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Artistic Profile

Ana Topalovic is a cellist and interdisciplinary artist working at the intersection of instrumental performance, live electronics, and emerging technologies. Her practice expands the sonic and physical possibilities of the cello through extended techniques, real-time processing, and hybrid performance formats that integrate movement, visuals, and interactive systems.

Rooted in a classical background, her work moves fluidly between classical and contemporary music, experimental performance and collaborative creation. She develops projects that explore the relationship between nature, sound and technology, often engaging with current questions around digital presence, artificial intelligence, and perception.

Her performances range from solo formats with live looping and electronic augmentation to transdisciplinary works involving dancers, actors, painters and other artists. In these contexts, the cello functions not only as an instrument, but as a performative interface—an extension of gesture, narrative and transformation.

Alongside her artistic work, she is actively engaged in pedagogy, developing approaches that connect traditional instrumental training with contemporary techniques and creative exploration.

Projects & Collaborations

Projects:

Multicello (#solo #contemporary) | DAN_CE_LLO (#performance) | Vienna Cello Studio (#teaching) | Strauss Lost in Digital Space (#childrensprogram) | Fragmentango (#performance) | Treffpunkt Kunst Festival | Green Thing Ensemble (#chambermusic #contemporary) | Duo Arcord (#duo) | Rojotango (#chambermusic)

Collaborations:

Elisabeth Plank (harp) | Bogdan Laketic (accordion) | Chris Pichler (actrice) | Margareta Ferek-Petric (composer) | Gabriele Proy (composer) | Johanna Doderer (composer) | Janoska Ensemble | Erwin Schrott | Michaela Ursuleasa (piano)

Selected Performances

Carnegie - Weil - Hall (Multicello #solo) | Vienna Konzerthaus - Berio Hall (Celliphonia #solo) | Vienna Konzerthaus - Main Hall (Rojotango #chambermusic) | Vienna Musikverein - Golden Hall (“Meseceva Kci” #solowithorchestra) | Vienna Musikverein - Glass Hall (Duo Arcord #duo) | Vienna Musikverein (“Swan Lake” #duo #childrensperformance) | Gasteig Munich (Landscapes of My Inner Diaspora #performance) | Salzburger Festspiele (Rojotango #chambermusic) | Isar Philharmonie (Danzas Poéticas #duo) | Konzerthaus Berlin (Portrait G. Proy #chambermusic) | Wien Modern (“Die Prinzessin” #childrensprogram) | Centro Kultural Kirchner (Benzecry Concert #solowithorchestra)

Discography

  • BACHIANA - A Solo Cello Fantasy (Hänssler Classic) #solo #contemporary

  • CELLIPHONIA (Synesthesia Recordings) #solo #contemporary

  • ARCORD - Inspired by Songs and Dances (Orlando Records) #duo

  • SONIC SCREENS (Synesthesia Recordings) #duo #contemporary

  • Agostino Di Scipio (Neos) #duo #contemporary

  • Mosaique (ViennArt) #duo

  • Rojotango (Sony) #chambermusic

  • Soliloquist (Donemus) #solo #contemporary

  • Music is My Life (Capriccio) #duo #chambermusic #contemporary

Awards, Grants and Honors

Awards

  • IBLA Grand Prize (P. Vasks Performance - Special Mention), Ragusa (2013)

  • Torneo Internationale di Musica, Rom/Paris (2012)

  • Mamriev Kammermusikwettbewerb,Braunschweig (2011)

Grants

Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport (BMKOES), Austrian Ministry for European and International Affairs (BMEIA), Cultural Department of the City of Vienna (MA7), Vienna Intercultural Project Grant (District Level), Artist Work Grant, Austrian Music Fonds

Honors

  • Austrian citizenship granted in special recognition of artistic achievements

  • Member of Calliope – Join the Dots, project by Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which highlights women who have achieved excellence in their fields

  • Jargar Strings endorsed artist

  • Honorary Guest Professor of “Jose Hernandez” Conservatory, Buenos Aires

Education

  • Master’s Studies @ Konservatorium Wien Privatuniversität (MUK) with Martin Hornstein and Lilia Schulz-Bayrova

  • Konzertexamen @ Hochschule für Musik Köln with Maria Kliegel

  • Instrumental Pedagogy and early childhood education @ Konservatorium Wien Privatuniversität (MUK)

  • Bachelor’s Studies @ Konservatorium Wien Privatuniversität (MUK) with Jontscho Bayrov

  • Masterclasses: Frans Helmerson, Natalia Gutman, Young Chang Cho, Stefan Popov, Martin Löhr, Pavel Vernikov, Johannes Meissl, Werner Hink, Claus-Christian Schuster

Teaching & Outreach

  • Lecturer for cello and contemporary techniques @ Richard Wagner Konservatorium Wien

  • Founder of the Vienna Cello Studio

  • Honorary Guest Professor @ Jose Hernandez Conservatory Buenos Aires

  • Masterclasses and Performance Lectures @ Ionian University, Greece | Radford University, USA | St. Louis College Rome, Italy | Bucharest Music University, Romania | Iasi Music University, Romania | Music Academy Belgrade, Serbia | Kragujevac Music University, Serbia | Music Academy Sarajevo, BiH | Piazzolla Conservatory, Buenos Aires, Argentina | Razumovsky Academy Vienna

  • Children’s Performance for Wiener Musikverein, Wiener Konzerthaus, Jeunesse, Brucknerhaus Linz, Wien Modern

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