Johannes Winkler (composer)

Johannes Winkler is a film music composer, multi-instrumentalist, and music producer based in Vienna, Austria. Since 2016, he has frequently collaborated with Canadian musician Edo Van Breemen.

Early life and education

Johannes Winkler started his musical education at the age of eight, when he started studying flute, piano, percussion, violin, and later electronic music and analog synthesisers.[1]

He earned a Master's Degree with distinction from the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, where he specialised in jazz and classical piano, composition, and sound engineering.[1]

Career

Winkler and his frequent collaborator since 2016 Edo Van Breemen composed the music for the 2018 Netflix TV series Dogs.[1][2]

For their work on the film Handle With Care: The Legend of the Notic Streetball Crew, Van Breemen and Winkler received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Original Music in a Documentary at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023.[3]

He worked with Slovak-Austrian filmmaker Alexandra Makárová, along with Rusanda Panfili, to compose the music for Makárová's 2025 film Perla.[4] They started working on the music two years before filming began.[5]

Personal life

Winkler lives in Vienna, Austria.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Bio". Johannes Winkler. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  2. ^ "The Sound of Documentary: Composing Music for Contemporary Film". DOXA Documentary Film Festival. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  3. ^ Pat Mullen, "2023 Canadian Screen Award Nominations for Documentary". Point of View, February 22, 2023.
  4. ^ Mintzer, Jordan (10 July 2025). "'Perla' Review: An Artist Is Trapped on Both Sides of the Iron Curtain in a Tense Soviet-Era Saga". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 3 September 2025. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  5. ^ Makárová, Alexandra (26 March 2025). "What the 80s Mean in Czechoslovakia: Alexandra Makarova on Perla". FilmInt.nu (Interview). Interviewed by Moosavi, Ali. Archived from the original on 4 July 2025. Retrieved 19 October 2025.


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