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The Department of Composition and Music Theory explores contemporary forms of instrumental and electroacoustic composition and explores scholarly, artistic, and pedagogical approaches to music and styles of all periods.

The French-Austrian Academy for Contemporary Composition is a cooperation between the Mozarteum University and the Gmem Marseille. Since 2019, selected participants in ARCO receive intensive coaching and immediate feedback on their work in direct work with renowned coaches and professional ensembles

Attention composers: The application for ARCo - Art, Research and Creation 2023 is now open! The French-Austrian Academy for Contemporary Composition, a cooperation of the Mozarteum University and the GMEM - Centre national de création musicale Marseille will take place from July 7 to 16, 2023 in Marseille - be part of it!

On July 16, this year's edition of the top-class French-Austrian Academy of Composition came to a successful close in Marseille with four concerts. For the first time, the prize winners of the International Mozart Competition were invited to Marseille and performed in the concerts.

Applications for ARCO - Art, Research and Creation Opus 2024 are now open! The French-Austrian Academy for Contemporary Composition, a cooperation between the Mozarteum University and the GMEM - Centre national de création musicale Marseille, will take place in Salzburg from 3 to 13 July 2024.

Masterclasses, concerts, operettas, contemporary composition and much more between Salzburg, Bad Ischl and Siena: an exciting academy summer awaits at the Mozarteum University!

Festivals & Academies … Home Festivals & Academies Baroque Summer Academy in Siena Baroque Summer Academy in Siena Since 2021, the Moarteum University's Department of Early Music has organised a  Baroque Summer Academy in Siena, Italy, as part of the renowned Accademia Musicale Chigiana. The cooperation with Siena's Chigiana Foundation enables the teaching of Early Music in a unique setting influenced by Baroque and Renaissance. Baroque Summer Academy 26th Aug - 2nd Sept 2023 Palazzo Chigi SaraciniVia di Città 8953100 Sienachigiana.org   DepartmentEarly Music   The academy takes place over the period of one week, with the department's team of lecturers conducting intensive master classes for students from all over the world. In addition to classes, participants can expect concerts by students and faculty, orchestra projects and other activities. Highlights of the 2023 Academy were the performance of Henry Purcell's opera "Dido & Aeneas", incorporating a prologue and epilogue "Elissa" by Henry Fourès and Elisabeth Gutjahr, in collaboration with the Department of Opera and the Department of Scenography of the Mozarteum University, as well as a laboratory of contemporary music for early instruments under the direction of Simone Fontanelli and Vittorio Ghielmi; it can truly be said that this Summer Academy is among the best of its kind in Europe. Events BaroqueLab: Elissa/ Dido & Aeneas in Siena 29.8.—30.8.2023 Teatro dei Rinnovati BaroqueLab: Elissa/ Dido & Aeneas in Siena  The music theater project BaroqueLab presents the stage performance of "Dido and Aeneas" by Henry Purcell and the new music theater work by the French composer Henry Fourès, "Elissa", as part of the Baroque Summer Academy of the Mozarteum University in Siena. Opera People Skip slider Marco Testori Marco Testori Univ.-Prof. of Baroque Cello Faculty Alfredo Bernardini Alfredo Bernardini Univ.-Prof. of Baroque Oboe Faculty Florian Birsak-Hayer Florian Birsak-Hayer Univ.-Prof. of Harpsichord & Basso Continuo / Ensemble Direction Deputy Department Head Faculty Marcello Gatti Marcello Gatti Univ.-Prof. of Traverso Faculty Vittorio Ghielmi Vittorio Ghielmi Univ.-Prof. of Viola da Gamba Department Head Faculty Simone Fontanelli Simone Fontanelli Senior Lecturer in New Music Head of Institute Faculty Jump to slider start

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Univ.-Prof. of Traverso

The heart of the Department for Brass, Wind & Percussion Studies is an internationally renowned faculty that includes renowned soloists and musicians from leading ensembles.

Univ.-Prof. of Harpsichord & Basso Continuo / Ensemble Direction

Univ.-Prof. of Baroque Oboe

Univ.-Prof. of Baroque Cello

The music theater project BaroqueLab presents the stage performance of "Dido and Aeneas" by Henry Purcell and the new music theater work by the French composer Henry Fourès, "Elissa", as part of the Baroque Summer Academy of the Mozarteum University in Siena.

The Department of Early Music brings together the diverse competencies and the lively character of early music and its performance practice in an interdisciplinary way. The goal is a qualification that takes into account both personal inclinations and professional perspectives.

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