12.9.2025
Ars Docendi 2025: State prize for excellence in teaching goes to Bernhard Gwiggner
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11.9.2025New study supplement: Art & SustainabilitySustainability expertise is future expertise. Artists and educators have a special responsibility and potential not only to reflect on social change, but also to help shape it in a positive way. This cross-cutting issue is already being examined from a wide variety of perspectives at the theatre, from green events and new narratives for solving the climate crisis to activism for greater justice and solidarity in practice.
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9.9.2025Payam Yazdani receives Boy-Gobert Prize 2025Awards & Successes -
8.9.2025Music Multis: Next Generation - Apply now!Interested young people still have until September 21, 2025, to register for the Musik-Multis: Next Generation support program at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, which is unique in Austria. Only a few places are still available!
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21.8.2025‘Bella Musica’ Tour 2025: Mozart meets PucciniPress release -
12.8.202512 prize winners at the Mozarteum International Summer Academy 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.
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6.8.2025Paths to self-employment - Franziska Strohmayr 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.
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15.7.2025Dorothee Oberlinger receives the Grand Culture Prize from the Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung RheinlandThe 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!
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14.7.2025In memoriam Reinhart von Gutzeit 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.
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7.7.2025Kick-off for the Mozarteum International Summer Academy 2025 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’.
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3.7.2025Shortened teacher training programme for secondary level (general education) fixedPress release -
1.7.2025Ensemble prize ‘Out of the bubble’ awarded to 4th year drama studentsFrom 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’.
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1.7.2025Joint Aesthetic Judgement 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).
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1.7.2025Christoph Lepschy re-elected as Chairman of the Senate 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.
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30.6.2025Alexander Bauer and Anna-Maria Stadler awarded the Theodor Körner Prize 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!
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11.6.2025Lukas Stangl wins the Salzburg AG Art Prize 2025 The Salzburg AG Art Prize in the field of visual arts for students at the Mozarteum University Salzburg, worth EUR 10,000 and awarded for the first time, goes to Lukas Stangl (born 1992, Austria). With the Salzburg AG Art Prize, Salzburg AG promotes artistic engagement with the theme of ‘energy’. Theme of the first edition: Data Whispers: Making the Invisible Visible – congratulations!
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11.6.2025Acting School Meeting 2025: ‘Out of the Bubble’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’.
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11.6.2025Rachel Katstaller nominated for Ö1 Graphic Design of the Year award Rachel Katstaller has been studying art education at the [Bildnerische] Innsbruck since 2020 and has been nominated for the Ö1 Graphic of the Year award 2025 – vote now!
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11.6.2025Tyrolean State Prize for Art 2025 awarded to Johannes Maria Staud The Tyrolean State Prize for Art, worth €14,000, goes to Johannes Maria Staud, a composer born in Innsbruck and professor of composition at the Mozarteum University. The jury unanimously agreed that Staud is one of Austria's most important contemporary composers. We send our warmest congratulations!
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