Bernhard Günther

Bernhard Günther has been Artistic Director of the festival Wien Modern since 2016. 2012–2022 he has also directed the festival ZeitRäume Basel – biennial for new music and architecture, which first took place in 2015. 2004–2016, as Chief Dramaturg of the Philharmonie Luxembourg, he was responsible for the festival rainy days among other things. With unfinished studies at the Musikhochschule Lübeck (Violoncello) and the University of Vienna (Musicology, Theatre Studies, Linguistics and more), he came to mica – music information center austria as Editor of the Lexicon of Contemporary Music from Austria, where he worked until 2004 as curator and deputy director. As a passionate visitor and organiser of concerts of various genres and formats, as author, editor, dramaturg and curator for various publishers, media outlets and event organisers, as panel member (i.a. Kranichsteiner Musikpreis, Deutscher Musikrat, Impuls neue Musik) as well as occasional musician, he has been intensely involved in new music and its surroundings for over 25 years.  Bernhard Günther was born in 1970 in Thun / Switzerland, is married, has one daughter, and lives in Vienna.