International Mozart Competition: Livestream of the final concert and award ceremony in the violin category on 12 February from 7 p.m. In the finals are Maxim Tzekov, Yuki Serino and Xunyue Zhang.
Festive music from Versailles characterizes the pre-Christmas season with Grands Motets from France. With soloists, the vocalEnsemble and the Baroque Orchestra of the Mozarteum University, truly great sounds are heard under the direction of Jörn Andresen.
With the Moz-Art-Zone, the Mozarteum University will offer an expanded music and art education program starting in the winter semester of 2022/23 with an interdisciplinary offering that aims to awaken enthusiasm and interest in students and opens the doors of the university wide for this purpose.
Ion Marin, internationally sought-after conductor, founder of the Cantus Mundi National Program and holder of the Claudio Abbado Endowed Professorship at the University Mozarteum, will conduct the University Mozarteum Symphony Orchestra for the first time at the Haus für Mozart on October 18. A conversation about truth, happiness and the power of music.
Oscar Jockel, a master's student in orchestral conducting at the Mozarteum University, has won first prize in the competition for the assistant conducting position with the Berliner Philharmoniker. Jockel will serve as assistant conductor to the Berliner Philharmoniker and principal conductor Kyrill Petrenko for one year beginning in the fall of 2022. In addition, he will spend two years as an academician at the Karajan Academy and present his own portrait concert.
On 25 and 26 June 2021, the SZENE Salzburg will be the setting for one of the most popular choral works of the 20th century: Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana".
The rediscovery and revival of (choral) works of the Baroque are matters close to the heart of Jörn Hinnerk Andresen, who has been Professor of Choral Conducting at the Mozarteum University since fall 2019.
For the winter semester 2020/2021, Maestro Ion Marin has been appointed to the Claudio Abbado Endowed Professorship, endowed by the Hans Gröber Foundation Vaduz. In addition to his work as Professor of Orchestral Conducting, he will assume the artistic direction of the Symphony Orchestra of the University Mozarteum Salzburg.
