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About us … Home About us Electronic Administrative Signature Administrative signature General Informationen on the Administrative Signature of the Mozarteum University SalzburgThe administrative signature is the legally valid electronic signature of an authority, which is used to show that assessments and decisions have been authorised. Thus the recipient is assured that the document in question has been issued by the official body named in the letter. The official signature is represented by the picture mark of the authoriy (in a similar way to an official seal) as well as notice that the document has been signed using an administrative signature. This makes clear that the document was produced by the authority in question. The authority must give notice of a cross-check mechanism for verifying the signature and provide a service for verifying printouts. Representation of the Administrative Signature More The administrative signature can be verified under the following link: www.signaturpruefung.gv.atVerifying a printout of a document signed with the administrative signatureThe printout of the document can be verified using the contact details of the issuing authority as given in the letterhead. When presented with a printout of the document issued in their name, the sender makes a decision as to whether this was indeed produced by their institution or body.The printout can be presented to the authorities in any of the following ways: in person by fax by email (scan of the document) by post (original or copy)

About us … Home About us Platform on Politics of the Past Platform on Politics of the Past Skip page navigation Overview Return to slider start The Platform on Politics of the Past is a forum for discussing questions relating to the historical political positioning and decisions of the Mozarteum University. The critical assessment of these issues may take the form of scholarly review (e.g. of biographies) but can equally be expressed through artistic projects that raise public awareness in the spirit of “Never Forget.” The Platform was founded in response to an artistic intervention by students of the Thomas Bernhard Institute in April 2024, in which a number of names on the Honorary Members board in the foyer of the Mozarteum University were crossed out with red paint and a petition was lodged calling for their honours to be revoked. Contactgeschichtspolitiken@moz.ac.at Statement from the Rectorate & Senate In the years between 1960 and 1980, certain honours were awarded by the Mozarteum University Salzburg which, in hindsight, are highly problematic. These relate to people whose possible involvement in Austrian Fascism or Nazi (cultural) politics was not critically examined.  To honour someone with an award is also to create a contemporary document. Such awards always reflect the positions, politics and networks of those who bestow them. Through neglecting to critically question the honours that were awarded between the 1960s and 1980s until very recently, the Mozarteum University Salzburg failed to actively combat the forgetting and suppression of historical events. The position of the senate and rectorate is that the past behaviour of the university and its office-holders, which cannot be considered in isolation from the honours which were awarded to problematic individuals, should be researched, dealt with and explained. In this way, the Mozarteum University Salzburg has chosen to acknowledge and account for its past. At the same time, the Mozarteum University Salzburg is keen to avoid focusing on the perpetrators. Instead, the university has initiated and advanced a comprehensive process of accountability and acknowledgement of the victims of tyranny and those harmed by the organs and members of the Mozarteum. 