Artist Genre Category: Contemporary Music

Emily Stewart, born in London & raised in Costa Rica, lives & works in Vienna. She studied classical music as well as jazz and improvisation; her own work weaves these diverse influences into a unified whole. As an instrumentalist, her unique flexibility … read more »

Since its founding in 2002, Ensemble Reconsil Wien has become renowned for its diverse repertoire, encompassing new music from around the world, innovative concert cycles, and rarely performed pieces, alongside 20th-century classics. The ensemble is particularly known for its focus on the … read more »

Flora Geißelbrecht is a violist, vocalist, composer, improviser, harpist and lyricist. She moves within and is moved by the music of our time and the very moment, as well as musical and interdisciplinary interaction. She studied classical, contemporary and jazz viola as … read more »

Composer Friedrich Cerha, born in Vienna in 1926, has long been considered one of the most important Austrian composers of our time. In 1958, he founded the Vienna-based ensemble die reihe. Cerha directed die reihe, an ensemble comprised of gifted soloists, for … read more »

Vienna-born Gabriele Proy is one of Austria’s most renowned contemporary composers. In 2013, she was awarded the prestigious Music Award of the City of Vienna, the city’s highest honor for music. From 2001 to 2013, Proy served as the President of the … read more »

Georg Breinschmid (*1973) is an outstanding expert on the double bass between all chairs and styles and one of the most surprising contemporary composers and lyricists. Classically studied, with first stations among others with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, he indulges in a … read more »

Georg Friedrich Haas – born 1953 in Graz – grew up in Tschagguns (Vorarlberg). In his early student days he took a short detour into natural sciences, before he finally turned to a musical career and started to study at the University … read more »

Georg Vogel is a keyboardist, composer and instrument maker. Aside from regular solo performances, he leads the 31-tone ensemble Dsilton (with David Dornig and Valentin Duit), Flower (with Raphael Preuschl and Michael Prowaznik), Tree (with Andreas Waelti and Michael Prowaznik); he also … read more »

Gerald Preinfalk started playing the clarinet at early age. The Saxophone became a vocation when discovering Vienna’s various scenes for music. Studies of Jazz- and Classical-Saxophone opened a wide range of activities. Gueststudies in Boston (USA) and Paris completed this constant curiosity. … read more »

Gerald Resch studied composition with Michael Jarrell, as well as musicology, philosophy and art history at the university in Vienna. Study visits in Cologne, Berlin, Paris and Rome encouraged his musical poetics, which integrate diverse influences from non-musical disciplines (architecture, geology, linguistics, … read more »