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Simon Steen-Andersen, geboren 1976 in Dänemark, ist ein in Berlin lebender Komponist und Regisseur mit einem transdisziplinären Ansatz in Bezug auf Musik und Theater. Seine Werke bewegen sich zwischen Musik, Performance, Theater, Installation, Choreografie und Film. Simon Steen-Andersen wurde mit zahlreichen Preisen ausgezeichnet, darunter der Reumert Award («Oper des Jahres» in Dänemark, 2024), der Carl Preis (2024, 2020, 2015), der SWR-Orchesterpreis (2019, 2014), der Mauricio-Kagel-Musikpreis und der Ernst von Siemens-Komponistenpreis (2017), der Musikpreis des Nordischen Rates (2014) und der Carl-Nielsen-Ehrenpreis (2013). Simon Steen-Andersen studierte Komposition bei Rasmussen, Spahlinger, Valverde und Sørensen in Aarhus, Freiburg, Buenos Aires und Kopenhagen (1998–2006). Seit 2016 ist Steen-Andersen Mitglied der Akademie der Künste Berlin und seit 2018 unterrichtet er Komposition und Musiktheater an der Hochschule der Künste Bern.

Stefan Schreiber was born in Duisburg and is a pianist and conductor specializing in contemporary concert and opera repertoire. Following positions as head of musical studies at the Staatsoper Hannover (2001–2006) and the Staatsoper Stuttgart (2006–2012, 2015–2018), he has developed a close collaboration with composers such as Hans-Joachim Hespos, Helmut Lachenmann (world premiere of GOT LOST, Württembergischer Kunstverein 2011; invited to the Bern Biennale 2014), Chaya Czernowin, and Ming Tsao.

His most recent work includes, among others, “The Seven Deadly Sins / Seven Heavenly Sins” by Kurt Weill and Peaches at the Staatsoper Stuttgart (2019/20), Franz Schubert’s “Winterreise” (in the orchestral version by Hans Zender) in collaboration with video artist Arnout Mik (Staatsoper Stuttgart, 2020), the spatial realization of the score of Luigi Nono’s “Intolleranza 2021” in collaboration with Johannes Harneit (Wuppertaler Bühnen 2021/22), as well as Mauricio Kagel’s “Staatstheater” (directed by Lydia Steier and Matthias Piro) at Theater Luzern at the beginning of the 2021/22 season.

He appeared at the Bayreuth Festival with Simon Steen-Andersen – including the staged concert “Spinne, Schwester!” (Haus Wahnfried, 2019) and the video work “The Loop of the Nibelung” (2020). CD recordings with Kairos document his collaboration with Ming Tsao (Die Geisterinsel, 2014; Plus Minus, 2017).

Roman Reeger studied Historical Musicology and Law at the University of Hamburg. He gained his first theatre experience as an intern and assistant at the theatres in Oldenburg and Kiel, as well as at the Staatsoper and the Schaubühne in Berlin. In 2013, he joined the dramaturgy department of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden. From 2020 to 2025, he was a senior dramaturg and member of the opera management team at Theater Basel. Guest engagements have taken him to the Baden-Baden Easter Festival and the Munich Biennale for New Music Theatre, among others. He has collaborated with directors such as Christoph Marthaler, Herbert Fritsch, Thom Luz, Benedikt von Peter, Philippe Quesne, Claus Guth, Andreas Kriegenburg, Anna Bergmann, Eva-Maria Höckmayr, and Jürgen Flimm, and has overseen world premieres of works by composers including Jörg Widmann, Oscar Strasnoy, Lucia Ronchetti, Manos Tsangaris, Beat Furrer, Hèctor Parra, and Herbert Grönemeyer. As a freelance author, he has contributed to specialist journals, exhibition catalogues, and CD booklets, regularly gives lectures, and has taught as a lecturer at the Berlin University of the Arts. Since the 2025/26 season, he has been Chief Dramaturg at the Zurich Opera House.