B.A. Josef
Zweimüller

Josef Zweimüller was born in Upper Austria in 1997 and received his first clarinet lessons from Hermann Ecklmaier at the Haag am Hausruck State Music School.

In 2016, he began studying clarinet, with a focus on bass clarinet, under Gerald Kraxberger at the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz. From 2020 to 2025, he continued his studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, where he studied clarinet with Gerald Pachinger and bass clarinet with Martin Rainer.

Since January 2022, he has been a permanent member of the Graz Philharmonic as a clarinetist with a special focus on the bass clarinet. In addition, his orchestral career has taken him to renowned ensembles such as the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the German Symphony Orchestra Berlin, the Tonkünstler Orchestra of Lower Austria, and the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra.

In addition to his orchestral work, he is deeply committed to chamber music and is a member of the FivElements ensemble.

His teaching career began at the Upper Austrian State Music School System. As a lecturer in bass clarinet, he has been teaching at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz since March 2026. In October 2026, he also assumed the position of senior lecturer in clarinet at the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz.