ComposerFlora Marlene Geißelbrecht
Die Österreicherin Flora Geißelbrecht ist Komponistin, Interpretin, Improvisatorin und Texterin. Als Bratschistin trat sie vielfach solistisch und im Ensemble auf. Ihre Werke wurden von Festivals wie der Styriarte oder den Donaufestwochen im Strudengau und Interpret:innen wie dem Ensemble Kontrapunkte oder dem Arnold Schoenberg Chor in Auftrag gegeben.
About the artist
in search of new sounds
Flora Geißelbrecht is an Austrian composer, performer, improviser and lyricist. She is particularly interested in the music of our time and in musical and interdisciplinary interaction. Her music often deals with text, language or voice.
As a violist, she has performed many times as a soloist and in ensembles (e.g. RSO Wien, Ensemble Modern, Black Page Orchestra, Studio Dan) at Wien Modern, the Unsafe and Sounds Festival, Impuls Festival and the Wiener Festwochen. In 2020/21 she was a member of the International Ensemble Modern Academy in Frankfurt.
Her works have been commissioned and premiered by festivals such as the Styriarte or the Donaufestwochen im Strudengau and performers such as Ensemble Kontrapunkte, Ensemble Reconsil or the Arnold Schoenberg Choir.
She is also a self-taught harpist, loves cooking with exotic spices and baking sourdough bread and writes song lyrics and poetry.
