The Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture, Public Service and Sport (BMKÖS) recently announced the winners of the Austrian Art Award 2022, each endowed with 15,000 euros - Johannes Maria Staud receives the Art Award in the category of music.
In 1997 Staud co-founded the composers' group Gegenklang in Vienna, of which he is still a member; since 2018 he has taught composition as a university professor at the Mozarteum University. His works have been premiered by Ensemble Modern and the Berlin Philharmonic, among others, and he has received commissions from the Vienna Philharmonic, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Cleveland Orchestra.
His important works include "On the Voice of the White Chalk" (Specter I-III) and the diptych "Par ici - Par là". His opera "The Willows," to a libretto by Durs Grünbein based on Algernon Blackwood's story "The Willows," addresses the issues of the refugee crisis and right-wing populism and premiered at the Vienna State Opera in 2018. in 2021, ensemble xx. jahrhundert premiered his work "Listen, Revolution (we're buddies, see -)" at the Wien Modern Festival.
The Ö1 Composition Prize 2025, endowed with 10,000 euros, goes to the young composer Christiaan Willemse. He is studying composition in the postgraduate programme with Johannes Maria Staud at the Mozarteum University and impressed the jury with his personal and technically advanced works and compositional flair - congratulations!
The only voice teacher Cecilia Bartoli has ever had is her mother, the soprano Silvana Bartoli Bazzoni. We are delighted to announce that from 4 to 8 August 2025, professional singers of all voice types will have the unique opportunity to work personally with Silvana Bartoli Bazzoni on ‘fundamental principles of vocal technique - the basis of a long singing life’ in a masterclass as part of the International Summer Academy at Mozarteum University. Registration is open now.
Tina Geroldinger, a young Austrian composer, and Maurycy Hartman, clarinettist and founding member of the Ensemble for Contemporary Music, in conversation about the new ensemble, opportunities and possibilities for contemporary music in the current music world and about special moments that arise when people engage intensively with each other musically.
Mariia Tkachenko lived in Kyiv until March 2022, where she received singing and violin lessons as a child and has already appeared in several TV productions. Her acting studies at the I. K. Karpenko-Karyi Kyiv National University of Theatre, Cinema and Television were interrupted by the war in Ukraine.
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