The composer Saskia Bladt, born in 1981 in Bensheim, Germany, studied composition at the Zurich University of the Arts under Isabel Mundry; at Chetham's School of Music in Manchester; and at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts (HfMDK). Saskia Bladt received scholarships from the Aribert Reimann Foundation; Akademie Musiktheater heute; and Deutsche Akademie Villa Massimo in Rome. Her compositions have celebrated their world premieres at, among others, MaerzMusik Berlin; Heidelberger Frühling; Podium Festival Esslingen; and Bayreuther Festival. She has worked with, among others, Ensemble Modern; Ensemble Resonanz; Ensemble Ascolta; and El Perro Andaluz. She composed with Torsten Herrmann the opera "Tonguecat" at the Bayerische Staatsoper in 2016.