Katharina Schmidt is a musician and musicologist based in Berlin. She completed undergraduate studies in musicology, theatre studies and literature at the Free University Berlin, holds a Master’s degree in Sound Studies from the Berlin University of the Arts and was a scholar of the German National Academic Foundation.

Her artistic portfolio includes film music, sound art, and radio pieces alongside releases on independent labels. She has worked with MaerzMusik, WDR and ZKM, and has published research on topics such as sound in literature, acoustic ecology, and new interfaces for musical expression. She teaches at Humboldt University in Berlin.