Johannes Kreidler was born in 1980 in Esslingen / Germany. Musically trained since he was four, he had his first piano lessons at the age of eight. In 1989 he began composing, since 1990 he got lessons in composition and music theory at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart. Additionally, he began playing the violin and organ. From 2000 to 2006 he had been studying composition and music theory at the Musikhochschule Freiburg, composition with Mathias Spahlinger, theory with Eckehard Kiem, organ with Helmut Deutsch, piano with Felix Gottlieb and electronic music with Mesias Maiguashca and Orm Finnendahl. Aditionally, he was doing philosophical studies at the Universität Freiburg. From 2004 to 2005, he had been studying electronic music at the institut for sonology of the Royal Conservatory The Hague / Holland. Therefore he received a scholarship of the European Community.
He visited courses with Helmut Lachenmann, Brian Ferneyhough, Richard Barrett and at IRCAM Paris.
Since 2006 he teaches music theory and electronic music at the University of Music and Theater Rostock / Germany and at the Hochbegabtenzentrum of the University of Music Detmold, since 2010 at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover.
Johannes Kreidler lives in Berlin.
Music by Johannes Kreidler has been broadcasted on CNN, ARD, ZDF, 3Sat Kulturzeit, Deutsche Welle, DeutschlandRadio, DeutschlandFunk, SWR, WDR, HR, BR, MDR, RBB, BBC, the main scandinavian radio stations and on many free radio stations, WebTV shows und Web Radios worldwide.
