Reinhold Friedl, pianist, composer and ensemble director, is a pioneer of international avant-garde music, opening up new physical sound qualities ranging from precise sensuality to noisy harshness: He taught the piano to sing, his internationally acclaimed ensemble zeitkratzer opened up new horizons for ensemble playing, from Xenakis to Lou Reed, from folk music to Stockhausen, from young composers to numerous transdisciplinary collaborations, including film, dance and video cooperations. Reinhold Friedl's compositions profit from these experiences: orgies of sound for orchestra, noise choreographies for string quartet, recorded by Quatueur Diotima, extended techniques worthy of the name and transforming the solo piano into an orchestra.

Friedl studied mathematics, composition (Mario Bertoncini and Witold Szalonek) and piano (Renate Werner, Alan Marks, Alexander von Schlippenbach) and has released more than a hundred CDs and LPs. He holds a PhD from Goldsmiths University London and has been commissioned by international festivals such as Wiener Festwochen, BBC London, the French State, Berliner Festspiele, ZKM Karlruhe, etc. and has published numerous articles and radio features (Westdeutscher Rundfunk) on electronic music and other topics. Recent book published a mdw press (music university Vienna): Xenakis – Back to the Roots, towards a philology of electroacoustic music. Concerts worldwide.