Violist Laura Strobl received a classical education in violin, viola, piano, singing and dance from an early age. She studied viola at both the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna, while exploring the fields of music theater, performance art, free music and sound production. Focusing on contemporary music she earned her joint masters degree from the Dresden University of Music and the Bern Academy of the Arts with Jim Black, Patrick Jüdt, Manos Tsangaris and Pauline Sachse among others.

Currently she pursues a doctorate degree in musicology and library sciences in Dresden, plays in the viola section of the Loh-Orchester Sondershausen and is a long serving member of Georg Graewe's Sonic Fiction Orchestra in Vienna. Praised by the international press for her plaintively abstract playing style she works regularly with colleagues such as Frank Gratkowski, François Houle, Earl Howard, Gerry Hemingway, Martin Siewert, Valentin Duit, Peter Herbert, Günter "Baby" Sommer and many more.

In 2026 she will premiere a new trio with Georg Graewe and Mark Sanders as well as a collaboration with the Viennese experimental noise band kit cut. Further, she embarked on a new long term project featuring the viola as a contemporary solo instrument. Recordings of her work are published with bastille musique, Random Acoustics, Edition Ars Femina Louisville, GENUIN classics and NEOS Music.