Through virtuosic performance and creative programming, they offer new ways of listening to music as tradition and as innovation. Their music speaks not only in terms of the means of their instruments but in terms of the worlds they inhabit and ideas they collect.

Iris Lichtinger is a shining example of such boundary-breaking creativity. Her professional life is a seamless progression of innovation from Early Music, New Music, classical, jazz, and improvisation. She employs music as the perfect language—close and universal—and imbues her performances with rich-bodied expressiveness and emotional directness. As a Musician and Artistic Director, she is not just a master of sound, but of structure, context, and meaning.

Trained in Europe's finest conservatories, she honed her skills in masterclasses and with world-class mentors. Her programming is as forward-thinking as her performances, combining far-flung genres into inclusive experiences. These performances span centuries and continents, based on the passion for artistic perfection.

Iris Lichtinger is also artistic director of the MEHR MUSIK! Ensemble, where she united newcomers and experts since 2009. Under her direction, top performances like Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians and multimedia improvisation concerts have been created. Her work with the ensemble proves her commitment to the creation of rich musical worlds that push and expand the expectations of the listener.

With her PROGETTO '600 ensemble, Iris Lichtinger dismantles the boundaries of music by combining early Baroque, jazz, pop, and postmodern textures. With her tango ensemble MÁS QUE TANGO, she reinvents Argentine tango music in passionate musical encounters. As pianist, flutist, and vocalist, her concerts are true but surprisingly new. With every endeavor, Musician and Artistic Director Iris Lichtinger recasts the concert experience, opening up audiences to a compelling vision of the ageless potential of music to unite, evolve, and change. To know more details, visit:https://irislichtinger.com/