Peter Kronreif, born and raised in Salzburg, Austria, studied Jazz at Bruckner Conservatory in Linz with Doug Hammond & Jeff Boudreaux. As a young player, he gained a lot of experience performing with jazz greats in the European scene. Working with, amongst others, Harry Sokal, Matthieu Michel, Johannes Enders, Alegre Correa and S.K. Invitational brought him on tour in over 20 nations – and in 2010 he was awarded the Hans-Koller-Prize as “Sideman of the Year 2009“. He too was granted the "Annual Scholarship for Music 2010" by the city of Salzburg as well as a studying grant from the Austrian Ministry of Arts & Culture. Also in 2010 he released his first record as a bandleader, "Gloaming", with his own New York based group "Wayfarers". The band has toured Europe twice with great success. Kronreif currently lives in Brooklyn and has been working as a drummer with many artists of different styles & genres, such as the Le Boeuf Brothers, Allan Harris, Seamus Blake, Ricky Rodriguez, Thana Alexa, John Medeski, Florian Hoefner; RnB artists like Nuf Said, The Real Life Show, John JR Robinson, Ray Angry, ...