The visual artist Gertrud Fischbacher and the multimedia expert Marius Schebella received the Förderpreis für Wissenschaft und Forschung. Since 2019, as a collective, they have been investigating the connection between textiles and sound and exploring new possibilities of expression in them, inviting visitors to experience and experience them in exhibitions, performances and installations.
Promotion Prize for Science & Research (endowment 6,000 euros) to Gertrud Fischbacher & Marius Schebella
The two researchers received the award, endowed with 6,000 euros, for their work on the joint project "Nexus of Textile and Sound", which was the first Salzburg project to be accepted by the FWF's Austrian Science Fund into the PEEK Top Research Program and with which they were able to prevail in a competitive selection process reviewed by an international jury.
This is the first time that PEEK funding has gone to both the Mozarteum University and the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences.
In 2026, 21 ensembles (comprising a total of over 50 students) applied for the Mozarteum University Ensemble Grant – A (one-year) Start-up for Ensemble(s). In cooperation with The International Society of Mozarteum University, €30,000 is being made available to students and graduates of the Mozarteum University in Salzburg.
Pianist Charmaine Yang, a master's student at the Mozarteum University, has been awarded the 2025/26 annual scholarship from the Fondation Armand & Nicky Delvaux, under the patronage of the Fondation de Luxembourg, for her outstanding academic achievements. The scholarship is worth €20,000. Congratulations!
Prizes for an outstanding Master's thesis 2023/24 have been awarded to Tim Anselm Gebel, Carlos Goikoetxea Cancho and Andreas Johannes Neubacher - congratulations!
Awards & Successes
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