CV / Long Biography

Mauro Hertig

*1989 in Switzerland
lives in New York
maurohertig.com

Composer of contemporary music with focus on ensemble, chamber, conceptual and site-specific works

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Studies
2017 – Master of Arts in Composition, Kunstuniversität Graz (KUG), with Beat Furrer and Klaus Lang
2013 – Bachelor of Arts in Composition, Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) with Isabel Mundry
2008 – Matura (highschool) graduation, major in Jazz guitar with Giancarlo Nicolai

Select Commissions
Basel Sinfonietta, ECLAT Festival Stuttgart, Österreichischer Rundfunk ORF, Collegium Novum Zürich, Ensemble Recherche, Impuls Festival Graz, Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik, Schallfeld Ensemble, Lemniscate Ensemble, Royaumont Foundation, Orpheus Competition, Belgrade Biennale

Prices, Selections
2022 Finalist of Mivos/Kanter Prize New York
2020 Opera Creation Workshop of Festival Aix-en-Provence
2019 Laureate of Voix-Nouvelles Académie, Royaumont, France
2018 Startstipendium scholarship by the Austrian Chancellery
2016 ‘Promising Young Composer’ by the European ULYSSES Network
2013 2nd prize MusicaNeo / ZHdK Composition Competition

Composer-in-Residence Positions
2020 – Camargo Foundation Cassis, France
2019 – Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology Zurich (ICST)
2018 – 180° Festival for Innovative Art Sofia

Select Performances
– ECLAT Festival, Stuttgart, Germany- Sacrificial G.O.A.T., Feb 4, 2024
– De Singel, Antwerp & De Bijloke, Gent, Belgium- Losing the Red Queen’s Race for orchestra – Nov 30; Dec 1, 2022
– Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik, Germany – Mum Hum – May 6, 2022
– Tokyo Spring Festival, Japan – Ping Pol – Mar 24, 2023
– Swiss Chamber Music Festival, Switzerland – Silly Empath, Sep 18, 2022
– ENSEMS Festival Valencia, Spain- Perfect Thirst – Sep 21, 2022
– Sydney Opera House, Australia – Slope Motion – Nov 1, 2019
– Portrait Concert, ORF Vienna, Austria – May 2, 2018
– Camerata Hall – Helsinki Music Centre Finland -Tandem Trapez –  April 20, 2018
– Impuls Festival, Austria– Ping Pol – Feb 18, 2017

Portrait Articles / Interviews
– VAN Magazin, portrait interview, online issue #205, May 2019, German
– Tank Magazine, online, September, 2018, English
– skug online, portrait article, online, April 2018, German

Select Reviews
Stuttgarter Zeitung, Sacrificial G.O.A.T. (2024) | Die Oberbadische, Losing the Red Queen’s Race (2022) | Republik, Mum Hum (2021) | Schweizer Musikzeitung, Mum Hum (2021) | Res Musica – Musique Classique et Danse, The Great Mirror (2019) Olyrix – Opera online | Diapason, The Great Mirror (2019), online | Südkurier, Pawlow (2016) | Neue Zürcher Zeitung NZZ, Tempong (2014) | taz – die Tageszeitung, Stück für Westerngitarre Solo (2013)

Press