Katharina Klement

was born in Graz/Austria in 1963.
Studies in piano, composition and electroacoustic music at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, private studies in dance improvisation and plastic design.
She is active as a composer—performer in the field of composed and improvised, electronic and instrumental music. In her work there are numerous cross—connecting projects within the fields of music—text—video. She is particularly interested in the piano as an instrument and in extended playing techniques for it. She is founder and member of several ensembles for improvised music. International concerts and performances, most recently in St. Petersburg/Festival Acousmoium, Fylkingen/Stockholm, Ljubljana Festival Alpenglow, Basel/Gare du Nord, Q02 Brussels, Tamil Nadu/South India, Festivals Wien Modern, Elevate Graz, Klangspuren Schwaz, „Zwei Tage Zeit“ Zurich, FKL Symposium Cagliari, BIMESP/Sao Paolo, contemporary music festival Florida. Her work has appeared on numerous recordings, including gruenrekorder, Ventil records, chmafu nocords, Austrian grammophone and her own label KalK. Collaboration with various ensembles and artists, including ensemble recherche, Klangforum Wien, ensembles PHACE, Schallfeld, platypus, Trio GREIFER, Studio DAN, airborne extended Numerous prizes and awards, including the Max Brand Prize 1994, Publicity Prize SKE 2001, State Scholarship Composition 2002 and 2011, „honorary mention“ 2006 ars electronica Linz, Art Prize Austria Music 2013, Gustav Mahler Prize Klagenfurt 2017, Music Prize of the City of Vienna 2021. She teaches at the course for electroacoustic and experimental music at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, lives in Vienna.