Maria Loos
Maria Loos is an internationally sought-after interpreter of early and contemporary music. Praised for her virtuosity, expressive playing and refined sound culture, she performs regularly at major festivals and concert venues across Europe and the Americas and is particularly committed to innovative programming and the rediscovery of female baroque composers.
Maria Loos received her training at the Mozarteum University Salzburg and the Leipzig University of Music and Theatre, where she studied with Robert Ehrlich. She further developed her artistic profile in masterclasses with renowned recorder players including Han Tol, Karel van Steenhoven, Dorothee Oberlinger, Gerd Lünenbürger and Carin van Heerden. She completed both her master’s degree in music and dance education and her studies in recorder performance with distinction.
As a soloist and chamber musician, Loos has appeared at festivals and venues including the Salzburg Festival, the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music, the Alte Oper Frankfurt, the Handel Festival Halle and the Tage Alter Musik Osnabrück. She has performed with ensembles and orchestras such as the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Salzburger Hofmusik and the Leopold-Mozart-Kammerorchester. Since 2006, she has also been regularly invited to concert tours and masterclasses in South America and the United States, and in 2008 she was Artist in Residence at the I.U.P. Festival in Pennsylvania.
With her ensemble Spirit of Musicke, Loos develops distinctive concert programmes and focuses especially on works by female baroque composers. Alongside her work in early music, she collaborates closely with contemporary composers including Anna Rubin, Drake Mabry and José Carli, premiering numerous new works. She also composed and performed parts of the soundtrack for Stephan Laur’s film Bewegte Stille. Her recordings have received international recognition, including the Pasticcio Prize for the CD Piazzolla/Vivaldi, while the album Women4baroque was nominated for the International Classical Music Awards in 2023.
In addition to her performing career, Loos is active as a teacher and author. She is co-author of the teaching publication Blockflöte spielen und lernen, published by Schott Music, serves regularly as a juror at recorder competitions, and teaches at “Musikum” (music school) Salzburg, where her students are frequent prizewinners at Prima la Musica and Jugend musiziert. Since 2024, she has been a guest lecturer at the Mozarteum University Salzburg.