Christa Schönfeldinger not only elevated the partially preserved historical playing techniques to a new level but also expanded the performance on the glass harmonica with new techniques and contemporary musical aesthetics to achieve unprecedented sonic possibilities.

Her repertoire ranges from standard works for glass harmonica (Mozart, Reichardt, Röllig, Schulz) to orchestral and operatic literature (Hasse, Donizetti, R. Strauss, Saint-Saëns), and numerous arrangements from classical to avant-garde. Her interpretations inspired contemporary composers to create new works, such as Jörg Widmann’s piece “Armonica,” premiered at the Int. Mozart Week Salzburg with the Vienna Philharmonic under Pierre Boulez.

Numerous invitations as a soloist and chamber musician have led her to the opening of the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Musikverein Vienna, Salzburg Festival, Int. Mozart Week Salzburg, PROMS Festival Royal Albert Hall, Schleswig-Holstein Festival, Carinthian Summer, Int. Haydn Days Eisenstadt, Philharmonie Berlin, Dresden Music Festival, Bayreuth, Warsaw Autumn, Warsaw Philharmonic, Dresden Philharmonic, Kennedy Center, Suntory Hall Tokyo, among others.

Collaborations with the Vienna and Berlin Philharmonic Orchestras, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, New Philharmonic Orchestra Tokyo, National Symphony Orchestra Washington, Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Dresden Philharmonic, NDR and hr-Symphony Orchestras, Bruckner Orchestra Linz, under Daniel Barenboim, Kirill Petrenko, Pierre Boulez, Kent Nagano, Christoph Eschenbach, Franz Welser-Möst, Christoph Thielemann, Fabio Luisi, Sylvain Camberling, John Axelrod, Paavo Järvi, among others.