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Service & Support … Home Study Service & Support Language skills German for studying Skip page navigation Overview Info about language skills Dates Registration Course rules People Return to slider start Depending on the study programme or course, a minimum level of proficiency in the German language (and in rare cases, English) is required for admission. All those whose first language is not the language of instruction must submit the relevant certificate by the date specified. Department for Musicology Contact: sarah.heindl@moz.ac.at Information about language skills Required language levels German language level Pre-College Salzburg, up to 11 years (October 1 counts as the cut-off date for age) Postgraduate university courses (all ZKF)→ no language level required    Pre-College Salzburg, 12-14 years (October 1 counts as the cut-off date for age). October)→ A1 language level (at the time of admission*)  Pre-College Salzburg, from the age of 15BA Instrumental Studies (all ZKF)BA & MA CompositionBA & MA Choral Conducting or Orchestra ConductingBA & MA Singing, MA Baroque VocalMA LiedMA Opera & Music TheatreMA Historical Performance PracticeMA Harpsichord, Fortepiano, Piano solo, Piano duo, Piano chamber music, Correpetition for music theatre, OrganMA Recorder, Baroque oboe, transverse flute, Baroque violin/viola, Baroque cello, viola da gamba/violoneMA New Music (all ZKF)MA Open ArtsDiploma programme Performing Arts (Acting/Directing)ULG Wind Band Conducting→ A2 language level (at the time of admission*) MA Bass Clarinet, Bass tuba, Bassoon, Flute, Horn, Clarinet, Oboe, Trombone, Percussion, Trumpet, Guitar, Harp, Double bass, Viola, Violin, VioloncelloMA Chamber Music for Piano Trio or String QuartetMA Wind Band Conducting→ A2 language level (until the end of the 2nd semester***)  BA Music Theory Diploma programme Stage Design→ B1 language level (at the time of admission*) MA Music TheoryBA & MA Teacher Training Cluster Central and Cluster WestBA & MA Instrumental & Vocal Pedagogy (IGP)BA & MA Elementary Music & Dance PedagogyMA Elementary Music & Movement Pedagogy→ B2 language level (at the time of admission*)  Doctoral studies Doctor of PhilosophyDoctoral studies in Science & Art→ B2 language level (at the time of admission*) English language level MA Applied Theatre MA Immersive ArtsUniversity Course Advanced Studies in Music and Dance Education - Orff Approach ULG and MA (CE)→ A2 language level (at the time of admission*)  Doctoral Programme Artistic (PhD in the Arts)→ B2 Language level (at the time of admission*)  Please note: For the Postgraduate University Courses (PGL) no proof of German language skills is required. Deadlines for proof - Explanation *At the time of admission: Proof of required language skills must be provided at the time of enrolment at the latest. If valid proof (see overview below) is already available at the time of the application, it can be uploaded in the application form. It is also possible to hand it in later until the time of enrolment.If no corresponding original proof is provided by the end of the enrolment period, an enrolment for the degree programme is not possible. **Until the end of the 2nd semester: The required language skills can be proven by presenting a certificate (see overview below) or by means of a positively completed German language course at the Mozarteum University Salzburg.The proof must be provided by the end of the 2nd semester at the latest and must be submitted in the original, otherwise it is not possible to continue the studies. The information on language levels refers to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR 2001) of the Council of Europe Overview of accepted certificates (German) The following certificates of German are accepted: Austrian Language Diploma in German (ÖSD) Goethe Certificate German Language Examination for University Admission (DSH) German Language Diploma of the Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs (DSD) telc Language Certificate Language certificate of the Austrian Integration Fund (ÖIF) German test for immigrants (DTZ) Test DaF with at least level TDN3 in all parts (B2) as well as the following evidence     9. passed German exam as part of the entrance exam at the Mozarteum University Salzburg (if offered)   10. passed final exam of a German language course at an Austrian, German or Swiss university at the required level   11. certificate of completion of at least 4 semesters of study with German as the language of instruction at a recognised post-secondary educational institution (A2) or scientific thesis in German in a scientific degree programme (B2)   12. completion of 2 (A2) or 4 (B2) school years ar a German-speaking school (secondary level)   13. completion of 4 years of German lessons in secondary level II (A2) or school leaving examination in German (B2)   14. completion of the complete school-leaving examination in German language (B2)   15. certificate of the bilingualism test from the Autonomous Province of Bolzano (South Tyrol) in the required level   16. successful completion of the supplementary German test as part of a preparatory course at Austrian universities at level B2 or C1 Note: The proof according to 1-10 must not be older than two years as of 1st October (if you start your studies in the winter semester) or 1st March 1st (if you start your studies in the summer semester) of the respective year. All other certificates are valid for an unlimited period of time. The original proof must be presented at the time of enrolment. The examination result must be clearly stated. Certificates of participation in language courses without a final examination will not be accepted in any case.The following applies to certificates for language tests: The proof is valid if all four parts of the test (listening, reading, writing, speaking) were passed at the same test provider at least at the corresponding level and all individual certificates are not older than 2 years as of the above mentioned deadline.  