| born | 1959 in Stockerau/Lower Austria |
| 1965 | - 1971 Study of the violin |
| 1972 | Changing instruments: the guitar. At the same time working on the realization of own musical visions into pieces of music. |
| 1980 | Album "Karl Ritter: Ex-podo-Z" (author´s edition) |
| 1985 | Commissioned works for the Renaissance Theater, Vienna Radio play productions for Austrian Radio (ORF) and Bavarian Radio |
| 1988 | - 1994 Member of Ostbahn Kurti & Die Chefpartie |
| 1993 | Group project Perikato, together with Thomas Pernes |
| 1994 | Solo performance "Dobromann" |
| 1996 | - 2003 Member of Kurt Ostbahn und die Kombo |
| 1996 | Commissioned works for "ORF - Kunstradio" |
| 1996 | Music for the motion picture "Schwarzfahrer" |
| 1997 | Founding of the group "Sel Gapu Mex" |
| 1998 | Music for the motion picture "Blutrausch" |
| 1999 | Music installations: Commissioned works for "Musik aktuell - NÖ 98" Machine music at Joinery Peheim, Gresten, Lower Austria Interaction between music and painting ("The fallen angel", with Doris Deixler) Music installation Wasserturm, Vienna (with paintress Hermine Ritter) |
| 2000 | Sessionmusician for "Spirits" (Wolfgang Reisinger, Peter Herbert, Harry Sokal, Klaus Dickbauer, Andy Manndorff), Marc Sloan, Otto Lechner, Herbert Reisinger, Joanna Lewis Sel Gapu Mex-Tour, Solo + Dobromannband Gigs |
| 2001 |
Founding of Windhundrecords, music label together with Otto Lechner, Joăo de Bruçó, Achim Tang, Herbert Reisinger, Alex Rathner, Peter Kaizar Albumrelease of Verliebt by Sel Gapu Mex |
| 2002 | Tour in Zimbabwe with the "Windhunden" Otto Lechner, Melissa Coleman, Joăo de Bruçó |
| 2003 | Albumrelease Mwapona Windhund, an acoustical travelogue from Zimbabwe Show and Liverecording at "Porgy & Bess" with "Windhund" and Virginia Mukwesha Mbira Trio Shows with Franz Hautzinger Band, among other things at Jazzfestival Saalfelden Shows with Joe Zawinul in Austria Farewelltour with Kurt Ostbahn |
| 2004 | Albumreleases of Atmen and Winhund Rewind Zimbabwe live at "Porgy & Bess" 2003 Solo Shows Shows with Hautzinger Band in Portugal and Netherlands Show With "Windhund" and Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited at "Porgy & Bess" project Tonga online with Solo Tour in Zimbabwe and Sambia |
| 2005 | Concerts in Germany and Austria with Windhund and Anne Bennent |
| 2006 | Musictheatre production 'ti weld is runt' with Theater Blau and Windhundrecords at Künstlerhaus Wien and Theater Dschungel. Production of a live CD by the same name. Tour all over Austria with Willi Resetarits and Shivan Perver Sel Gapu Mex Tour with guest musician Andrew Phillpott in Austria, Slovenia and Hungary. |
| 2007 | Ritter CD release
s'blau' + 'rot' Founding of Weisse Waende and CD release 'nur fuer kurze zeit' Premiere of poetry project "Comment dire" at Studio Moličre with Anne Bennent and Samuel Veyrat |
| 2008 | Performances of Comment dire in Austria and Germany |
| 2009 | CD releases Karl Ritter "Traumland", Weisse Waende "frei erfunden" Founding of "Karl Ritter Trio" with Andrej Prozorov soprano saxophone und Dušan Novakov drums 50th Birthday concert at Porgy & Bess, Vienna |
| 2010 | Tour of East Africa: Tanzania-Zanzibar-Nairobi with Windhund, Otto Lechner, Melissa Coleman, Anne Bennent and Zumari Horns from Zanzibar Concerts with Ritter-Trio, Weisse Waende, Ritter-Lechner-Coleman in Austria, Switzerland, Ukraine |
