KOVAC, Iva

Iva Kovač is a Vienna-based Croatian flutist specialising in contemporary music. She is a member of the Platypus Ensemble and has played, among others, with Ensemble Intercontemporain, Klangforum Wien, the Black Page Orchestra, ensemble N (which she co-founded), Schallfeld, Reconsil, PHACE, Kontrapunkte, ensemble xx. jahrhundert, and Cantando Admont. She studied the flute at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Hansgeorg Schmeiser and graduated with honours. During her studies, she also worked with Eva Furrer, and as an Erasmus-student at the Paris Conservatory (CNSMDP), with Sophie Cherrier. She has performed at various festivals and concert halls (Art Space @SNU in Seoul, Carinthian Summer, Festival de Música dos Açores, Lucerne Festival, Music Biennale Zagreb, Musikverein Wien, Philharmonie de Paris, Salzburg Festival, Warsaw Autumn, Wien Modern, Wiener Konzerthaus etc.). Alongside freelancing as a flutist, she is currently pursuing a PhD in linguistics at the University of Vienna.