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After graduating at the HTL for Telecommunications in Innsbruck (1994), Christian Reimeir first studied mathematics and physics. His approach to music was not until the age of 17, when he started to play the piano. Following an inner urge, he started to intensively teach himself (1992) piano and music theory and to compose his first piano pieces. He then continued to study composition at the Conservatory in Innsbruck with Prof. Martin Lichtfuss (1999 - 2006, Diploma 2006). He is a founding member of "AKRÓASIS", the forum for music and media in an intercultural context (Vienna, 2009) and winner of the Composition Prize of the city of Innsbruck (2010). His music can be heard in the movie "Life Off Limits" (Austria / Germany, 2011). He has received commissions of various ensembles and his works have been featured at the congress of the International Viola d'amore Society of America 2012 ('Peri-Tales', commissioned for viola d'amore and chamber orchestra) and the Klangspuren Schwaz ('phen-ix', interpreted by the Spanish Piano Trio 'Arbós'). A wide variety of his compositions, including an interview, aired on the Austrian ORF Radio Ö1. Christian Reimeir currently lives and works as a freelance composer in Vienna and Innsbruck.
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