13th January 2025 News Mozarteum stories: documents and memories wanted 10.3.2026 Mozarteum stories: documents and memories wanted  The Platform for Historical Politics at the Mozarteum University Salzburg invites participation in the academic examination of the university's political past, particularly during the periods of Austrofascism, National Socialism and the post-war era. Archive Open Call – Artistic Interventions 22.12.2025 Open Call – Artistic Interventions  In 2024, the Platform on Politics of the Past was established at the Mozarteum University Salzburg. As a public platform, its purpose is to provide a forum for discussing questions and presenting research findings relating to the historical political positioning and decisions of the Mozarteum University. All university members are welcome to become involved and support its work. Open Call Mozarteum stories – dialogue with the past 23.9.2025 Mozarteum stories – dialogue with the past  The Platform on Politics of the Past at the Mozarteum University Salzburg deals with cultures of remembrance from the 1920s to the 1990s. The critical reflection on the university's political past, especially during the periods of Austrofascism, National Socialism and the post-war era, plays just as important a role as art projects against forgetting and for greater awareness. Researchers are currently conducing a citizen research project that invites the local community to share relevant documents and contemporary accounts. Press release Artistic intervention 24.4.2024 Artistic intervention  News More news Veranstaltungen 27.1.2026 02:45 pm Foyer Haupthaus DOT - Gesten der Verantwortung  DOT – Gesten der Verantwortung ist ein künstlerisch-forschendes Projekt, das sich mit der Verkörperung institutioneller Geschichte an der Universität Mozarteum Salzburg auseinandersetzt. Performance · Free Weitere Veranstaltungen im Kontext 27.1.2026 04:00 pm Kleines Studio Erinnerungsorte III  Musik in der NS-Diktatur: Blick auf die Täter*innen und Opfer: Musik im Ghetto und im Konzentrationslager. Vorträge und Diskussionen Symposium · Free 27.1.2026 07:30 pm Kleines Studio Erinnerungsorte III  Konzert mit Lesungen und Moderationen, anlässlich des Internationalen Holocaust- Gedenktages Concert · Free Personen Skip slider Hildegard Fraueneder Hildegard Fraueneder Senior Lecturer in Art History / First Vice-Chair of the Senate Faculty Julia Hinterberger Julia Hinterberger Associate Prof. of Historical Musicology Deputy Department Head Faculty BR 1 Christoph Lepschy Christoph Lepschy Univ.-Prof. of Dramaturgy / Chair of the Senate Senate Faculty Elisabeth Nutzenberger Elisabeth Nutzenberger Employee in the Art ARCHIVE Room Employee Susanne Prucher Susanne Prucher Management & Organization Service department management Sandra Steindl Sandra Steindl Head of PR & Marketing Service department management Yvonne Wasserloos Yvonne Wasserloos Univ.-Prof. of Musicology Senate Department Head Faculty Jump to slider start Leitbild PräambelDie Plattform Geschichtspolitiken agiert unabhängig von den leitenden Kollegialorganen der Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, steht aber mit diesen in einem konstruktiven Dialog. Die Plattform agiert departmentübergreifend und ist keinem Institut oder Department angegliedert oder zugeordnet. Für die zentralen Forschungsaktivitäten, die künstlerischen Interventionen und Vermittlungsprojekte stellt das Rektorat ein angemessenes und jährlich je nach Arbeitsplan festzulegendes Budget zur Verfügung. Mindestens einmal im Jahr werden Vertreter*innen der Plattform von der*dem Vizerektor*in für Ressourcen zu Budgetgesprächen eingeladen, bei denen der Förderbedarf im folgenden Kalenderjahr abgeklärt und der Budgetrahmen beschlossen wird. AufgabenDie Plattform Geschichtspolitiken der Universität Mozarteum Salzburg beschäftigt sich