Peter Jakober was born in Austria in 1977 and lives in Vienna. From 1998 to 2006, he studied composition with Georg Friedrich Haas and Gerd Kühr. His works have been performed at numerous renowned festivals. His piece "Saitenraum 2" for 60 strings opened Wien Modern 2023 in all three halls of the Wiener Konzerthaus simultaneously. The music theater Populus was awarded the Johann Joseph Fux Opera Composition Prize in 2018. Music for performance. Jakober received the Erste Bank Composition Prize 2015 and was a fellow of the Akademie Schloss Solitude.