Siegmund Andraschek
studied trombone (concert and IGP) in Vienna and Graz, was a member of the orchestra "recreation" Grosses Orchester Graz until 2008 and taught at the Stiftsgymnasium Admont and the St. Stefan im Rosental music school.
However, the focus of his activities increasingly shifted to the creative field. His works have been published by renowned publishers (Schott Music, Doblinger, etc.).
He founded the pettermusic music publishing house Siegmund Andraschek (2011) and since 2016 S. A. has devoted himself exclusively to freelance work as a composer and arranger. Well-known orchestras such as the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, the Symphony Orchestra of the Vienna Volksoper, the Covent Garden Soloist Orchestra and others play his arrangements.
In 2017 he founded the Crossover Orchestra Vienna. As a conductor, S. A. was musical director of the Steyr Music Festival from 2017-2019.
He is very committed as a volunteer and successfully accompanied the Styrian State Youth Wind Orchestra for over a decade. His works for wind orchestra are regularly nominated as compulsory pieces at all levels of difficulty.
One of his focal points is music education, for which he created commissioned works (settings of children's books) for Graz Opera in 2019, 2022 and 2024.
In 2022 he completed his doctorate on the subject of Robert Stolz. Instrumentation and arrangement in the production process of his music.