Martin Ritter.

Composing new
conditions for listening

Composer Artistic Researcher Creative Technologist


Martin Ritter is a Graz-based composer, artistic researcher, and creative technologist. He holds a DMA in Composition / Music Technology and a PhD in Computational Media Design. His work connects instrumental and electronic composition with microtonality, movement, spatial sound, organs, and responsive systems.

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Works

Compositions, performances, recordings, and scores.

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Instruments & Systems

Tuning, organs, interfaces, sensors, movement, and spatial sound.

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Research & platforms

Methods, documentation, publishing, and public knowledge.


Microtonality · 2024

C^2

Acoustic piano and microtonal E-piano.


2024 · acoustic piano and microtonal E-piano

Current project · 2026

We Are Still and Time Moves Through Us

A Zeitschleife project for an ice arena in Graz, translating figure-skating movement through sensors into real-time musical processes.


Figure skating · live sound · movement sensors

Gamified work · 2025

(toe).looping

A Unity game made in collaboration with Alyssa Aska.


2025 · Unity game in collaboration with Alyssa Aska

Compositions

Music that blends classical, experimental, and electronic sounds – written for soloists, ensembles, and everything in between.

Creative Coding

Code, code, code, code, code, code, code!!!


Ideas that leave something behind.

Methods, instruments, and organizations that remain useful beyond a single work.

01 / ORGANON

FWF PEEK

Reimagining the organ from the composer’s side.

Repertoire, notation, enharmonic interfaces, and resources for contemporary organ music.


02 / EMBODIED SOUND / S.K.A.T.E.

Co-developer (with Alyssa Aska)

Movement becomes musical material.

Sensor-based performance, real-time sound, spatial thinking, and collaborative systems.


03 / ZEITSCHLEIFE

Co-founder

Creating the context in which work can happen.

Composition, publishing, production, and public life for experimental music.


TitleForcesYearListen
We Are Still and Time Moves Through Ussensors; electronics2026
piano, microtonal e-piano2024
(toe).loopingUnity, game audio2025
Frescobaldi Fragmentsmicrotonal organ2023