Igor Gross started as a classical percussionist with a lot of collaborations in all the main Austrian Orchesters (Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsopernorchester, Radio Sinfonie Orchester Wien, Tonkünstler Niederösterreich,…). During his studies at the Musikuniversität Wien (Konzertfach Klassisches Schlagwerk), he more and more developed his primary interests: contemporary music, electronic music, free improvised music, composing and working with composers, and especially using the vibraphone as his own electronic sound machine.

He started playing with the main Ensembles for contemporary music, as Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Phase, Ensemble 20. Jahrhundert, Ensemble Platypus, and is founder memberof the Black Page Orchestra,… . His ambition to work with contemporary composers has made him a specialist in implementing the composers ideas on his instruments.

In the last years he has continuously expanded his repertoire of sounds on the vibraphone and various percussive instruments, that he combines with different electronic devises. He is very fond of the Idea that music can develop and transform, as life does in the process of fermentation. Besides the theater productions for young people he is also teaching percussion at the MS Perchtoldsdorf and has given lectures in Austria and Slovenja. It is one of his primary interests to always keep on searching for a new or different way to realize ideas and sounds in music.