Flora Geißelbrecht

Flora Geißelbrecht is an Austrian violist, vocalist, composer and lyricist. Her special interest lies in the music of our time and the musical and interdisciplinary interaction. Her music often revolves around voice, speech and words. She has completed studies in classical, contemporary and jazz viola as well as composition and improvised music. In 2020/2021 she worked as an academist of the German leading contemporary music Ensemble Modern in Frankfurt. After winning several competitions and scholarships in Austria, she also won the international competition for soloist, the Berlin Prize For Young Artists 2021, with her program for viola and voice, as well as the recording prize by french label outhere music. In her own compositions, Flora Geißelbrecht merges her various knowledges and skills in New Music, folk, jazz, improvisation, composition and poetry, rounding off a very personal whole performance.