Eva Reiter

Eva Reiter, born in Vienna, studied recorder and viola da gamba at the University of Music in Vienna and continued both studies at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam. In 2006 she completed both master's degrees cum laude, with a focus on contemporary composition. Eva Reiter works as a musician, composer, lecturer, artistic advisor and curator. She teaches courses in early music and composition (ARCO – Art Research and Creation, Marseille; Voix Nouvelles Academy, Royaumont, Bludenzer Tage zeitgemäßer Musik, Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Vienna Contemporary Composers Festival, among others).

Since 2020 she has been teaching composition at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna, where she also heads the course “Experimental Improvisation Practice”. In 2021 she was awarded a comprehensive grant from the City of Vienna for the artistic research project Transforming Instrumental Gestures (until 2024). Since 2024, she has also been teaching ensemble work for composers at the Mozarteum Salzburg and will become “Associated composer at the Composition Cursus of IRCAM” in fall 2025.

Eva Reiter performs as a soloist and with various orchestras, ensembles for early and contemporary music (including Ictus and Klangforum Wien). Since 2015, she has been a permanent member of the Belgian ensemble Ictus, for which she shares responsibility for artistic planning.

Her work as a composer has received multiple awards. Her compositions have been performed at international festivals such as Transit, Ars Musica, ISCM World New Music Festival, generator, Wien Modern, Klangspuren, Aspekte Salzburg, Sommer in Stuttgart, MaerzMusik, musikprotokoll im steirischen herbst, Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Donaueschinger Musiktage, Festival Archipel, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Musica Strasbourg, Kunstenfestivaldasarts Brussels, and Wiener Festwochen, among others.

In the 2019/20 season, Eva Reiter was a resident artist at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and at the Wiener Konzerthaus. In 2024 she was co-curator of Klangspuren Tirol.

Website: www.evateiter.net

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