mit Fragen zum Umgang mit Vergangenheitspolitik und Erinnerungskulturen von den 1920er bis in die 1990er Jahre. Die wissenschaftliche Aufarbeitung der politischen Vergangenheit der Universität, besonders in der Zeit des Austrofaschismus, des Nationalsozialismus und der Nachkriegszeit, spielt dabei eine ebenso wichtige Rolle wie Kunstprojekte gegen das Vergessen und für mehr Bewusstsein. Mit einem open call, der sich an alle Universitätsangehörigen richtet, werden temporäre künstlerische Thematisierungen, die sich mit der Rolle der Institution und den am Haus handelnden Personen im Kontext faschistischer und nationalsozialistischer Systeme/Ideologeme, mit den Kontinuitäten und den lange wirkenden „Hinterlassenschaften“ einer politischen Verharmlosung kritisch-künstlerisch auseinandersetzen, initiiert und unterstützt. Die Suche nach Dokumenten und Erinnerungen von Zeitzeug*innen wird über ein Citizen-Science-Projekt vorangetrieben. Neben den forschenden Tätigkeiten sind die Dokumentation und Dissemination von zentraler Bedeutung – hierzu werden Kooperationen im pädagogisch-didaktischen Bereich wie im künstlerisch-forschenden Bereich mit den Departments der Universität Mozarteum angestrebt. Darüber hinaus werden unterschiedliche Veranstaltungsformate entwickelt, mit und in denen die Forschungsergebnisse in einen breiten Dialog mit der Öffentlichkeit gebracht werden können. LeitungDie Plattform Geschichtspolitiken wird kollektiv von der Kerngruppe geleitet, eine leitende Koordinierung ist nicht vorgesehen, alle Beschlüsse sind mit einfacher Mehrheit zu verabschieden. Mitglieder des Forums Plattform Geschichtspolitiken in der sogenannten Kerngruppe sind (in alphabetischer Reihenfolge): Hildegard Fraueneder, Julia Hinterberger, Christoph Lepschy, Elisabeth Nutzenberger, Susanne Prucher, Sandra Steindl, Yvonne Wasserloos. Grundsätzlich steht die Mitarbeit allen interessierten Angehörigen der Universität offen, über die Aufnahme in die Kerngruppe entscheiden deren Mitglieder mit 2/3 Mehrheit. Administrativ wird die Arbeit der Plattform seitens Elisabeth Nutzenberger, Mitarbeiterin im Kunst-ARCHIV-Raum der Universität Mozarteum, unterstützt. SitzungenDie Festlegungen von Sitzungen erfolgen kollektiv in der Kerngruppe und nach Maßgabe der jeweils anstehenden Aufgaben.  Befangenheit Ein Mitglied der Kerngruppe gilt als befangen, wenn eine Angelegenheit behandelt wird, die die persönlichen Verhältnisse dieses Mitglieds oder die eines nahen Angehörigen dieses Mitglieds betrifft. Im Falle der Befangenheit nimmt die Person an der Diskussion nicht teil und verlässt für die Dauer der Verhandlung über diesen Gegenstand die Sitzung. Diese Person kann jedoch als Auskunftsperson eingeladen werden.  Protokoll Über jede Sitzung ist ein Protokoll zu führen, das als bestätigt gilt, wenn bis zu einem von der*dem Protokollführer*in festgesetzten Termin keine Änderungs- und Ergänzungswünsche mehr eingebracht werden und die abgestimmten Änderungen und Ergänzungen eingearbeitet sind.Das Protokoll hat jedenfalls zu enthalten:‐ Ort, Datum, Beginn und Ende der Sitzung‐ die Namen der Anwesenden, wobei “anwesend“ bedeutet: physisch anwesend oder präsent bei einer video-/telefonisch abgewickelten Sitzung/Zuschaltung ‐ die Namen der Abwesenden‐ Berichte/Beschlüsse in vollem Wortlaut samt Abstimmungsergebnissen ‐ Beiträge, deren Aufnahme in das Protokoll verlangt werden.Sämtliche Schriftstücke, die aus Anlass der Sitzung zur Kenntnis gebracht wurden, sind mit dem Protokoll abzulegen.Das Protokoll ist ehest möglich zu erstellen und nach Zustimmung ordnungsgemäß abzulegen (Kanzlei, Teams-Ordner). Auskunftspersonen und Expert*innen Zur Beratung können Auskunftspersonen und Expert*innen beigezogen werden. Amtsverschwiegenheit Die Sitzungsteilnehmer*innen sind im Sinne des § 48 UG zur Amtsverschwiegenheit verpflichtet. 

