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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.

Peter Schreiner, Senior Lecturer for Photography & New Media at the Department of Fine Arts and Design, will be awarded the Annual Scholarship for Photography in 2023. The scholarship is awarded annually by the province of Salzburg and has been endowed with Euro 12,000 since 2023.

During an Advent service held by the University Parish/KHG at the Kollegienkirche, the members of the Mozarteum uniChor, conducted by Jörn Andresen, not only provided musical reflection but sent a powerful message of solidarity: a total of €1,453 was raised for the AAI Relief Fund for international students in need. The amount was officially handed over to the Afro-Asian Institute (AAI) Salzburg on 10th March 2026.

The Tyrolean State Prize for Art, worth €14,000, goes to Johannes Maria Staud, a composer born in Innsbruck and professor of composition at the Mozarteum University. The jury unanimously agreed that Staud is one of Austria's most important contemporary composers. We send our warmest congratulations!

Univ.-Prof. of Violin

Lecturer in Dance and Movement

Interested young people still have until 21st September 2025 to register for the Musik-Multis: Next Generation support programme at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, which is unique in Austria. A few limited places are still available!

The brass section of the Mozarteum University is starting the new year 2024 with a new ensemble! "Prima Vista" is the name of the inaugural concert of the large brass ensemble, which will be conducted by Patrik Hofer, Senior Lecturer in Trumpet at the Mozarteum since 2022.

Guest Lecturer on the course "Advanced Studies in Music and Dance Education – Orff-Schulwerk“ (Madrid / San Francisco)

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Starting in the winter semester 2022/23, the one-year university course "Music and Dance in Social Work and Integrative Pedagogy" will be offered again and is aimed at pedagogues of all disciplines as well as musicians who are interested in the use of music and dance in social work and integrative, inclusive pedagogy. Part-time, it offers participants an expansion of their professional qualifications.

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Univ.-Prof. of Piano

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