Johannes Wallmann

University of Wisconsin-Madison Mead Witter School of Music

Johannes Wallmann is a pianist and composer, recording artist on Shifting Paradigm Records and Fresh Sound New Talent Records, and the Director of Jazz Studies at the University of <Wisconsin–Madison.

Born 1974 in Germany, Johannes Wallmann was raised on Canada’s Vancouver Island. He studied jazz piano and composition at Berklee College of Music in Boston (B.Mus., 1995) and at New York University (M.A., 1997; Ph.D., 2010), while winning numerous national music competitions and scholarships, as well as two Canada Council artist grants. After moving to New York City in 1995, he quickly established himself as a versatile and in-demand sideman in a wide-range of musical styles.