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The Platform on Politics of the Past at the Mozarteum University Salzburg deals with cultures of remembrance from the 1920s to the 1990s. The critical reflection on the university's political past, especially during the periods of Austrofascism, National Socialism and the post-war era, plays just as important a role as art projects against forgetting and for greater awareness. Researchers are currently conducing a citizen research project that invites the local community to share relevant documents and contemporary accounts.

About us … Home About us X-Reality-Lab X-Reality-Lab Skip page navigation Overview About us News Projects MozXR Funding organizations People Return to slider start The X-Reality Lab is a unique infrastructure that opens up opportunities for students, researchers and developers to experiment with projection-based virtual reality, as well as allowing them to explore further possibilities for the usage of interactive x-reality and identify new areas in which it could be deployed. Contactmoz.xr@moz.ac.atbernhard.winkler@moz.ac.at Funded by the FFG. Co-financed by the ERFE programme of the European Union. The X-Reality-Lab is hexagonal in shape, with a floor area of 165m2 and a room height of 8 metres. Five of the six walls and the floor are fully equipped with state-of-the-art 3D projectors to create impressive visual effects. Behind the projection surface is a sophisticated system of loudspeakers and subwoofers, which creates an immersive audio-visual experience by combining real-time 3D images and 3D sound. The room is equipped with optical sensors and tracking systems which work in tandem to follow and identify people, objects and robots, creating a highly interactive environment.  Significant parts of the X-Reality Lab's equipment are funded by the FFG and co-financed by the European Union in the EFRE programme. Further information on the IBW/EFRE- & JTF programme can be found at www.efre.gv.at News Open Call: Artist-in-Residence Program 23.5.2025 Open Call: Artist-in-Residence Program  Under the title "Staging Realities" Mozarteum University invites media artists and artist collectives to apply for a funded residency to create an interactive, multi-user XR performance in the newly built X-Reality-Lab. Fully operational in winter 2025, the Lab features cutting-edge projection-based XR technology and is supported by the open-source software framework mozXR developed in cooperation with the Ars Electronica Futurelab. Open Call Expanded realities, expanded possibilities 11.10.2024 Expanded realities, expanded possibilities  With the approval of research funding totalling 2.5 million euros from the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG), the foundation has been laid for the development of a state-of-the-art X-Reality Lab - the digital centrepiece of the new Mozarteum University site at Kurgarten. News Projects The X-Reality-Lab is to be housed at a new site of the Mozarteum University at the Kurgarten which is currently under construction. Together with regional and international partners from research and industry, numerous projects are already in the pipeline ahead of the planned opening at the beginning of 2026. If you are interested in a collaboration in the field of X-Reality or Artificial Intelligence in Art, please contact us (christopher.lindinger@moz.ac.at or bernhard.winkler@moz.ac.at). MozXR - The modular open source platform for immersive digital art MozXR is an innovative platform that supports artists, designers and creative teams in the development of immersive and interactive XR applications. The open-source framework takes established tools such as Unreal Engine, Unity and TouchDesigner and brings them together in a single technical environment, providing the basis for sophisticated audiovisual projects - from interactive performances and multiplayer experiences to large-scale, walk-through installations. Designed for use in specialised spaces such as the X-Reality-Lab at the Mozarteum University or the Deep Space at the Ars Electronica Center in Linz (and with other comparable XR systems built on highly developed technical equipment), MozXR offers a stable and flexible basis for projects in art, research, education and entertainment - in both non-commercial and professional contexts. MozXR is currently under development and is available free of charge as an open source tool. Extensive training materials - including video tutorials, detailed documentaries and examples of how it could be deployed in real-world situations - make it easy to get started. Funding organisations Skip slider Jump to slider start People Skip slider Christopher Lindinger Christopher Lindinger Univ.-Prof. of Digital Humanities in the Arts Deputy Head of Institute Faculty Claudia Lehmann Claudia Lehmann Univ.-Prof. of Film Art & Visual Communication Head of Institute Faculty Curriculum Committee Bernhard Winkler Scientific Lab Manager Employee Agnes Maria Ilona Czernin-Kinsky XR Engineer Employee Dominik Hasenbichler XR Engineer Employee Jump to slider start

