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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.

Numerous internationally renowned teachers, including Nicolaus Harnoncourt and Dennis Russell Davies, have trained today's successful orchestra and opera conductors at the Department of Conducting, Choir & Wind Conducting at the Mozarteum University.

The Mozarteum University has a large number of attractive rooms that can be rented for any kind of event.

After the fall of the "Iron Curtain" she emigrated with her family from Kazakhstan to Germany.After the theaters, the film should also be seen on television.After all, we carry our plays into our lives and deal with them very intensively.Franziska Strohmayr grew up in Augsburg and came to Salzburg to study, where she still lives today after

Alexander von Pfeil, director of the upcoming opera production "Elegy for Young Lovers" by Hans Werner Henze and professor of music drama, has thought about the piece and his production in advance and reflects on the opera's major themes in a interview.

30 years of folk music studies and study programs at the University Mozarteum: Together with the Lucerne School of Music, teachers and students of the University Mozarteum go on a search for traces between yodel and yodel, tradition and new trends.

After their first concert at the end of May, musical director Kai Röhrig and flautist Leona Rajakowitsch, founding members of the newly formed ensemble for contemporary music at the Mozarteum University, and composer Anna Skladannaya reflect on the potential and significance of new music - with a view to more to come.

Lecturer in the university course Advanced Studies in Music & Dance Education – Orff Approach MA (CE)

Several performances of "Hansel and Gretel" after E. Humperdinck were planned.Franziska Strohmayr grew up in Augsburg and came to Salzburg to study, where she still lives today after

Univ.-Prof. of Orchestral Conducting from October 2026

As part of the Moz-Art-Zone, we link special events for school classes to the broad spectrum of university programmes and thus want to give children and young people access to music, art and culture. The focus is on young people meeting (young) artists who offer an insight into the artistic work of the various departments at the Mozarteum University. The Moz-Art-Zone offers a colourful mix of activities, from a visit to the opera with an artist talk and theatre laboratory to special educational concerts and hands-on workshops in the graphics workshop.

The Mozarteum University mourns the passing of Matthias Herbst, Professor Emeritus of Art Education, a dedicated pioneer in art education and a highly esteemed colleague.

The next World Expo will take place in Osaka from 13 April to 13 October 2025. The ambitious motto points to the future and should be at the centre of a project involving a trip (max. one week), a trip to Osaka for EXPO 2025. Interdisciplinary tandems from the university location Salzburg are cordially invited to develop project ideas and apply for the travel grant.

Teacher of Recorder

Univ.-Prof. of Piano