About

Ingrid Schmoliner lives and works as a freelance musician – composer – curator and teacher in Vienna. Already before and during her classical studies at the Klagenfurt conservatory, majoring in piano, her music was characterized by an interest in improvised, experimental and contemporary music.

Through her precise sound research and sophisticated – nuanced work on the piano and voice, she has made a name for herself as a musician and composer as an innovate creator. Schmoliner works on internationally renowned stages as a performer, improviser and composer.

Artistically she moves in the genres of new music, experimental and improvised music, avant-garde, jazz, ambient music, free jazz, folk music, minimal music, techno.

As a lecturer she is active in the areas of yodeling, overton singing, improvisation, instant composing and extended playing techniques on the piano.

Besides her SOLO programs on prepared piano and church organ, which she constantly develops further, and new collaborations with film (ARAF_Berlinale…) and theater (DER DIBBUK_Theater Nestroyhof Hamakom, JACKIE_Lac-Theater/ Lugano/ Switzerland…).
she works as a composer und interpreter with her ensembles like NABELÓSE with Elena Kakaliagou, GRIFF (Emilio Gordoa, Adam Pultz Melbye), DRANK with Alexander Kranabetter, REVOLVE with Martin Brandlmayr, ELLEGGUA with Elektro Guzzi, WATUSSI (Pascal Niggenkemper, Joachim Badenhorst)

Schmoliner cofounded the annual Festival NEW ADITS for all styles of contemporary – present music and interdisciplinary performances which is based in Carinthia and happening for more than 10 years now.

Awards / Scholarships:

_2025 scholarship for music and composition from__ MA7 – City of Vienna Department of Culture

_2025 scholarship for music and composition from_ State of Carinthia – Department 14 Arts and Culture

_2023 scholarship for music and composition from_Federal Ministry of housing, arts, culture, media and sport Republic of Austria

_ 2020 working grant Covid 19 from_City of Vienna – Department of Culture
_ 2018 Award for Music from_City of Vienna – Department of Culture
_ 2013 Award for Music from_Carinthia – Department of Culture
_ 2011 grant for music from_Federal Ministry of housing, arts, culture, media and sport Republic of Austria

_____ composition scholarships from Federal Ministry of housing, arts, culture, media and sport Republic of Austria and the City of Vienna – Department of Culture

_____ production cost subsidies from SKE and MA7