PRACTICE
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.
Selected Work
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!!!
RESEARCH & PLATFORMS
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.
| Title | Forces | Year | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| We Are Still and Time Moves Through Us | sensors; electronics | 2026 | ▶ |
| C² | piano, microtonal e-piano | 2024 | ▶ |
| (toe).looping | Unity, game audio | 2025 | ▶ |
| Frescobaldi Fragments | microtonal organ | 2023 | ▶ |