"Composition is the calm that is still inherent in the storm."

born in Vienna, May 27, 1994

Coming from a family of musicians, Oskar Gigele already showed a remarkable talent for complex melodies at a young age. As a soloist with the Vienna Boys' Choir, he has already sung on the world's great stages, for example as the second boy in The Magic Flute at the 2006 Salzburg Festival. After graduating from Vienna's Neustiftgasse Music High School, he began his academic career at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (mdw) in Iris ter Schiphorst's composition class in 2014. Since October 2022 he has been studying media composition with a focus on film music with Judit Varga.

He expanded his expertise by participating in the Film Scoring Masterclass with Alan Menken at Hollywood in Vienna in September 2022, as well as the Composition Masterclass with Kalevi Aho in March 2023. In May 2022 he taught his own composition masterclass focusing on the piano and its compositional possibilities at Piano Day Skopje, North Macedonia.

Gigele has won numerous prizes, including the Ensemble Ultreia Call for Scores (2019) and his placement as a semi-finalist in the Synchron Stage Vienna composer competition (2023). Of particular note is his victory in the Volksoper Vienna miniature operetta competition (2023), which earned him the commission to compose a miniature operetta that premiered at the Volksoper in June 2024.

In addition to his compositional achievements, Gigele is also known for his collaborations with renowned artists, including the composition of the intro music for Joesi Prokopetz's cabaret program Vorletzte Worte (2014).

As a board and founding member of the Independent Music Association, Oskar Gigele was interviewed by Daniela Fietzek for OE1 (Österreichischer Rundfunk), where two of his pieces were broadcast. His ongoing collaboration with the Alma Mahler Philharmonic Orchestra, for which he has written several orchestral works, is further testimony to his artistic commitment and professionalism. His contribution as sound logo composer for the KlangBildKlang Festival 2024 is also worth mentioning.

In the summer of 2023, Oskar Gigele also expanded his repertoire by producing several tracks for the television format Genussland Österreich (2023) on ORF 3, which were used in various episodes of the series.

Since January 2025, Gigele has also been producing music for video games, including as a member of Ink and Quill Studio.