Erik Aren Schroeder is an Italian-American composer and violinist. His studies at the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg in baroque violin and historical performance practice, under Hiro Kurosaki and Reinhard Goebel, and music theory, under Dr. Juliane Brandes, have afforded him broad expertise in the music of the past five centuries.

His compositions, grounded in historical styles, include two operas (The Spectres, written in collaboration with Ian Plansker for Oberlin’s 2019 Baroque Performance Institute, and La Locandiera, tied to a project awarded in the 2022 Mozarteum Research Competition), an oratorio (The Passions, 2023), diverse chamber and orchestral works (including a violin concerto, 2024), and music for the Austrian pavilion at the 2025 World Expo in Osaka.

He is active regularly and internationally as a violinist, performing with various period instrument ensembles and orchestras and collaborating with leading Early Music specialists. Since 2024 has been employed in archival and musicological work at the Stiftung Mozarteum Salzburg.