About

Rio Wolta (*1988) is a Swiss contemporary composer and musician, as well as a director for various music projects. He is known for mixing art forms and pushing their boundaries. As a multi-instrumentalist and singer, he composes for film, theater, and dance. He stages live music formats for theaters, composes for unusual venues, and exhibits sound installations. He has been collaborating with the director Piet Baumgartner, with the musician Daniel Hobi, or the choreographer Tatiana Baganova. Rio Wolta’s debut album Swing For The Nation was released in 2015 and was considered one of the best guitar albums of the year (Peter Walt, SRF). His latest, Technophobia, came out in 2025 and was co-produced by Domi Chansorn. In 2022, Rio Wolta co-founded the music publishing company No Signal Music. In 2024, he released the book 92 Questions for an Artist with the publishing house Distanz. Rio Wolta was born in 1988, survived his teens in the Swiss Alps, and works in Zurich.

Currently
Technophobia with Domi Chansorn
Bagger Drama with Piet Baumgartner
92 Questions for an Artist with U-Zehn

Festivals
American Dance Festival USA, Raindance London UK, Encounters Festival Bristol UK, Aesthetica Short Film Festival UK, Edinburgh Shorts SCO, International Festival of Modern Dance Cracow PL, Cleveland International Film Festival USA, Locarno Film Festival CH, Szerpentin Dance Film Festival HUN, Tacoma Film Festival USA, Newport Beach Film Festival USA, Interfilm Festival Berlin GER, Collection Suisse de la Danse SUI, Vancouver International Music Video Festival CAN, SoundTrack Cologne GER, Denver Film Festival USA, Hayah International Short Film Festival PA, See You Sound Torino ITA, Ars Independent Festival Katowice POL, Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards USA, Guam International Film Festival USA, Sound Unseen Minneapolis USA, NYC Independent Film Festival USA, Twister Alley Film Festival USA, Exground Filmfest GER, Flensburger Kurzfilmtage GER, Vision Feast Auckland NZL, International Short Film Festival Zubroffka PL, Filmfest Munich GER, Taipei Arts Festival TWN, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur SUI

Awards
International Music Video Festival Paris FRA, Bogota Short Film Festival COL, Austin Music Video Festival USA, Solothurner Filmtage SUI, Sehsüchte Babelsberg GER, My Sound of Music Salzburg AUT, m4music Zurich SUI, La Guarimba Film Festival Amantea ITA, FIlmQuest Salt Lake City USA, Transilvania Shorts Festival ROM, Underfunded Film Festival USA, Gässli Film Festival SUI, Black Sea Film Festival ROM, Short Waves PL