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The Mozarteum University once again cordially invites its alumnae and alumni as well as emeritus and emeriti to a drink followed by a performance of W. A. Mozart's "Le nozze di Figaro"! Rector Elisabeth Gutjahr will give you a warm welcome.
Sir John Falstaff is a natural phenomenon: his appearance is imposing, his demeanour commanding, his manner possessive. And most fascinating of all: the event does not care about rules, conventions or decorum, it simply exists for its own sake, in a sense for nothing but its belly.
The call is aimed at young researchers and those interested in research in the context of art and education as well as all neighbouring disciplines. We would like to invite doctoral candidates and post-docs as well as students in Bachelor's and Master's programmes to contribute. A thematic reference to the call is desirable in the contributions, but this is not a prerequisite for participation.
Sarah Nemtsov, renowned composer and university professor of composition at the Mozarteum University, will receive the Heidelberger Künstlerinnenpreis 2025 for her outstanding contributions to contemporary music. The prize, which has been endowed with 10,000 euros since 2025, is one of the most important cultural prizes in Germany and is the only prize in the world to be awarded exclusively to female composers.
The Institute for Equality & Gender Studies honours outstanding student theses and qualification projects that correspond to the understanding of a scientific/artistic examination in the fields of Gender & Queer Studies, Advanced Feminism and/or Diversity Studies with the GenDivers prizes. On 8 May 2024, the GenDivers Awards 2023 were presented as part of the exhibition opening "(UN)GESEHEN: des Blicks Verlernen" - the winners are Cat Jugravu, Johanna Mayerhofer and Dustin Waskow. Congratulations to them!
On 15 May, Giuseppe Verdi's last opera Falstaff celebrates its premiere under the musical direction of Kai Röhrig and directed by Florentine Klepper. The two artists provide exciting insights into the production and its creation in a double interview.
Elisabeth de Roo studied song and oratorio at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg and property and facility management at the University of Applied Sciences in Kufstein. With her play "Kein leichtes Mädchen. Käuflicher Liederabend", she addresses a sensitive topic and tries to encourage people to discuss it.
On 15 June, choral conductor Yoshihisa Matthias Kinoshita will be holding a workshop on the topic of "Voice training with children - attitude in children's choir conducting" at the Department of Music Education in Innsbruck, organised by the Centre for Choral Education Research and Practice (ZECHOF) - participation is free!
Under the motto "Universities vote for Europe", universities and universities of applied sciences are jointly calling for participation in the European Parliament elections on 9 June 2024. Together, we want to promote participation in the EU elections as a clear message in favour of a common Europe and as an expression of courageous cohesion in a vital EU, thereby also highlighting the importance of the EU as a scientific area.
A city on the move - young, dynamic, full of contradictions. Nine students from the Department of Scenography embark on urban forays with their sketchbooks. From the beginnings of modernism to contemporary architecture. Experimental drawing on selected objects. Between Stalinism, Brutalism and Contemporary, new centre and periphery, indoor and outdoor.
On 24 April 2024, flautist, democracy campaigner in Belarus and honorary professor at Mozarteum University Maria Kalesnikava will turn 42. However, there has been no sign of life from her for more than a year. Neither her family nor her lawyers are allowed to communicate with her. Despite her fragile state of health following an emergency operation more than a year ago, Maria Kalesnikava is apparently in solitary confinement.
As part of the International Summer Academy and numerous masterclasses, the renowned American pianist, teacher, Mozart researcher and Harvard professor Robert Levin has been a regular guest at the Mozarteum University for many years. From May, he will take up his teaching position at the Department of Keyboard Instruments. We are very much looking forward to it!
The presentation concert of the scholarship holders of the newly created ensemble scholarship A (one-year) Start Up for Ensemble(s) took place in the impressive ambience of Schloss Leopoldskron at the beginning of April. In cooperation with "The International Society of Mozarteum University Salzburg", over 44.000 euros will be made available to students or graduates of the Mozarteum University Salzburg.
Florentine Klepper has been Professor of Music Drama (scenic) at the Department of Opera & Music Theatre since the summer semester 2024. In the interview, she provides insights into her working methods, previous and ongoing projects and shares her thoughts on the various facets of music theatre.
On April 4 and 5, 2024, the 24th "Music Didactics Austria" conference took place at Frohnburg Castle of the Mozarteum University in cooperation with the Salzburg Education Directorate and the Salzburg University of Teacher Education. After an opening by Vice-Rector Mario Kostal and Daniela Gutschi, State Councillor for Education, a video message from Vice-Rector Matteo Carmignola of the Salzburg University of Teacher Education and a keynote speech by Martina Müller (BMBWF), the conference focused on the future of music education.
The British businessman, musician and philanthropist Sir Ian Stoutzker made a lifelong commitment to young musicians out of a deep conviction that music is an important factor in everyone's life. He died on 6 April 2024 at the age of 95.
Together with children and young people, the inter- and transdisciplinary CreART Lab is being developed in collaboration with partners from the fields of art & culture, science & technology, education & outreach, and in cooperation with regional companies and networks. A mobile experimental space that, in the spirit of the guiding principle "Co-Creating Change!", is intended to inspire, motivate and support children and young people to (co-)create change.
The State of Salzburg/Department for Art and Culture is again awarding scholarships (in the amount of the course fee) for attending the International Summer Academy of Fine Arts from 22 July to 31 August 2024.
