Klaus Ager

Klaus Ager, born in Salzburg in 1946, studied music at the Salzburg Mozarteum and at the Salzburg University, as well as at the Conservatoire National et Superieur in Paris with Olivier Messiaen and Pierre Schaeffer.
At present Klaus Ager is a professor for musical analytics, as well as being the president of the Austrian Composers' Association and president of the European Composers' Forum, the union of European composers' associations.

In the last years Klaus Ager frequently worked as composer in residence and as lecturer at several universities in North and South America. As a composer he is most notably recognized for his chamber music, orchestral works, as well as for his electronical and computer music.