Clara Iannotta

Clara Iannotta is an Italian composer and curator based in Berlin. Her music is commissioned and performed by renowned ensembles, soloists and orchestras, including Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Arditti Quartet, Quatuor Diotima, Ensemble intercontemporain, JACK, Klangforum Wien, Nikel and numerous international orchestras.

Iannotta has been a fellow of the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program in 2013, Villa Médici (Académie de France à Rome) from 2018 to 2019, and the recipient of several prizes including the Ernst von Siemens Composer Prize 2018, Hindemith-Preis 2018, Una Vita nella Musica Giovani 2019 and the Premio Abbiati 2021. Her three portrait albums ‘A Failed Entertainment’ (Edition RZ), ‘Earthing’ (Wergo) and ‘Moult’ (Kairos) were all awarded a place on the Bestenliste der deutschen Schallplattenkritik (German Record Critics’ Award). She is a member of the Academy of Arts in Berlin.

Iannotta is professor in composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts (mdw) in Vienna and served as the artistic director of the Bludenzer Tage zeitgemäßer Musik from 2014 to 2024. She is a member of the board of trustees of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation, and starting from 2025 she will be the artistic director for music programming of the Festival d’Automne à Paris.