Manuela Kerer
*1980
"Manuela Kerer likes to be amazed and is constantly on the lookout for new sounds, surprises and challenges."
Manuela Kerer graduated with honors in composition in Innsbruck and studied with Alessandro Solbiati in Milan, completing her studies in violin instrumental pedagogy alongside. She also holds a doctorate in law and a doctorate in psychology — her doctoral theses addressed "Music and Dementia" and the "Development of Composers' Copyright." In her music, she combines all these disciplines.
Her 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, and Camerata Salzburg, and by soloists including Julius Berger and Sarah Maria Sun. Her music has received numerous awards and has been released on several CDs.
Since 2022/23, Manuela Kerer has held the chair of Music Pedagogy for Music Didactics at the Claudio Monteverdi Conservatory in Bolzano. Together with Katrin Beck, she will serve as artistic director of the Munich Biennale — a world premiere festival for contemporary music theater — from 2026.