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A long friendship. A shared love of music.
One of Austria’s most sought-after singers and vocal coaches, Monika Ballwein has entrusted Michael with her own music across many years — a collaboration grounded in a long friendship, from Coming Home to her Beatles album and Wie Du.
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- Project
- Monika Ballwein
- Year
- 2013–2026
- Role
- Producer · Recording & mixing engineer
- Services
- Production · Arrangement · Recording · Mixing · Mastering
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Monika Ballwein Celebrates the Beatles
2017 · Vocal recording · Mixing on most tracks
Monika and Michael share much more than studio credits. Their long friendship has accompanied a musical collaboration that moves between her own releases and the demands of live television. Being trusted with the personal music of a singer who has helped shape so many other artists’ recordings makes these projects especially meaningful.
Monika’s voice can be heard on more than 1,500 song productions. Her work ranges from studio sessions and the Dancing Stars orchestra to vocal coaching for Starmania and other major television productions. She was also the vocal coach and long-time mentor of Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst. Alongside her performing career, she founded her own vocal academy and wrote Move Your Voice.
Their work together also extended to Austria’s Eurovision national selection broadcasts. While Michael served as musical director, Monika coached the candidates’ voices — bringing their respective studio and performance experience into the same production.
Coming Home.
For the 2013 single Coming Home, Michael worked with Monika across the complete production: producing, arranging, recording, mixing and mastering the single.
Celebrates the Beatles.
For Monika Ballwein Celebrates the Beatles (2017), the focus shifted to her interpretations of the Lennon–McCartney songbook. Michael recorded vocals with Monika and mixed most of the album’s tracks.
A different repertoire, with the same attention to the voice and to the musical character of each song.
Wie Du.
The collaboration continued in 2026 with Wie Du, Monika’s personal musical dedication to her son. Michael supported the single as mixing producer and took care of the mix and mastering.
Collaborators
Vocals & artist: Monika Ballwein Coming Home — production, arrangement, recording, mixing & mastering: Michael Dörfler Celebrates the Beatles — vocal recording & mixing on most tracks: Michael Dörfler Wie Du — mixing producer, mixing & mastering: Michael Dörfler
From the personal archive
Between takes.
Vocal sessions, microphone comparisons and familiar faces in the studio.
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