With the aim of pushing musical boundaries and composing for an ensemble for which there are hardly any precedents, Roviró developed a work for an extraordinary tentet. The project was originally created as an entry for the 2025 Zawinul Prize and combines the soundscapes of a jazz quintet with those of a classical woodwind quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon).

This unusual instrumentation creates a fascinating bridge between jazz and classical music. Roviró blends a wide variety of musical influences—from Igor Stravinsky and Arvo Pärt to Brad Mehldau, Wayne Shorter, Hermeto Pascoal, and many other influential voices in music history—into a distinctive compositional language.

The resulting album is titled *everything has led us to this moment*. At its core lies the totality of human experience: both the joyful and the challenging moments that make us the people we are today. The compositions explore questions of fate, memory, and expectation, drawing inspiration from personal experiences, observations, and a wide variety of media influences.

The album was recorded in June 2026 at the Westbahn Studios in Vienna with a top-tier ensemble of internationally renowned young musicians. This makes it all the more exciting to now present this extraordinary project live for the first time.

MUK is dedicating an award for excellence—the MUK Joe Zawinul Prize—to Joe Zawinul, one of its most famous alumni. Sponsored by Raiffeisen Wien-Stadtbank, the prize enables one MUK student each year to realize a particularly creative and outstanding jazz project that is characterized by artistic excellence and is dedicated to pushing musical boundaries or demonstrates a high degree of musical innovation. The next winner will be announced during this concert. (Press release)