Bernadette Zeilinger
Bernadette Zeilinger studied at the University of Vienna, the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, the Zurich University of the Arts, and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland/ Music in Basel. She holds degrees in Pedagogy, Recorder and Specialised Musical Performance. During her composition lessons at the University, she concentrated on the notation of contemporary playing techniques.
Among others, in 2009 she received an award from the Austrian International Society of Contemporary Music (ISCM), in recognition of her radio commercial for new music, and in 2019 the City of Vienna Promotion Award in the music category (composition).
Bernadette Zeilinger's work has been presented
in Norway (Trondheim, Oslo), Czech Republic (Prague), France (Paris, Bordeaux, Bormes de Mimosas), Great Britain (London, Cheltenham), Switzerland (Zurich, Basel, Biel, Bern), Hungary (Budapest, Debrecen), Austria, Germany (Bremen, Freiburg, Munich), Italy (Rome, Pisa, Brescia, Monteggiori, Latina, Nettuno, Turin, Genoa, Bogliasco, San Giorgio del Sannio, Fasano, Noci - Puglia, Palazzolo - Sicily), Iceland (Reykjavik, Videy, Gullfoss, Geysir), USA (Chicago, Boston, Iowa City, New York City, Hudson - New York, Cleveland - Ohio, Grand Rapids - Michigan, Lafayette - Indiana, Omaha - Nebraska, Denver - Colorado, Wanship/ Tollgate Canyon - Utah, Phoenix, Tucson, Flagstaff - Arizona, Los Angeles, Oakland, Santa Clarita, San Diego - California), Mexico (Tijuana, Mexico City), Canada (Montreal), Hong Kong, China (Shanghai, Beijing), Japan (Tokyo, Hakodate), Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, Box Hill, Newham, Yea, Lake Eildon, Hobart - Tasmania), New Zealand (Christchurch, Sefton, Wellington, Auckland), South Africa (Johannesburg, Cape Town)
amongst others at the Schönbrunn Palace, in the Austrian National Library, Otto-Wagner-Kirche, Ruprechtskirche, Konzerthaus, ORF RadioKulturhaus, Museumsquartier, Leopold Museum, Porgy & Bess, Alte Schmiede, Japanese Embassy in Vienna, Ars Electronica Center in Linz, Stadtmuseum Munich, Belvedere Nettuno, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Villa Croce in Genoa, Museo Contemporaneo in Latina, Hong Kong Arts Centre, MONA Museum of Old and New Art in Tasmania, Testing Grounds in Melbourne, The Arts Centre of Christchurch, No Nation Gallery in Chicago, University of Vienna, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland/ Music in Basel, University of Gloucestershire in Cheltenham, University San Diego, Northern Arizona University, University of Melbourne, Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University Box Hill Institute, South African College of Music, University of Cape Town, UJ Arts Centre Theatre at University of Johannesburg and many other venues.
With an amazing independence of different voices, Bernadette Zeilinger creates clouds of sounds in movement, provoking real challenges to identify where they are coming from, at which point they start and what spaces they fill. With advanced modern techniques, she builds a counterpoint, which hovers between contemporary and Celtic. You can hear her soft melodies lightly flying in the air.