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About us … Home About us Practicing Care Practicing Care © Christian Schneider Skip page navigation Overview Events Past Events Return to slider start "Practicing Care" is a long-term project launched in the summer semester of 2022 that deals with the social responsibility of an arts university across national boudaries. The format of the new project was inspired by the new forms of protest and decentralised care networks which found expression in the activities of the Belarusian opposition in 2020 and were led primarily by women. "To remember hundreds of political prisoners in Belarus, but also in Russia and worldwide, to remind ourselves as teachers and students at an arts university that art and politics, personal and social freedom and resistance to their oppression can never be treated as separate issues, the Senate of the Mozarteum University awarded Maria Kalesnikava an honorary professorship on 11 March 2022" — Senate Chair Christoph Lepschy News Honorary Professor Maria Kalesnikava is free 15.12.2025 Honorary Professor Maria Kalesnikava is free  The Mozarteum University Salzburg is extremely happy and relieved about the release of its honorary professor Maria Kalesnikava and 122 other political prisoners, including Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of the human rights organisation Viasna, Ales Bjaljazki, from detention in Belarus. Thanks to careful mediation by the USA, Kalesnikava was released from prison on Saturday, 13 October 2025 after almost five years of incarceration in apalling and inhumane conditions. News Letter campaign for Maria Kalesnikava 20.9.2024 Letter campaign for Maria Kalesnikava  News Loud sign for Maria Kalesnikava 23.4.2024 Loud sign for Maria Kalesnikava  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. News "Europe's dogs": readings & talk with Alhierd Bacharevič as part of Practicing Care 12.2.2024 "Europe's dogs": readings & talk with Alhierd Bacharevič as part of Practicing Care  Press release Jin, Jiyan, Azadiˆ - زن زندگى آزادى - Zan. Zendegi. Azadi. 13.1.2023 Jin, Jiyan, Azadiˆ - زن زندگى آزادى - Zan. Zendegi. Azadi.  With the solidarity event "Woman_Life_Freedom" in the framework of "Practicing Care", the Mozarteum University wants to contribute to maintaining public attention on the criminal machinations and the "state-sanctioned killings" (according to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights) of the Iranian rulers. At the same time, we want to convey an impression of the concerns and diverse forms of protest, which is supported not least by countless artists. Press release Concern for Honorary Professor Maria Kalesnikava 2.12.2022 Concern for Honorary Professor Maria Kalesnikava  We are deeply saddened and concerned by the news that the imprisoned Belarusian musician and activist Maria Kalesnikava was transferred from her isolation cell in the penal camp to the intensive care unit of a hospital last Monday. Her family also has no information about her health condition so far and is not allowed to visit her. Our thoughts are with her and we wish her a speedy and full recovery. Press release Honorary professorship awarded to Maria Kalesnikava 18.10.2022 Honorary professorship awarded to Maria Kalesnikava  Since the beginning of the year, the project "Practicing Care" has been focusing on the transnational social responsibility of a university of the arts with a variety of activities. Exemplary for these activities is the awarding of an honorary professorship by the Senate of the Mozarteum University to the Belarusian flautist, pedagogue and civil rights activist Maria Kalesnikava, who was sentenced to 11 years of penal colony in her home country. Dorothee Oberlinger and Olga Shparaga, among others, will participate in the program of the ceremony on October 30. Press release Practicing Care: Solidarity Network of an Arts University 21.6.2022 Practicing Care: Solidarity Network of an Arts University  Press release Press  Iran-Proteste: Ein Wiegenlied kann aufrütteln (Clemens Panagl, 17. Jänner 2023, Salzburger Nachrichten): https://www.sn.at/kultur/allgemein/iran-proteste-ein-wiegenlied-kann-aufruetteln-132714901   Sorge tut not, in Weißrussland und in der Ukraine (Reinhard Kriechbaum, 23. Juni 2022, Drehpunkt Kultur): http://www.drehpunktkultur.at/index.php/home-sp-1905016579/16096-sorge-tut-not-in-weissrussland-und-in-der-ukraine   Universität Mozarteum startet "Care"-Projekt: Der Protest bekommt einen neuen Sound (Clemens Panagl, 22. Juni 2022, Salzburger Nachrichten): https://www.sn.at/kultur/musik/universitaet-mozarteum-startet-care-projekt-der-protest-bekommt-einen-neuen-sound-123155596 Past Events 2.12.2025 07:00 pm Theater im KunstQuartier Practicing Care Practicing Care: Manifest einer Gartenlosen  Lesung & Gespräch (belarussisch/deutsch) von Tania Arcimovich Reading · Free 20.4.2024 05:00 pm Kleines Studio Practicing Care Practicing Care: Connection  "Connection" is a solo performance about political prisoners and politicians, about freedom and imprisonment, about decisions and consequences, about guilt and responsibility, about strength and weakness. It is a piece about the lack of connection with political prisoners. Performance · Free 29.3.2023 07:00 pm Theater im KunstQuartier Practicing Care Practicing Care: The Revolution Has a Female Face  with Olga Shparaga, Annemarie Türk, Aylin Rieger and acting students of the Thomas Bernhard Institute Lecture · Free entry (Opens in new tab) 30.10.2022 05:00 pm Solitär Practicing Care Honorary professorship awarded to Maria Kalesnikava  The ceremony to mark the award will be opened by Rector Elisabeth Gutjahr on October 30. Award · Free 24.10.2022 07:30 pm Das Kino Practicing Care Courage - Film & Talk  The film takes a very personal look at the events and gives a gripping insight into the lives of people in Belarus today who are fighting for their freedom and the right to democracy. Film presentation 14.10.2022 07:00 pm Practicing Care Ljawon Wolski as a guest on Music Talk at Rockhouse Salzburg  "THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'": Lyavon Wolski, author of the most famous Belarusian protest song "Three Turtles", talks in the Rockhouse about his experiences as a protest singer, about the genre of the protest song and its possibilities and limits in the mid-20th century and today. Talk · Free © Christian Schneider Videodokumentation Woman Life Freedom  18. Jänner 2023

