Ludwig Nussbichler
Ludwig Nussbichler lives and works in Salzburg, where he has served as Head of the Municipal Music School since 1997. His teaching at the Musikum Salzburg focuses on composition and music theory, and since 2015 he has also taught improvisation and composition at the Pre-College of the Mozarteum University Salzburg. As a music dramaturge, he has directed and curated the Aspekte Festival Salzburg since 2006.
Ludwig Nussbichler was born in 1963 and, after early training in guitar and piano, studied French at the University of Salzburg as well as Music Education, guitar and composition at the Mozarteum University Salzburg. He wrote his thesis on the Lyric Suite by Alban Berg. In 1996, he attended the composition masterclass at the Summer Academy of the University of Salzburg with Friedrich Cerha.
Nussbichler has composed numerous commissioned works for institutions including the ORF, the Wien Modern, the Tonkünstler Orchestra of Lower Austria, the International Mozarteum Foundation, the Musikverein Vienna, the Ensemble Kontrapunkte, the Austrian Chamber Symphony Orchestra, the Donaufestival Krems, the Hilliard Ensemble, the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, and the duo Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Christopher Hinterhuber. His works have been performed internationally, including in Germany, the United Kingdom, Russia, Japan and the United States.