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Award-winning composer Sarah Nemtsov is one of the most sought-after musical voices of her generation. A conversation about her professorship at the Mozarteum University, her personal creative process, and one of her 2022 highlights.

The training at the Department of Voice is tailored to the needs of singers in the 21st century who can take on roles with demanding physical requirements and are also masters at working with colleagues, directors and conductors from around the world.

Tina Geroldinger, a young Austrian composer, and Maurycy Hartman, clarinettist and founding member of the Ensemble for Contemporary Music, in conversation about the new ensemble, opportunities and possibilities for contemporary music in the current music world and about special moments that arise when people engage intensively with each other musically.

The biennial International Mozart Competition is one of the world's major music competitions. Since 1975, the focus has been on the work of the genius loci Mozart, whose work is constantly being rediscovered by the young generation of highly talented interpreters.

Even 80 years after the end of the war, they raise big questions about the value of life, the power of

26th January 2026 sees the premiere of Benjamin Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia in the Max Schlereth Saal at the Mozarteum University. We spoke to the production team, Lena Matterne and Theresa Staindl, to learn more about their views on female identity, self-determination and social conscience.

Hanna Binder is an actress, performance artist and musician who is at home on stage and in film. Since 1st of September, she has been bringing her passion for bodywork and authentic stage presence to the Mozarteum in Salzburg as a university professor. With a wealth of experience in theatre, film and dance, Binder now dedicates herself to promoting young talent, always with a focus on the physical expressiveness and humanity that makes theatre so special.

On 23 June, the Opera Studies Department at the Mozarteum University Salzburg will celebrate the world premiere of Agamemnon (Musical Director: Gernot Sahler; Director: Alexander von Pfeil). The commissioned work was created by the young Slovenian composer Vid Ožbolt, who is currently studying composition with Sarah Nemtsov. In a conversation with the composer and with set and costume designer Laura Trilsam, a student in the Department of Scenography, we take a look behind the scenes and at the creative process behind the production.

Franziska Strohmayr grew up in Augsburg and came to Salzburg to study, where she still lives today after

Franziska Strohmayr grew up in Augsburg and came to Salzburg to study, where she still lives today after

After working as an assistant director at the Schaubühne in Berlin, he pursued a PhD at Mozarteum University

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Univ.-Prof. of Elemental Music & Dance Education

Vivi Vassileva represents a new generation of percussionists and showcases percussion as an instrument of the 21st century. She takes the audience to the very frontiers of the world of percussion, which she explores and pushes back with incredible passion, brilliant technique, virtuosity and athletic performance. A conversation about her work as a musician, the world of percussion and the athletic aspects of music.

Oscar Jockel is currently Kirill Petrenko's conducting assistant with the Berlin Philharmonic and a conducting fellow of the Karajan Academy for two years. He has been appointed the first Composer in Residence of the Brucknerhaus Linz for the 2020/21 season. Previous commissions range from works for solo instruments to sound installations and orchestral works, the latter for the Bruckner Orchestra Linz or the Camerata Salzburg, for example.

Univ.-Prof. of Performance & Theatre Studies