LIFE & EDUCATION

Born into the vibrant world of theater, I was immersed in the arts from an early age, developing a natural affinity for multidisciplinary expression. My formal training began at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, where I refined my skills as a violist, and continued at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, where I delved into philosophy, deepening my understanding of artistic and intellectual inquiry.

Parallel to my academic studies, I cultivated an independent visual art practice, allowing me to bridge structured artistic disciplines with intuitive exploration. This creative duality, coupled with a fascination for consciousness, perception, and communication, ultimately shaped my doctoral research, where I sought to connect artistic intuition with philosophical investigation.

After earning my doctorate in philosophy and working as a freelance musician, I expanded into both classical composition and film scoring, synthesizing my diverse influences into a singular artistic vision. My work merges sound, concept, and materiality, creating immersive, multisensory experiences where each element informs and transforms the others.

At the heart of my practice is synesthesia—a perceptual phenomenon that allows me to experience sound as color, form as rhythm, and scent as spatial presence. More than just an inspiration, synesthesia is a method, a way of composing across disciplines that dissolves traditional artistic boundaries. Rooted in a Renaissance-inspired passion for cross-disciplinary exploration, my work reflects the interconnectedness of human creativity, translating abstract concepts into tangible, multi-sensory realities.

ARTISTIC PRACTICE

My artistic practice exists in a constant state of transformation—where sound, form, and materiality converge in an ongoing alchemic process. Music is structured space-time, scent is ephemeral architecture, ceramics are sculpted rhythm. Each discipline does not stand alone but acts as a vessel for expanded perception.

Rooted in scientific research, synesthetic perception, and spatial awareness, my work reveals the hidden architectures that shape experience. The relationships between light, resonance, movement, and materiality are central to my exploration. Through compositions for the concert hall, olfactory installations, sculptural work, and digital audio-reactive visuals, I navigate the boundaries between the tangible and the intangible, dissolving and reconstructing form in real time.

Each project is an interwoven structure, where disciplines do not function in isolation but emerge from the same foundation—a continuum in which time, space, and perception shape the work as much as the materials themselves.

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Education

2007 - 2014 University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna

Viola Performance

2014 - 2018 Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

Doctoral Studies in Philosophy

  • 2023: Austrian Culture Ministry State Grant for Composition

  • 2022: Austrian Culture Ministry Work Grant for Composition

  • 2021: Arvo Pärt Centre Residency Scholarship

  • 2020: Carinthian Culture Grant for Composition

  • 2020: City of Vienna Grant for Composition

  • 2019: Austrian Culture Ministry Grant for Music and Performing Arts

Grants

Commissions

Vienna State Opera ・Swedish Chamber Orchestra ・ Västerås Sinfonietta ・Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra ・Ensemble Kontrapunkte ・Wien Modern ・feet become ears ・Anne Akiko Meyers ・Elisabeth Plank ・Ingerine Dahl ・Martin Kuuskmann ・Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir・ Cantus Novus Wien

Film Scoring

  • Vienna Game (in production) Disney+

  • Wiener Blut - Berggericht (2025) ORF/ZDF

  • Aufgetischt: Beethoven & Wien (2020) ORF/ZDF

Classical Music Premieres

  • 2024, June 4th, San José (Costa Rica): String Quartet No. 1

  • 2023, July 10th, Tartu (Estonia): a rose-toned fragment for harp

  • 2023, July 2nd, Risør (Norway): Five Miniatures for bassoon, string quartet and electronics

  • 2023, May 10th, Erfurt (Germany): Abstract Dualism for two instruments

  • 2023, April 15th, Stavanger (Norway): Sei solo la luce for violin and electronics

  • 2023, February 20th, Munich (Germany): Hall of Mirrors (Duo No. 1) for violin and cello

  • 2022, September 27th, New York (USA): Heart Meditation for small ensemble

  • 2022, April 28th, Örebro (Sweden): Xodus Hymn for choir and orchestra

  • 2022, April 8th, New York (USA): Perpetuo for solo violin

  • 2022, April 8th, New York (USA): Autopoiesis for solo cello

  • 2022, April 8th, New York (USA): Childhood memories for toy piano

  • 2021, April 19th, Vienna (Austria): Atmospheres for ensemble and mezzo soprano

  • 2020, December 14th, Vienna (Austria): Olfactospheres for large ensemble

  • 2020, February 7th, Cluj (Romania): Calamitas for choir and orchestra

  • 2019, November 10th, Vienna (Austria)/Wien Modern: Rhizom for large ensemble

  • 2019, November 9th, Vienna (Austria)/Wien Modern: Reset for string trio and marimba

  • 2019, November 8th, Vienna (Austria)/Wien Modern: Static Pointillism for bass clarinet, violin, cello and piano

  • 2019, September 27th, Timisoara (Romania): Archipelago for strings

  • 2019, Mai 17th, Iasi (Romania): Dreams of Lunacy for strings

  • 2018, November 24th, London (UK): Rewind for mixed choir

Exhibitions

  • 2024, June 28th - September 29th, Vienna (Austria): Künstlerhaus: WUNDERKAMMER

  • 2024, March 6th - April 14th, Millstatt (Austria), FORUM KUNST contemporary: Accrochage

  • 2023, March 5th - May 5th, Millstatt (Austria), FORUM KUNST contemporary: Illusion - Delusion

  • 2022, April 8th, New York (USA), Plaxall Gallery: CreArt Festival

  • 2021, September 10th - November 7th, Vienna, Westlicht: Critical Mail Art & Image Text Collage

  • 2019, August 15th - 19th, Zurich, Switzerland: Swiss Art Expo

  • 2019, July 16th - 25th, Rome, Millepiani Exhibition Space: GLITCHES AND DEFECTS

  • 2019, March 21st - April 16th, Vienna, Jan Arnold Gallery/MQ: transformative embodiments

  • 2017, October 1st - November 1st, Bodrum, Turkey: 3rd International Bodrum Biennial

  • 2017, January 31st - April 8th, Vienna, Weisses Haus: STRATIFIED - Fragmentierte Welten

  • 2016, December 15th, Vienna, HERR LEUTNER Westbahnstraße: Group Exhibit

  • 2015, November 12th - 2016 January 10th, Vienna, Lukas Feichtner Gallery: In the Basement

  • 2015, November 12th - 22nd, Lukas Feichtner Gallery: Vienna Art Week