Michaela Girardi-Riegler

Michaela Girardi-Riegler

Child- and Youth Class

Studied at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, Indiana University in the USA, and the Lübeck University of Music. Solo performances with various orchestras such as Camerata Salzburg, the Mozarteum Orchestra, and the Bruckner Orchestra Linz. As a member of the Callino Quartet (2006–2009), she was influenced by artists such as the Hagen Quartet, E. Feltz, W. Levin, G. Kurtag, and E. Höbarth. Concert tours to Wigmore Hall, IMS Prussia Cove, the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Beethovenfest Bonn, and the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg. As a member of the oenm Austrian Ensemble for New Music, the Ensemble Risonanze Erranti, and the Ensemble Plus, she works with composers such as W. Rihm, P. Ruzicka, H. Lachenmann, N. Brass, and H. Parra. Since 2008 principal violist in the Camerata Salzburg and, since 2024, concert master of the Vorarlberg Symphony Orchestra. She teaches at the Mozarteum University Salzburg and gives masterclasses at the Austrian Master Classes and the International Summer Academy of the Mozarteum University.