HUBERT STUPPNER studied piano and composition at the Conservatory of Bolzano and Lettere at the University of Padova (Degree in History of Music with a thesis on Brahms). He has attended the International Summer Courses in Darmstadt, in particular the Ligeti, Kagel, Stockhausen and Xenakis seminars. Professor at the Conservatory of Bolzano he won in 1981 a competition for the position of director of the Conservatory of Bolzano. He began his career as a composer with two important reportings earned at the same time in 1973 to the competitions of Zwolle and Bilthoven (Gaudeamus).
He has been for many years artistic director and president of the jury of the International Piano Competition “F. Busoni” as well as jury member in other national and international music competitions. He has had executions and commissions from various European festivals, “Festival di Salisburgo”, “Donaueschinger Musiktage”, Biennale di Venezia, “Wien Modern”, “Cantiere musicale Montepulciano”, German Television. Among the orchestras who have performed his works there are: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale of Firenze, Orchestra del Teatro Regio of Torino, Orchestra “Toscanini” of Parma, “Wiener Symphoniker”, Orchestra “Mozarteum” of Salzburg, Orchestra Bayerischer Rundfunk, Orchestra “Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester”, Orchestra of Radio France, Orchestra of Montpellier, Baden-Baden, Brema, Frankfurt, Opera of Stuttgart, RSO of Berlin, Teatro Colon, Chamber Opera of Warsaw, italian regional orchestras of Padova, Pomeriggi Musicali of Milan. He won prizes for his works: “Schnittger” Competition of Zwolle (1° Prize, 1976), Filarmonica Umbra Competition (1° Prize for the lyric opera Totentanz, 1978), “E. Ansermet” Competition of Ginevra (Ballet for orchestra, President of the jury G. Petrassi, 2° Prize, 1984). He received many commissions from artists and international institutions: Quartetto Kronos, Orchestra of the Austrian Radio (1° piano and orchestra Concerto), Orchestra of Baden-Baden (2° piano and orchestra Concerto), Festival “Mahler” ("Capriccio Viennese" for violin and orchestra), Festival of Salzburg, Opera House of Stuttgart.