Manuela Wiesler

Manuela Wiesler was born in Brazil in 1955, the daughter of an Austrian cameraman and a ballerina. In 1957she moved with her family to Vienna, where she entered the Academy of Music in 1967, later studying inParis. In 1973 she moved with her husband to Iceland and in 1976 won the Nordic Chamber MusicCompetition in Helsinki. Further study with James Galway was followed by success in the CopenhagenBiennale in 19xx, since when she has enjoyed a career as a soloist including in her repertoire Carl Nielsen'sflute concerto, which she has performed in Copenhagen.