Artist Genre Category: Contemporary Music

Elisabeth Plank is an exceptional Austrian harpist known for her ability to blend power and fragility, virtuosity and emotion, creativity and tradition. Praised by BBC Radio Scotland for her “great command of her instrument” and the “character and colour” in her playing, … read more »

Since the 1980s the musician and composer Elisabeth Schimana has been active as one of the Austrian female pioneers of electronic music with projects marked by a radical approach and equally unconventional aesthetics. After completing vocal training, she earned degrees in composition, … read more »

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 »

The Viennese duo Fudge Summer calls their music “Sample Free Jazz”: an improvised performance that blends hip-hop, R&B, techno, and avant-garde, in which songs, forms, and soundscapes emerge in real time. Drawing on the sonic ideals of popular music, the group develops … 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 »