Biography
Andrea Götsch comes from South Tyrol and is the artistic director of the Ehrphilharmonie Vienna. As a young, up-and-coming conductor, she leads concerts of various orchestras, primarily in Austria, Italy, Bulgaria, Croatia, and Korea. Since 2019, she has been a clarinetist with the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna State Opera Orchestra, and she has also temporarily served as an elected committee member of the Philharmonic Association. In addition, she performs internationally as a soloist and has given concerts with the Győr Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León, the Recreation Orchestra, I Virtuosi Italiani, the Slovak Sinfonietta Žilina, and the Südtirol Filarmonica, among others. Andrea Götsch is a prizewinner of national and international competitions and a founding member of several ensembles, including “Divinerinnen”, “Clarinet & Strings Vienna”, and “La Philharmonica”; she also appears in a wide variety of other chamber music formations. Numerous radio, CD, and television recordings exist. Since 2020 she has been teaching at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (mdw), and in 2025 she also taught at the Mozarteum University Salzburg. As a composer, she has already fulfilled several commissions; as a football player, she currently plays both for the Vienna Philharmonic’s football club and in the Austrian Women’s Bundesliga for the Wiener Sport-Club.
Her first clarinet lessons were with Christian Laimer, and she completed her studies, all with distinction, at institutions including the Conservatory of Bolzano (Roberto Gander), Mozarteum Salzburg (Alois Brandhofer, Dario Zingales), Hochschule für Musik in Nuremberg (Thomas Holzmann), and in Vienna at the Music and Arts Private University (Reinhard Wieser, Alexander Neubauer) and the University of Music and Performing Arts (Johann Hindler, Christoph Zimper). She studies conducting with Prof. Sophie Rachlin and has assisted and learned from renowned conductors such as Cornelius Meister and Andrés Orozco Estrada. Her career has been further enriched by studies in psychology and philosophy, music education, and mental training.
CONDUCTOR
Andrea Götsch made her conducting debut in 2023 with the anniversary concert of the Musikfreunde in South Tyrol; just one year later, she had already appeared several times with the Vienna Mozart Orchestra in the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein and taken over as Artistic Director of the Ehrphilharmonie Wien. In 2025, she conducted, amongst others, the Daegu Symphony Orchestra in Korea with Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony and an opera gala, the Ybbsfeld Orchestra at the Autumn Days in Lower Austria, the Eisenstadt University Orchestra, and the Maria Stuarda opera camp in Salzburg, and gave concerts with the Mozart Orchestra in Vienna, Bulgaria and Croatia. This year she also travelled to Turkey with the latter; in Salzburg, the opera camp Ariadne auf Naxos is on the programme, followed by performances at the Haydn Festival in Hainburg, with the Orchester der Musikfreunde in South Tyrol, and with the Wiener Concert Verein both in Vienna and in Switzerland. Exciting engagements await her in 2027 with the Loh Orchestra in Sondershausen and at the Theater Nordhausen, with the Recreation Orchestra in Graz, the Györ Philharmonic Orchestra, the Lower Austria Youth Symphony Orchestra in Grafenegg, and with the Ehrphilharmonie Wien, including guest performances at the Liszt Centre in Raiding and in various cities in China.
She assists and learns from outstanding conductors such as Cornelius Meister (e.g. at the NDR Hannover Klassik Openair in 2024) and Andrés Orozco Estrada (e.g. with the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai in Turin in 2025). She receives regular tuition from Prof. Sophie Rachlin; she has also attended workshops with Herbert Böck, Daniel Meyer and Marc Piollet, and has received coaching from Oliver von Dohnányi, Philippe Auguin, Eduard Kutrowatz and Christian Laimer.
CLARINETIST
Orchestra: Andrea Götsch has been a member of the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna State Opera since 2019; for a time, she also served as a committee member of the Philharmonic Society. She secured her first permanent position in the orchestra of the Bühne Baden; prior to this, she gained extensive experience as a trainee and substitute in a wide variety of professional orchestras, and as a teenager she was a member of many successful youth orchestras. Since 2025, she has toured Japan annually with the Toyota Master Players.
Solo: Andrea Götsch performs as a soloist with various orchestras, including the Vienna Mozart Orchestra, the Haydn Orchestra Bolzano, the Györ Philharmonic Orchestra, InnStrumenti, the Styriarte Recreation Orchestra, the Orquestra Symphonica de Castilla y León and the LGT Young Soloists, and also gives solo recitals, including as a presenter.
Ensemble: She is a passionate ensemble musician and performs in numerous concerts with La Philharmonica and various ensembles comprising members of the Vienna Philharmonic, as well as in a duo with the pianist Eduard Kutrowatz.
Teaching: Since 2020, Andrea Götsch has held a teaching post in orchestral repertoire at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, and in 2025 she taught the E-flat clarinet at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. She also gives masterclasses (including at the Innsbruck Conservatory, in Valladolid, at the MUK Vienna, and in Seoul).
COMPOSER
Since 2012, Andrea Götsch has composed works for a variety of ensembles. Highlights include two commissioned compositions for the HOBLAO Woodwind Orchestra of South Tyrol (Shattered Hopes and Panta Rhei), ensemble pieces such as the wind quintet Unausgesprochen Erwähnenswertes and the clarinet sextet Sarcastic Wonderland, as well as the Lichtmesse (Mass of Light), commissioned for the Rainbow Choir, and the setting of Rilke's poem Über die Geduld for baritone, clarinet, and piano.
She is also a poet; her text Verhang'ner Traum was set to music by Eduard Kutrowatz for soprano, clarinet, and piano.
SOCCER PLAYER
Andrea Götsch doesn’t only stay on the ball on stage but also on the field. Since early childhood, the Vienna Philharmonic clarinetist has played football with notable success. As a defender for the Wiener Sport-Club (WSC), she has celebrated several victories. For the native of Merano, a life without football is as unimaginable as a life without music. Both music and sports provide her with the opportunity to fully focus on the moment and block out everything else.
Teams & Clubs
active:
Austrian Football Association – Wiener Sportclub ÖFB – Wiener Sportclub/WSC
Vienna Philharmonic Football Club Philharmonischer Fußballklub Wien – FK-WPH
Former Teams:
FC Obermais
Südtiroler Landesauswahl
Lieferinger SV
Competitions:
2nd Women's Bundesliga 2. Frauen Bundesliga
SPORTLAND Niederösterreich Women's Cup SPORTLAND Niederösterreich Frauen Cup
Vienna Women's Regional League Wiener Frauen Landesliga
Vienna Women's Cup Wiener Frauen Cup