News … Home News Practicing Care: Solidarity Network of an Arts University Practicing Care: Solidarity Network of an Arts University 21.06.2022 Press release © Living Pictures Production Since the summer semester of 2022, "Practicing Care" has also been the title of a long-term project at the Mozarteum University that focuses on the transnational social responsibility of an art university. The numerous new forms of protest and decentralized care networks that found expression in the activities of the Belarusian opposition in 2020, led primarily by women, were the inspiration for the design of the project format. The willingness to help Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion on February 24 has impressively shown how much people can care and look after others, unknown and foreign people, even outside their immediate family and friendly environment. To Care has once again become the epitome of a humanity that can go far beyond personal and national boundaries. At the heart of 2022 is the awarding of an honorary professorship to one of the leading figures of the Belarusian opposition: to the flautist and educator Maria Kalesnikava - because of her courageous and encouraging commitment against arbitrary state power, torture, oppression and the violation of elementary human rights by an authoritarian regime, she was recently awarded the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen 2022 together with her fellow campaigners Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and Veronica Tsepkalo. Born in Minsk on April 24, 1982, Kalesnikava studied flute and conducting at the State Academy of Music in Minsk, then early and contemporary music at the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts. She played in various ensembles, taught music in Belarus and Germany, worked on numerous transnational music projects, and in 2019 became artistic director of the cultural center "OK-16" in Minsk. In opposition to Lukashenko's regime, the musician and educator decided to temporarily exchange her flute for a megaphone and campaign for free elections and women's rights in Belarus: In an infamous criminal case, she was sentenced to eleven years of penal colony on September 6, 2021. "To remember hundreds of political prisoners in Belarus, but also in Russia and worldwide, to remind ourselves as teachers and students at an art university that art and politics, personal and social freedom and resistance to their oppression can never be treated as separate issues, the Senate of the Mozarteum University awarded Maria Kalesnikava an honorary professorship on March 11, 2022" , explains the Senate Chairman and Professor of Dramaturgy  Christoph Lepschy.

Since the beginning of the year, the project "Practicing Care" has been focusing on the transnational social responsibility of a university of the arts with a variety of activities. Exemplary for these activities is the awarding of an honorary professorship by the Senate of the Mozarteum University to the Belarusian flautist, pedagogue and civil rights activist Maria Kalesnikava, who was sentenced to 11 years of penal colony in her home country. Dorothee Oberlinger and Olga Shparaga, among others, will participate in the program of the ceremony on October 30.

We are deeply saddened and concerned by the news that the imprisoned Belarusian musician and activist Maria Kalesnikava was transferred from her isolation cell in the penal camp to the intensive care unit of a hospital last Monday. Her family also has no information about her health condition so far and is not allowed to visit her. Our thoughts are with her and we wish her a speedy and full recovery.

With the solidarity event "Woman_Life_Freedom" in the framework of "Practicing Care", the Mozarteum University wants to contribute to maintaining public attention on the criminal machinations and the "state-sanctioned killings" (according to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights) of the Iranian rulers. At the same time, we want to convey an impression of the concerns and diverse forms of protest, which is supported not least by countless artists.

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.

The Mozarteum University Salzburg is extremely happy and relieved about the release of its honorary professor Maria Kalesnikava and 122 other political prisoners, including Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of the human rights organisation Viasna, Ales Bjaljazki, from detention in Belarus. Thanks to careful mediation by the USA, Kalesnikava was released from prison on Saturday, 13 October 2025 after almost five years of incarceration in apalling and inhumane conditions.

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