FÜRNTRATT, Magdalena Elisabeth

Born in 1999 in Graz. Lives in Vienna

School education:

Language stream at HIB Graz-Liebenau (English, French, Latin, Chinese, Russian, Spanish)

Matura in 2017 with distinction


Musical training:

2006–2016: private harp lessons with MMag. Dr. Mona Smale

as well as several years of recorder, piano and violin lessons

Member of the Singakademie Graz and the HIB.art.chor

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Studies:

2017–2023: Studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz under Univ.-Prof. Margit-Anna Süß (preceded by a preparatory course in harp in 2016)

Major: Film music (recording practice and seminars with Johannes Vogel, Daniel Comploi and Carlos Rodríguez Rodríguez)

June 2021: Completed her Bachelor of Arts with distinction in harp performance

Erasmus exchange during the 2021/22 academic year for her Master’s degree (harp performance) at the University of Music, Drama and Media, Hanover, under Ruth-Alice Marino

June 2023: Awarded a Bachelor of Arts with distinction in harp performance and teaching

June 2023: Completed her Master of Arts in harp performance

Since October 2023: Master’s programme in harp performance and teaching at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna under Mag. Andrea Hampl

​Main areas of study: Composition (with Wolfram Wagner) and music physiology

Awards and prizes:

Winner of the 2020 Ernst and Rosa von Dombrowski Foundation Fund Prize for Music (Composition) – for her original composition “Sirens”

Two-time recipient of the KUG merit scholarship for the academic years 2018/2019 and 2019/2020

Multiple prize-winner at regional and national competitions (several first prizes at the National Solo Harp Competition) at Prima la Musica since 2005 – always performing her own compositions as well