STRÖME [Mario Schönhofer]

Mario Schönhofer, known as the composer and producer of the duo Ströme, is one of the pioneers in combining modular synthesizer art with traditional musicianship. After studying music at the Bruckner Conservatory in Linz, he worked internationally for many major figures of the 1980s and 1990s.

His close collaboration with Dieter Doepfer underscores his deep roots in analog sound production. Schönhofer also shares a close friendship with electronic music pioneer Eberhard Schoener. Schoener’s 1969 Moog IIIp, with which the Beatles recorded Abbey Road and Giorgio Moroder recorded I Feel Love, was loaned to Schönhofer until it was transferred to the German Museum in Munich in 2019.

His shows are a symbiosis of technology and musical sensitivity. Schönhofer drives the evolution of electronic music forward by demonstrating how modular synthesizers can unlock a unique compositional expressiveness.