Markus Sepperer M.A.
Bischoffgasse 1/1/14
1120 Vienna - Austria
+43 (0) 699 10012334
http://www.markussepperer.com

BIO

Markus Sepperer is an Austrian musician, composer, visual artist and photographer, born in Carinthia in 1978. His artistic practice moves between contemporary classical music, electroacoustic composition, live electronics, sound art, photography and audiovisual performance.

He initially studied classical music at Mozarteum University Salzburg and the Vienna Conservatory. His growing interest in contemporary music, improvisation and experimental performance subsequently led him to Leipzig and London, where he continued his musical education with a focus on avant-garde and improvised music.

As an oboist and English horn player, Sepperer works internationally in contemporary classical and experimental music. Alongside his work as an instrumentalist, he develops his own compositions, audiovisual performances and technological systems.

His projects combine acoustic instruments, multichannel sound, live electronics, electromagnetic fields, light and custom-built software environments. Working primarily with Max/MSP and Ableton Live, he explores the relationships between sound, space, physical processes and visual perception.

From 2023 to 2026, Sepperer completed the Electroacoustic and Experimental Music programme (ELAK) at the mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. In autumn 2026, he will begin the master’s programme in Computer Music and Sound Art at the Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics (IEM) at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz.

Sepperer also completed a three-year programme in artistic photography at FotoK Wien. Shortly afterwards, he received an award at the international Epson Art Photo Award, and his work was presented at Art Cologne. In 2011, he received an Austrian Cultural Promotion Prize for emerging artists. In 2015, he was Artist in Residence at Organhaus Art Space in Chongqing, supported by the Austrian government.

His photographic and visual work has been exhibited internationally in Austria, Germany, Italy, Serbia, Hong Kong, Macau and China. His photographic stories have appeared in publications including Greenpeace Magazin, Die Zeit, Der Standard, Wiener Zeitung and Vokrug Magazine. Since 2014, he has also worked regularly as an official photographer for Wien Modern, Austria’s largest festival for contemporary music.

SELECTED MUSICAL ACTIVITY

As an oboist and English horn player, Markus Sepperer performs nationally and internationally in the fields of contemporary classical music, experimental music and interdisciplinary performance. He is a member of the Österreichisches Ensemble für Neue Musik (œnm), performs regularly with the PHACE Ensemble and has participated in numerous productions with Klangforum Wien. His recorded work includes a release on the KAIROS label featuring Wolfgang Schurig’s Oboe Concerto.

His concert activity has included performances at major venues such as the Wiener Konzerthaus, Musikverein Wien, Mozarteum Salzburg, Festspielhaus Bregenz, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and Berliner Philharmonie, as well as at concert halls and festivals in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Chongqing and other cities in China.

His compositions, electroacoustic works and audiovisual performances have been presented at Ars Electronica, at the Sound and Music Computing Conference 2025 in Graz, and at various venues and platforms for experimental and electronic music in Vienna.

Selected Exhibitions

Ozymandias, Eyes On Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Heterotopia, Monat der Fotografie Wien, 2016, Vienna, Austria

HeterUtopia, Organhaus Art Space, 2015, Chongqing, China

Downstream the Greyscale, Kunstraum Innichen, 2013–2014, Innichen, Italy

A.S.A.P. – Austro Sino Arts Project: Left and Right, 2012, Beijing, China

Downstream the Greyscale, Stadtgalerie Salzburg, 2013, Salzburg, Austria

Downstream the Greyscale, Monat der Fotografie Wien, 2012, Vienna, Austria

Hands on Urbanism, Winner Exhibition, First Prize, Architekturzentrum Wien Photography Competition, Vienna, Austria

Verschichtet Global #x3, Monat der Fotografie Wien, 2010, Vienna, Austria

Migong, Monat der Fotografie Wien, 2010, Vienna, Austria

Verschichtet Global #x2, Galerie Artbits, 2010, Vienna, Austria

Crossing Borders, with the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, 2009, Hong Kong and Macau

Bildetage Goes Belgrade, Austrian artists presented by Bildetage, 2009, Belgrade, Serbia

Epson Art Photo Award – Winner Exhibition, 2008, Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany