Brigitta Muntendorf

In her work, the German-Austrian composer Brigitta Muntendorf explores the fragility of our techno-social and sociopolitical reality and develops new concepts of “Radical Listening,” “Environmental Storytelling,” and “Immersive Theater” across a range of formats, from instrumental settings to 3D audio productions, AI voice cloning, and transdigital music theater. Artist residencies have taken her to Kyoto and Paris, among other places, and her works are presented at international music and art festivals such as Kyoto Experiment, the Vienna Festival, the Donaueschingen Music Festival, TIME:SPANS New York, and the Holland Festival. Brigitta Muntendorf is a professor of composition at the Cologne University of Music and Dance, a full member of the Berlin Academy of Arts, and a member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Since 2026, she has served as artistic director of the KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen.