Bio – long

• 1967:
  Born in Graz, Austria
• 1977-85:
  Piano lessons at Johann-Joseph-Fux-Conservatory Graz
• 1977-85:
  BRG Kepler secondary school, Graz
• 1986-92:
  Studying mathematics at the University of Graz, MSc Mathematics
• 1994-00:
  Studying music composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, MA Music Composition (Gerd Kühr)
• 1997-01:
  Studying philosophy at the Karl-Franzens-University of Graz, MPhil Philosophy
• 2000:
  3. Prize, Composition Competition "Luigi Russolo 2000", Varese, Italy
• 2001:
  Austrian State Grant for Composition
• 2001-02:
  Studying algorithmic composition with Hanspeter Kyburz during a postgraduate stay at the Electronic Studio of the Music Academy of Basel, Switzerland
• 2003:
  Scholarship holder of a cooperation project of the University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt / Dieburg with the International Music Institute Darmstadt (IMD), Music Promotion Award of the City of Graz
• 2003-04:
  Artist in residence at the Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Germany (ZKM), Lecturer at the Univ. of Applied Sciences Darmstadt (Computer Music)
• 2004-05:
  Teaching music theory and aural training at Johann-Joseph-Fux-Conservatory Graz
• 2005:
  Artist in residence at the Institute for Electronic Music and Acoustics, Graz (IEM)
• 2007:
  Giga-Hertz-Award for Electronic Music
• 2008:
  Austrian State Grant for Composition, Theodor-Körner Promotion Prize for Science and Art (Composition)
• 2011-14:
  Scientific collaboration within the FWF-funded research project Patterns of Intuition at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz / Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics (IEM)
• 2012:
  Teaching (Art and New Media, Electronic Music Lab)
• 2014--:
  Teaching (Integrated Ear Training, Sound Synthesis)
• 2014-17:
  Curator for New Music, Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten, Graz
• 2016--:
  Together with Gerhard Eckel, Marko Ciciliani, and Ina Thomann: curating of the concert series signalegraz
• 2016--:
  Visiting professor for electro-acoustic composition
• 2022-23:
  Edgard-Varèse guest professor of DAAD at TU Berlin (winter term)
• 2023:
  Habilitation in Computer Music and Sound Art (venia docendi)

Festivals, Events

Performances and work contributions at SuperCollider Symposium 2006, Birmingham, UK; ÉuCuE Electroacoustic Concert Series 2008, Montreal; JSEM / MSJ Electroacoustic Festival 2009, Nagoya; Giga-Hertz-Award concerts 2007, 2008, ZKM Karlsruhe; Electrovisiones 2009, Mexico City; Nuit bleue 2009, Saline Royale d'Arc et Senans; International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) 2010, New York; ISEA2010 RUHR, ICEM, Essen; Pixilerations [v.7] 2010, Providence, Rhode Island; Sound and Music Computing Conference (SMC) 2011, Padova; Hilltown New Music Festival 2011, Ireland; EMUFest 2011, Rom; SICMF 2011, Seoul; FILE Hypersonica São Paulo 2012; ICMC 2012, Ljubljana; WOCMAT 2012, Hsinchu; Ensemble Continuum Contemporary Music, Concert Series 2013, Toronto; NYCEMF 2013, New York; ICMC 2013, Perth; WOCMAT 2013, Luzhu; iFIMPaC 2014, Leeds; Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music 2014; InnerSound International New Arts Festival Bucharest 2014; inSonic2015, ZKM Karlsruhe; klingtgut! Symposium on Sound 2017, HAW Hamburg; SMC 2017 Espoo / Helsinki; Elektro Arts Festival 2018, Cluj-Napoca; Fourier-Festival, The Acousmatic Project 2018, Vienna; eviMus 2018, Saarbrücken; MUSLAB 2018, Mexico City; Diffrazioni Multimedia Festival 2019, Florence; Sound Spaces 2019, Malmö; Kontula Electronic 2019, Helsinki; Festival Futura 2019, Crest; Ars Electronica 2019; Convergence 2019, Leicester; AudioMostly 2019, Nottingham; Miso Music Portugal 2019, Lisbon; die Reihe 2020, Berlin; Wien Modern 2020; Festival Futura 2021; Sound Cinema Düsseldorf 2021; Current Resonance 2022, Aarhus, Copenhagen; PEAK 2022, Milwaukee; APNÉES 2023, Grenoble; Ars Electronica Forum Wallis 2023; Sweet Spot 2023, Salzburg; Sound Spaces 2023, Malmö; Journées d'Informatique Musicale 2023, Saint-Denis; SMC 2023, Stockholm; Supersonique 2023, Marseille; Ars Electronica 2023, Linz; Atemporánea 2023, Buenos Aires; MUSLAB 2023, Guayaquil; SICMF 2023, Seoul; APNÉES 2024, Grenoble; Sonorities Festival Belfast 2024; SMC 2024, Porto; Rencontres Acousmatiques 2024, Millery; MUSLAB 2024, Buenos Aires; Speculative Sound Synthesis Symposium 2024, Graz;