About us
Since 2021 Divinerinnen have been dedicated to the touching melodies of Viennese music. With unusual instrumentation, the young ensemble focuses on previously undiscovered archive treasures and modern compositions. Its intention is to musically find new sounds in Schrammel music. The seven musicians are reflecting the musically colorful Vienna of the 21st century. Their influences range from the philharmonic New Year's concert to music played in the traditional wine tavern "Heuriger", from teaching to scientific activity, from dance-floor to musicals. From this diversity emerges a multifaceted, sensual pleasure.
Theresa Aranya Aigner: Violine, Gesang
Julia Brunner: violin
Erna Ströbitzer: contraguitar, voice
Marlene Wendl: B-, G-Klarinette
Anna Aigner: cello
Stefanie Kropfreiter: viola
Pia Madlener: Viennese button accordion
Theresa Aranya Aigner
violin
Studied violin at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Roswitha Randacher. Since 2015 member of the ensemble Die Tanzgeiger, 2021 foundation of the Schrammelensemble Divinerinnen. Important artistic impulses from Rudi Pietsch, Roland Neuwirth, Nataša Mirković, etc. Tours have taken her to the USA, Norway, Iceland, Russia, Italy, Lithuania, South Korea, etc. Regular guest appearances with various ensembles such as Wiener Tschuschenkapelle, Musicbanda Franui, Neue Wiener Concertschrammeln, etc. Furthermore, she has an intensive musical collaboration with the Israeli director David Maayan (including Theater Nestroyhof Hamakom; Festival der Regionen, Circus of Knowledge Linz). 2018 Co-founder of the chamber orchestra Klangkollektiv Wien under Rémy Ballot. Co-curator of the Kultursommer Wien since 2023. Through her involvement with authentic music-making practice, she is a regular speaker at seminars throughout the German-speaking world.
Julia Brunner
violin
Julia Brunner studied concert violin and instrumental pedagogy at the mdw - University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. She is a section leader in the Vereinigte Bühnen Wien orchestra, a member of Divinerinnen and teaches at the Regional Music School in Sieghartskirchen, Lower Austria.
Erna Ströbitzer
contraguitar
Auf der dreisaitigen Nachschlagbratsche, der Kontra, musiziert Erna Ströbitzer in unterschiedlichen traditionellen (Tanz-) Musikensembles zwischen Wien, München und Berlin, wie Tanzhausgeiger, Hermann Fritz Banda, violins in fusion, Stifta Geigenmusi, wombradldüll. Ihr Steckenpferd: transsilvanischer Csárdás. In den letzten Jahren hat sie bei den Divinerinnen die Wiener Musik, die Kontragitarre und das Moderieren für sich entdeckt. Den schier nicht endenden Stoff dafür liefern ihr ihre Arbeit als wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin im Archiv des Österreichischen Volksliedwerkes, Sammlung der Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, der durch ihre Studien geschärfte Blick auf Geschichten und Bilder, die Liebe zu Büchern und Menschen.
Marlene Wendl
B-, G-Klarinette
Marlene Wendl studied concert performance and instrumental pedagogy at the MDW - University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, graduating with honours in both subjects. She is currently studying at the MUK with Alexander Neubauer. In addition to her love of classical music and her current engagement with the Bruckner Orchestra Linz for the 2025/26 season, her interests are wide-ranging. Whether on the piano, organ or clarinet, she is also passionate about jazz, improvisation and folk music.
Anna Aigner
cello
Anna Aigner completed her instrumental studies at the mdw Vienna with Peter Somodari with distinction in 2024. At the same time, she was enrolled in the postgraduate course at the Academy of Music in Darmstadt with Romain Garioud in 2023/24. Anna Aigner is particularly interested in contemporary compositions and took part in the International Summer Courses for New Music in Darmstadt in 2021. She plays in numerous chamber music ensembles such as the Duo Veris, the Trio Paidia and the chamber orchestra Klangkollektiv Wien. She currently has a temporary contract with the Vereinigte Bühnen Wien.
Stefanie Kropfreiter
viola
Born in Amstetten, the violist completed her master's degree in viola performance at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna in 2019 and her master's degree in viola instrumental pedagogy at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna in 2017. She also completed the Music Physiology certification course at the MDW and a Bachelor's degree in Theater, Film and Media Studies at the University of Vienna. In recent years, Stefanie Kropfreiter has increasingly worked with the conductor and violinist Rémy Ballot in formations such as the Ballot Quartet or Ballot Quintet. In addition to Divinerinnen and her engagement in the orchestra of the Vereinigte Bühnen Wien, the versatile musician also plays in the ensemble MERVE and with singer-songwriter Sigrid Horn. Sigrid Horn & das Nest was nominated for the Amadeus Austrian Music Awards in 2024.
Pia Madlener
Viennese button accordion
As an interpreter of the classical accordion, she is active as a soloist and as a member of several ensembles in a wide variety of formations, and also plays the chromatic button accordion in Viennese music ensembles. Her background as a restorer has more than once helped to overcome the one or other infirmity of this ‘moody’ instrument. In performances at home and abroad - between Küniglberg and South Korea - she juggles music from Bach to Bartok, Breton dance music to Viennese song. In addition, she is mainly interested in languages, devoting herself to transcribing Arabic dialects and analysing them sociolinguistically. When her legs fall asleep, she runs up a mountain.