Teresa Allgaier is a versatile German violinist whose projects span contemporary classical as well as experimental pop. She collaborates with composers and bands, writes music for her own band Fallwander and works across interdisciplinary settings.
Her debut album Six Pieces for Solo Violin, created in collaboration with composer Sophia Jani, was released in 2024 to international acclaim on Squama Recordings.
Under the name Fallwander, she composes electronically influenced Chamber Pop together with Theresa Zaremba and collaborates with artists from the fields of dance, theater and visual arts.
In the field of contemporary chamber music, she is co-founder of the string collective Kontai Ensemble and the concert series Feet Become Ears, which focuses on minimalist-influenced currents in New Music.
Engagements have taken Teresa Allgaier to venues such as the Barbican Theatre London, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Wiener Musikverein, Wigmore Hall London, Bavarian State Opera, Volksbühne Berlin, and Schauspiel Leipzig. She has performed at festivals such as Fusion Festival, XJazz Festival, Reeperbahn Festival, Überjazz Festival, performing in the live ensembles of Ralph Heidel and Carlos Cipa, amongst others. As a soloist, she has appeared with violin concertos by Bruch, Mendelssohn, Khachaturian, Pärt, among others.
Teresa Allgaier studied classical violin at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich (Prof. Ingolf Turban) and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama London (Prof. Alexander Janiczek). She also participated in the International Ensemble Modern Academy and studied in the International Cooperative Master's Program for New Music in Bern/Dresden/Salzburg.
She has received support from numerous institutions, including Musikfonds, Deutscher Musikrat, Goethe-Institut, GEMA or the Deutschlandstipendium.
She lives in Leipzig and Munich.