Kristine Tornquist (born 1965,

Graz Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...

) is an Austrian librettist, director and visual artist. She and her partner co-founded the in

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. She was born in

, grew up in

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, and trained as a goldsmith. She has a diploma (1994) from the University of Applied Arts Vienna, where she studied under Ron Arad. She has written about 50 opera

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s. She began to work with in 1998 and in 2002 they founded the which has since premiered 73 new works.

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* ''List of Tornquist's opera librettos'' Living people 1965 births Musicians from Graz Writers from Graz University of Applied Arts Vienna alumni Austrian librettists Austrian directors {{Austria-music-bio-stub