Franziska Wallner, Head of the Institute for Coaching & Career at the Mozarteum University, on resilience, careers and change in music education.
Cycles, times, dreams of the future: November sees the second edition of the interdisciplinary ORA – Original Sound Festival at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg.
The Platform on Politics of the Past at the Mozarteum University Salzburg deals with cultures of remembrance from the 1920s to the 1990s. The critical reflection on the university's political past, especially during the periods of Austrofascism, National Socialism and the post-war era, plays just as important a role as art projects against forgetting and for greater awareness. Researchers are currently conducing a citizen research project that invites the local community to share relevant documents and contemporary accounts.
The artist and art pedagogue Ao. Univ.-Prof. MMag. Bernhard Gwiggner has been awarded the 2025 Ars Docendi prize for teaching excellence by the Austrian state. The interdisciplinary cooperation "tradition2go: zwischen kultur und wahnsinn" ("between culture and madness") was a collaboration during the 2023/34 academic year between the Sculpture Class at the Mozarteum University and the Salzburg Museum. The project went hand in hand with the exhibition "Masks, Traditional Costumes, Cult Objects - 100 Years of Folk Culture" at the Salzburger Monatsschlössl Hellbrunn.
Competence in sustainability is competence for the future. Artists and educators carry a great responsibility but also have great potential for not only reflecting on social change but also contributing to it. The start of academic year 2025/2026 brings with it the start of a new elective studies block in Art & Sustainability, for which students can obtain a supplementary certificate. It offers the chance to explore the complex relationship between sustainable developments in our university and society at large, and artistic and scholarly practice.
The Boy Gobert Prize for young actors in the Hamburg theatre scene, worth €10,000, has been awarded to Payam Yazdani, a 2025 graduate of the Mozarteum University’s Thomas Bernhard Institute. We congratulate him on his success!
Interested young people still have until 21st September 2025 to register for the Musik-Multis: Next Generation support programme at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, which is unique in Austria. A few limited places are still available!
Under the artistic direction of Hannfried Lucke, four intensive weeks came to an end on Saturday, featuring 57 masterclasses in 13 subjects, Young Excellence classes and numerous additional offerings on health and professional qualification for musicians. A total of 12 prize winners were honoured for their outstanding achievements.
The versatile and renowned violinist, project manager and lecturer Franziska Strohmayr grew up in Augsburg and came to Salzburg to study, where she still lives today after graduating from the Mozarteum University under Prof. Martin Mumelter and Prof. Wolfgang Gratzer and from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London under Prof. Jacqueline Ross.
The internationally renowned recorder player, ensemble leader, conductor and university professor of recorder, Dorothee Oberlinger, has been awarded the Grand Culture Prize of the Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Rheinland 2025. The award is endowed with 30,000 euros and is one of the most prestigious German culture prizes. Congratulations!
It is with great sorrow that the Mozarteum University announces the passing of its former rector, Univ.-Prof. Reinhart von Gutzeit, who died on 11th July 2025 in Lucerne after a long illness, surrounded by his family.
From 14 July to 9 August 2025, the Mozarteum University's traditional International Summer Academy will once again welcome young musical talents from all over the world: over 600 musicians from 54 countries can look forward to a wide range of 57 masterclasses in 13 subjects, Young Excellence classes and additional offers on health and professional qualification for musicians in four course periods. This year's highlight: a master class with Silvana Bazzoni Bartoli – the ‘only singing teacher Cecilia Bartoli ever had’.
From 22 to 28 June, the Mozarteum University hosted the national competition for German-speaking drama students, in conjunction with the 36th meeting for the promotion of young drama talent in Salzburg. The ensemble prize ‘Raus aus der Bubble’ (Out of the Bubble), worth 3,125 euros, went to the 4th year acting class of the Thomas Bernhard Institute and their production “Jederman” (Everyman), directed by Hanna Binder. Amadeus König was awarded in the category ‘Strong Performance’.
On 18th June 2025, members of the various curiae of the Mozarteum University voted for their representatives in the senate for the term from 1st October 2025 – 30th September 2028. At the constitutive meeting on 27th June, Univ.-Prof. Christoph Lepschy was elected as Senate Chair for the third time.
This individual project focuses on the role of community in art education theory, school practice and education policy, and is being carried out in collaboration with partners from the universities of Cologne, Siegen, London, Winneba and the Exploring Visual Cultures network (EVC).
The Theodor Körner Fund supports young scientists and artists with the Theodor Körner Sponsorship Award, which is endowed with 5,000 euros. It is awarded for outstanding projects, provides direct support to the winners and is at their free disposal. Two Theodor Körner Prizes go to graduates of the Mozarteum: musician Alexander Bauer and writer Anna-Maria Stadler. Congratulations!
From 22 to 28 June 2025, around 200 drama students from 18 universities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland will gather at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg for the national competition for German-speaking drama students. The event is being hosted by the Thomas Bernhard Institute – sending a clear message: ‘Get out of the bubble’.
