium studying Jazz Piano at the Royal Conservatory. Being awarded a grant from the Federal Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture she spent some time in New York/USA as well as in Tel Aviv/Israel to broaden her knowledge and to improve her skills as a musician.

  She is strongly influenced by Jazz and the approach to music it implies, another vital source of inspiration are movement, dance and bodywork. SHe is leading her own bands, performs nationally and internationally with various artists, composes and plays for dancers and creates music theater plays for young audiences. As an educator she is on the faculty of the department for music- and movementeducation at the University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna and  (co)leads workshops on various music and movement related.