Paul Urbanek, born June 15, 1964, in Vienna, is an Austrian jazz pianist, composer, and educator. He made his debut as a jazz pianist in 1986 and has since built a career as both a performer and studio musician, contributing to more than 70 albums. Urbanek has collaborated with artists including Harri Stojka, Alegre Corrêa, Wolfgang Puschnig, and Bertl Mayer, as well as the Orchestre National de Jazz. Since 1994, he has led the ensemble Paul Urbanek's Funboard. His 2000 album The Hans Koller Concept, featuring new piano accompaniments to archived saxophone improvisations by Hans Koller and Wolfgang Puschnig, won the Hans Koller Prize for Album of the Year. He has also taught jazz piano and improvisation at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and the JAM Music Lab - Private University for Jazz and Popular Music Vienna.
