Julia Hofer Featured in The Times Among the Best Jazz Albums of 2025

The Friedrich Gulda School of Music Vienna is pleased to see Julia Hofer, bass tutor at the school, receive international recognition in The Times. In its feature on the best jazz albums of 2025 so far, the newspaper highlights Faces of Night, the new album by David Helbock and Julia Hofer, placing the recording among its selected jazz releases of the year.

For the Friedrich Gulda School of Music, this is a strong sign of the artistic quality represented by its faculty in the fields of jazz, popular music, improvisation, and contemporary music performance. Julia Hofer’s international visibility underlines the value of studying with active professional artists whose work is present on today’s European jazz scene and in the wider world of professional music education in Vienna.

With Faces of Night, Julia Hofer and David Helbock have created a project that has attracted international critical attention and highlights the artistic strength of jazz and popular music from Austria. For young musicians interested in electric bass, bass studies, ensemble playing, improvisation, and professional music training, this recognition shows how closely artistic practice and teaching are connected at the Friedrich Gulda School of Music Vienna.

With tutors such as Julia Hofer, the Friedrich Gulda School of Music continues to strengthen its profile as a place for music studies in Vienna, bass education, jazz and popular music training, and the development of the next generation of creative musicians.