Portrait: Manuela Kerer

Manuela Kerer is an Italian composer currently living in Innsbruck, who grew up in Südtirol with German as her mother tongue. Although she managed to accomplish completed studies in composition, psychology, law and violin, nothing grips her heart like music, so she … read more »

Portrait: Eva Reiter

Eva Reiter was born in Vienna and studied recorder and viola da gamba at the University for Music and Dramatic Arts.   She has a unique and varied performance practice, playing in numerous ensembles as a freelance musician in both early and contemporary … read more »

Portrait: Pierluigi Billone

Pierluigi Billone is an Italian composer born in 1960 who lives in Vienna. He studied composition with Salvatore Sciarrino and Helmut Lachenmann as well as classical guitar and chamber music.  He has been a visiting professor of composition at the Kunstuniversität in … read more »

Moving Sounds 2011

For the third consecutive year, the Austrian Cultural Forum New York has teamed up with mica – music austria, and the Argento New Music Project’s director, Michel Galante, to produce this festival dedicated to music, visual media and aesthetic dialogue that features emerging and pioneering artists … read more »

Clara Luzia

Clara Luzia – the beautiful sound of the name is not only wonderfully easy on the ears, but just as easily sticks in the mind. After she won the Austrian Amadeus Award in the category “FM4 Alternative Act of the Year” in … read more »