Susanne Prucher

Head of the University Archive - Kunst-ARCHIV-Raum⋅Archive

Susanne Prucher heads the archive of the Mozarteum University Salzburg, which she played a key role in developing ahead of its official opening in 2013. The journalist, art historian and lawyer collects photographs, press reports and promotional materials, as well as personnel files, correspondence and meeting minutes in the “Kunst-ARCHIV-Raum.” Through publications, exhibitions, projects and guided tours, she ensures that the history of the Mozarteum University remains alive and accessible.

Susanne Prucher studied communication sciences in combination with art history and law in Salzburg. She has worked at the Mozarteum University Salzburg since 1998.

She initially served as a public relations officer, where she was responsible for numerous publications as well as the university’s website and corporate design until 2008. From 2012 onwards, as head of the documentation department, she established the Kunst-ARCHIV-Raum, a publicly accessible archive documenting current and historical activities of the Mozarteum University and supporting teaching, artistic development and research.

Since 2015, she has been editor of the almanac, which continues the tradition of the university’s annual reports dating back to 1880 and is made available through the archive.

She also initiated the project “Universität Mozarteum – Narrated History”, within which extensive oral history interviews with current and former members of the university have been conducted since 2012, complementing the written archive holdings.

In addition, she leads guided tours at the Mozarteum University, providing insight into the institution’s history and activities.

Guided tours through the Mozarteum University Day of the Archives Book presentation: "On the way to the art university. The art university organization law of 1970" on October 7th, 2021 Book presentation: "Departments - departments - institutes. Historical aspects of the Mozarteum University" on December 6th, 2018 Archives and history politics - Spring conference of the Association of Austrian Archivists 2018 From music school to conservatory: special exhibition on the book 2017 Exhibition "Development": 175 years of the Mozarteum 2016 Exhibition "Development": 100 years of the International Summer Academy Mozartuem 2016 Opening of the art archive room on April 30, 2013 Website relaunch 2010

Almanac of the Mozarteum University from 2014/15 (annually) Mozarteum training facility. Structures and fields of activity 1922-1953. In: From the conservatory to the academy. The Mozarteum 1922-1953. Hg: Julia Hinterberger
Hollitzer Verlag, Vienna, 2022) On the way to an art university - the art university organization law of 1970. Eds: Susanne Prucher, Silvia Herkt, Susanne Kogler, Severin Matiasovits, Erwin Strouhal
(Hollitzer Verlag, Vienna, 2021) Universität Mozarteum Salzburg. In: Salzburger Kulturlexikon, eds.: Peter Mittermayr, Heinrich Spängler
Jung und Jung Verlag, Salzburg and Vienna, 2019) Music School / Conservatory Mozarteum 1841-1922. structures and fields of activity. In: From the music school to the conservatory. The Mozarteum 1841-1922.
Published by: Julia Hinterberger (Hollitzer Verlag, Vienna, 2017)