GABRIELE PROY
Composer. Artistic Director. Professor.
Gabriele Proy is one of Austria's most prominent contemporary composers. From 2001 to 2013, Proy was president of the European Forum Klanglandschaft. In 2013, Proy was honoured with the City of Vienna Prize for Music, the city's highest award for music. In 2022, Proy was honoured with the Lower Austria Culture Prize for Music. Gabriele Proy's numerous compositions for choir, orchestra and chamber music have been performed worldwide at concert halls such as the Vienna Musikverein, the Edge Theatre Melbourne, the Halton Theatre Charlotte, London's Wigmore Hall, the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Esplanade Theatres on the Bay Singapore and the Kyoto Concert Hall.
Gabriele Proy / © Gabriele Goffriller
“It is precisely this meta-level that interests me as a composer, this intensive listening, this contemplative immersion in the vastness of a landscape. ”
Composition „Rosarium“ by Gabriele Proy.
Nikola Djoric (accordion).
Composition „Hommage an Ursula Mamlok“ by Gabriele Proy.
Ulrike Anton (flute), Christine Roider (violoncello).
Aufbruch der Frauen – Acht Wegbereiterinnen der österreichischen Frauenbewegung
Documentary movie by Walter Wehmeyer. Film music by Gabriele Proy.
“As a composer, my approach to nature has found great resonance worldwide. I was commissioned to compose the choral work “Peace” for the European Peace Concert in Leipzig 1813-1913-2013. My success in Japan was crowned by the anniversary commission for Japan-Austria 1869-2019, premiered in Japan with members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.”
Gabriele Proy received special recognition through the prestigious composition commission from the Republic of Austria, awarded by the Office of the President to mark the 80th anniversary of the Republic of Austria’s independence. Her anniversary composition “Achtzig” was premiered at the ceremonial state event marking the founding of the Second Republic. In 2025, she was awarded the professional title of Professor by Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen at the Hofburg. #Panel #Debate #Podium #Curator #Lecturer #workshopfacilitator
