Born in Vienna

Studies and diploma at the Academy of Music and Arts, Vienna (Prof. W. Schulz) and at the Academy of Music Freiburg, Germany (Prof. R. Aitken)

Master classes with Peter Lukas Graf and Robert Aitken

Winner of the competitions Jugend musiziert, Musica Juventutis, Forum junger Künstler, Talentinum and Live Music Now (Yehudi Menuhin Foundation)

Solo concerts with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Vienna Mozart Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra Hradec Kralove, Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre Filharmonique de Besancon, London Gala Orchestra, Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, Capella Istropolitana, Rousse Philharmonic Orchestra, Lublin Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovak Radio Orchestra and Bratislava Symphony Orchestra

Chamber music recitals in the main concert halls in Austria (Konzerthaus, Musikverein Golden Hall, Brucknerhaus Linz, Carinthian Summer Festival,...), Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary (Szeged Intern. Music Festival, ...), England (London Chamber Music Festival, ...), Ireland (Festival Music in Great Irish Houses,....), Iran (National Concert Hall, Int. Fajdr-Music Festival,...), USA, South Africa, Holland, Switzerland, France and Italy, Concerts on the Hapag Lloyd cruise yacht MS Europa, Nepal and India.

Tutor at the Sandor Vegh Symposium for woodwinds, and chamber music workshops in Ireland, Northern Ireland, China, Iran and South Africa

Contract for the Stage Orchestra in the Vienna State Opera

Principal Flute and Principal Piccolo in the
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,
BBC Symphony Orchestra,
London Mozart Players,
Irish Chamber Orchstra,
London Gala Orchestra,
Phantom of the Opera,
Les Miserables

CD Recordings
"Impressions" (Flute & Guitar),
"Soul Alignment" (Improvisations Flute & Synthesizer), "The Gardens of Birr Castle Demesne" (Flute & Harp), "Music of Great Irish Houses" (Flute & Harp)
"Castle Music" (Flute & Harp)
"Earthmagic" (Flute, Harp, Orchestra)

TV-recordings and Radio broadcastings in Austria (Ö 1) , France, Hungary, Ireland (Lyric Fm, Midland Radio 3, Highland Radio,...), Northern Ireland (BBC 1), South Africa and Czech Republic

Karin is the Artistic Director of the >>Vienna Film Orchestra

Karin has composed a new inspirational album for flute, harp and orchestra and performs on a wooden flute, piccolo, Irish tinwhistle and Native American flute. She also uses celtic instruments (e.g. uillean pipes) and tribal instruments (e.g. didgeridoo).

>> The album is out NOW!!

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Karin played "Titanic" (Flute & Irish Tinwhistle) at the Vienna Filmball 2010 for Kevin Spacey, Maximilian Schell and Christoph Waltz.

>> Titanic Video

Karin was awarded a Composition Prize of the City of Vienna in 2010 and has been appointed Artist & Composer in Residence in Tehran, Iran in 2012.