Johannes Tröndle

Johannes Tröndle, born in Hallein, Austria, in 1981, is a cellist, sound artist, writer and radio-play maker based in Vienna. He studied cello in Linz and musicology and cultural studies in Vienna. His artistic practice brings acoustic performance into contact with electroacoustic work, literary texts and radio.

He helped initiate the electroacoustic duos inien, nörz and acker velvet and has performed across Europe. His recorded collaborations include releases on schraum in Berlin and Monotype Records in Warsaw. In the duo inien, which he formed with electric bassist Axel Haller, Tröndle explores the relationship between sustained bowing, instrumental preparations, quiet sound and open-form performance.

Alongside music, Tröndle has written and produced radio plays including Urgroßvater and Das Zeitmesser. His literary work includes poetry and contributions to Austrian literary journals; he received the Feldkirch Poetry Prize in 2017. On Creative Sources he appears on Torsten Papenheim's Hellerau (CS694).