Winfried Ritsch is professor for computer music at the Institute for Electronic Music (IEM) Graz and fonder of the sound-atelier, Algorythmics.
He studied sound and electric engineering at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz and the Technical University Graz.
He is director of the netart-initiative, mur.at and the Mediaart laboratory at the Kunsthaus Graz. He has worked with the artist groups, FOND and TONTO, developing several projects in Graz.
He has toured extensively in the area of experimental computer music and media.
Besides his compositional work, he develops electronic music instruments, cybernetic models for generative and interactive music, and open source computer-music systems.