Dominik Fuss is an award-winning Vienna-born trumpeter and composer whose work lives at the intersection of lyricism, exploration and deep musical storytelling.
Rooted in both jazz and classical traditions, his sound is intimate yet expansive – a voice shaped as much by silence and space as by notes and phrasing. Educated in Vienna, Graz, and Cologne, Fuss studied with acclaimed artists such as Andi Haderer, Jim Rotondi and members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, forging a path that honors tradition while seeking out new sonic territory. His playing is marked by clarity of tone, emotional honesty, and a rare sensitivity to ensemble dialogue. Fuss leads several original projects, including the genre-blurring quintet Rumpus, the ambient-electronic trio VOID., a modern-bop jazz-sextet with his family Affäre Dreyfuss and a lyrical duo with pianist Jörg Leichtfried. These groups serve as platforms for his compositions – music that balances structure with freedom, melody with abstraction. He is also a frequent collaborator with ensembles like Studio Dan and Orjazztra Vienna.

A thoughtful educator and improviser, Fuss is committed to musical growth as a living, evolving process. Whether on stage, in the studio, or in the classroom, his work invites listeners into a world of subtle intensity — where each phrase breathes, and each performance becomes a moment of shared discovery.

Worked with:
Improvised & Contemporary Music:
Vinko Globokar. George Lewis. Anthony Coleman. Dee Dee Bridgewater. Daniel Riegler's Studio Dan. Wayne Horvitz. Christian Muthspiel & ORJAZZTRA VIENNA. Nicole Zuraisits. Mathias Ruegg & Lia Pale. Dick Oatts. Simone Kopmajer. Dan Pugach Nonet. Ensemble PHACE. Joey Alexander. Ed Neumeister. Fabian Rucker. Phil Nykrin. Markus Stockhausen. Loren Stillman. Christoph Cech. Martin Siewert. Julia Purgina. Heinz Czadeks Project Two, Oxana Omelchuk. Wolfgang Mitterer.  Dennis Brandner. Mark Fell. Eur(o)radio JazzOrchestra. ....

Classical Music: Juan Diego Flórez. Volksopera Vienna.  Synchron Stage Orchestra (1st & solo trumpet). Sirene Operntheater. Tonkünstler Orchester NÖ.  Orchester der Vereinigten Bühnen Wien. AKPO Orchestra. Turkmenistan National Orchestra...

Popular Music:  Norbert Schneider Band. Josh.. Manu Delago.  Johann Sebastian Bass Orchestra. Parov Stelar Band. Velojet. Seiler & Speer. Neuschnee. Martin Spengler und die foischn Wiener. Carla Natasha Salsa Band. Satuo. Düsenfried & the Stuffgivers...

Awarded:
Austrian Jazz-Prize 2025 (Live-Band of the Year)
with Orjazztra Vienna
​Start-Stipendium 2022/23 for Music (Austrian Federal Ministry of Arts & Culture)
best trumpet solist at the international Jazz-Competition Masterjamfest 2013 in Odessa (Ukraine) 

played in :  
the US (New York City, Washington DC), Canada (Montreal, Toronto,...), Vietnam (Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh), Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Tunisia (JazzaCarthage Festival), France (Paris, Marseille), Italy (Rome, Padua...),  Great Britain, Albania, Romania, Poland, Latvia, Turkey, Montenegro, the Carribbean, Oceania, Romania, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Germany, Poland, Hungary and Switzerland.

Pedagogic Work: 
Workshops at the University of Arts Tirana, University of Arts Cluj (Romania), JazzSummer Camp JAZZTULLN, Nordic Grooves (Jazz.Workshop) and years of experience as a teacher at Musikschule Langenzersdorf.

Selected Records:

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Movies
(Solo & 1st Trumpet):
Roland Emmerichs' Midway (USA 2019), Ich und Die Anderen (Series Sky 2021), Jungleland (USA 2020), Happy Deathday 2U (USA 2019), Wie Ich lernte bei mir selbst Kind zu sein (Austria 2019), Rim of The World (Netfix 2019),...

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