ILONA
Currently I'm very much looking for clarity in what I do,
and I want to use the time that is given to me well.
I am very happy if you listen and watch my pieces.
PERGER
Ilona Perger is an Austrian composer based in Bern.
Having completed her Master’s degree in Composition: Creative Practice at the Bern University of the Arts with the guidance of Simon Steen-Andersen and Irene Galindo Quero, she is now constantly realizing projects and working with various ensembles, such as Ensemble Mosaik, Ensemble Resonanz, Ensemble Spółdzielnia Muzyczna Contemporary Ensemble or the Jack Quartet, among others.
Her next projects will include collaborations with the Ensemble Aventure, the Nouvel Ensemble Contemporaine and a new Miniature Opera for the Taschenopernfestival in Salzburg in 2027.
Her pieces have been presented at various festivals such as Warschauer Herbst, rainy days, Darmstädter Ferienkurse and blurred edges.
She is an active member of the Berlin- based Kollektiv UNRUHE.
After completing her Bachelor degree in “Business Management and E-Business” in an early age, she decided to further pursue her artistic career and completed her Bachelor studies in piano pedagogy at the UdK Berlin with Linde Großmann and Lucas Blondeel.
These studies paved her way into composition - first as a sought-after interpreter of contemporary music and soon afterwards as an active composer.
In addition to her musical work, she has performed as actress with the Danish performance collective SIGNA at the Wiener Festwochen and the Schauspielhaus Hamburg and has worked in various theater contexts, which still makes her reflect on performativity and questions in contemporary music theater, as well on context of concert formats and instrumental music.
In 2025 Ilona was awarded the Darmstadt Scholarship by the Darmstädter Ferienkurse.