Manuela Kerer finished her composition studies in Innsbruck and Milan (Alessandro Solbiati) and got degrees in violin-instrumental education, law and psychology (PhD “Music and dementia”).

She graduated with honors in composition in Innsbruck, studied with Alessandro Solbiati in Milan and completed her studies in violin instrumental pedagogy. She also holds a doctorate in law and a doctorate in psychology and wrote her doctoral thesis on "Music and dementia" and the "Development of composers' copyright". Manuela Kerer combines all these disciplines in her music.

Manuela Kerer's works have been performed in New York, Berlin, Vienna, Rome, London, Moscow and on Lake Titicaca by ensembles such as the Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, Klangforum Wien, Korean Chamber Orchestra, Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop Berlin, Münchner Kammerorchester, Ensemble Meitar Israel, Camerata Salzburg and by master musicians such as Julius Berger and Sarah Maria Sun. Her music has received numerous awards and has been released on several CDs.

Manuela Kerer has held the chair of "Music Pedagogy for Music Didactics" at the "Claudio Monteverdi" Conservatory in Bolzano since 2022/23. Together with Katrin Beck, she will be the artistic director of the "Munich Biennale", a world premiere festival for contemporary music theater, from 2026.

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