Mechthild Urbanek-Schöbitz

Mechthild Urbanek-Schöbitz is a University Professor of Piano at the JAM MUSIC LAB Private University for Jazz and Popular Music and teaches at the Friedrich Gulda School of Music. She holds a Diploma in Jazz Piano from the Conservatory of the City of Vienna (2001) and specializes in piano instruction, music notation software (Sibelius), and jazz/popular music pedagogy.

• JAM MUSIC LAB Private University for Jazz and Popular Music (2013–present)
• Friedrich Gulda School of Music (2013–present)
• Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (2011–present, Piano Minor)
• Gustav Mahler Conservatory (2002–2011)

Her professional work spans piano education, notation program workshops, and collaborative performances with orchestras and big bands. She has been active in music notation (Sibelius) since 1998 and contributed to the Simone Kopmajer Songbook (2022).

Academic affiliations include:

• JAM MUSIC LAB Private University for Jazz and Popular Music
• Friedrich Gulda School of Music
• Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
• Gustav Mahler Conservatory