Angelika Schopper

Angelika Schopper grew up in Schwaz, Tyrol. She studied piano with Veronica Jochum at the New England Conservatory in Boston (USA) and with Alfons Kontarsky at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg. In 2001, she earned her degree in chamber music. She completed postgraduate studies in cultural management at the ICCM—International Center for Culture and Management—in Salzburg and was a founding member of “Tschik Tschak—Festival for Contemporary Jewish Culture,” held in Vienna in 2004 and 2006 at venues including the Filmcasino, Odeon, the Jewish Museum, and WUK.

2003–2026: Worked at the International Mozarteum Foundation in Salzburg; Head of Production, Dramaturgy, and Outreach at the Festspielhaus St. Pölten; Executive Chairwoman of Klangspuren Schwaz—Festival for Contemporary Music; and Executive Director and Music Curator at Tangente St. Pölten—Festival for Contemporary Culture.

Angelika Schopper operates at the intersection of the local and the international. She has a longstanding commitment to music education (Klangspuren Lautstark, Klangspuren Barfuss), as well as to cultural policy as chair of the Austrian National Union of Students (ÖH) and advisor on education policy at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg; she serves on the board of mica – music austria and is a member of the BMWKMS Music Advisory Board. She currently works for the music label “col legno” and explores opportunities for the presence and dissemination of contemporary music in the digital space.