Link zur Verordnung des Rektorats über die Nachweise der erforderlichen Sprachkenntnisse Overview of accepted certificates (English) The following English certificates are accepted: TOEFL internet based test (scale 0-120; B1: 57-86, B2: 87-109) IELTS test (scale 0-9; A2: 3, B1: 4, B2: 5, C1: 7) Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English Cambridge Proficiency English telc certificate English as well as the following evidence     6. passed final examination of an English language course at an English, German, Austrian or Swiss university at the required level    7. certificate of completion of at least 4 semesters of study in english at a recognized post-secondary educational institution (A2) or scientific thesis in English in a scientific degree programme (B2)    8. completion of 2 (A2) or 4 (B2) school years ar an English-speaking school (secondary level)    9. completion of 4 years of English lessons in secondary level II (A2) or school leaving examination in English (B2)   10. completion of the complete school-leaving examination in English language (B2) Note: The proof according to 1-6 must not be older than two years as of October 1st (if you start your studies in the winter semester) or March 1st (if you start your studies in the summer semester) of the respective year. All other certificates are valid for an unlimited period of time. The original proof must be presented at the time of enrolment. The examination result must be clearly stated. Certificates of participation in language courses without a final examination will not be accepted in any case.The following applies to certificates for language tests: The proof is valid if all four parts of the test (listening, reading, writing, speaking) were passed at the same test provider at least at the corresponding level and all individual certificates are not older than 2 years as of the above mentioned deadline.  Link zur Verordnung des Rektorats über die Nachweise der erforderlichen Sprachkenntnisse Information on German courses The fees for a course are Euro 50,- per semester for regular students.The course fee does not include the textbook; students must pay for this separately. You can find more information about the individual courses in MOZonline (Department of Musicology): https://mozonline.moz.ac.at under Courses "German as a Foreign Language". Please note: You must attend the first session of the course, otherwise you will be removed from the list of participants. If you cannot attend the first session, please contact the instructor. The course times given below are provisional. Please check them in MOZonline at the beginning of the semester. Registration for courses in the summer semester from 1st February and for the winter semester from 1st September. All German courses take place at Hubert-Sattler-Gasse 1, 3rd floor, room 3.006. Courses in winter semester German as a foreign language level A1 (Lisa Hainzl)Course fee: € 50,00Monday, 9:00-10:30 a.m.Wednesday, 9:00-10:30 a.m.Course start: Monday, 5th October 2026 The target level of this course is A1. No prior knowledge of German is assumed. The course meets twice a week. The minimum attendance requirement is 80%. German as a foreign language level A2+ (Florian Bauer)Course fee: € 50,00Group A:Monday, 11:00-12:30 a.m.Wednesday, 11:00-12:30 a.m.Course start with placement test: Monday, 5th October 2026, 11:00 a.m.Group B (if necessary):Monday, 13:00-14:30Wednesday, 13:00-14:30Course start with placement test: Monday, October 5th 2026, 13:00This course leads from level A2 to level A2+. You need to prove German language skills of A2 level to be admitted to this course, or you must pass the placement test in the first course unit. This course takes place twice a week. The minimum attendance requirement is 80%. German as a Foreign Language Level B1+ (Anna Scheichl)Course fee: € 50,00Tuesday, 9:00-10:30 a.m.Friday, 9:00-10:30 a.m.Course start with placement test: Tuesday, 6th October 2026, 9:00 a.m. This course leads from level B1 to level B1+. You need to prove German language skills of B1 level to be admitted to this course, or you must pass the placement test in the first course unit. This course prepares students for the B2 course that takes place in the summer semester. The course takes place twice a week. The minimum attendance requirement is 80%. Courses in summer semester German as a Foreign Language Level A2 (Lisa Hainzl) Fee €50.00Monday, 9:00–10:30 a.m.Wednesday, 9:00–10:30 a.m. Thursday, 9:00–10:30 a.m.Course begins with placement test: Wednesday, 4 March 2026, 9:00 a.m. German as a Foreign Language Level B1 (Florian Bauer) Course fee: £50(please specify ‘B1 Group A’ OR ‘B1 Group B’ when making your bank transfer) Group AMonday, 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.Wednesday, 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.Course begins with placement test: Wednesday, 4 March 2026, 11:00 a.m. Group BMonday, 1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.Wednesday, 1:00–2:30 p.m.Course begins with placement test: Wednesday, 4 March 2026, 1:00 p.m. German as a Foreign Language Level B2 (Anna Scheichl)Course fee: £50Tuesday, 9:00–10:30 a.m.Friday, 9:00–10:30 a.m.Course begins with placement test: Tuesday, 3 March 2026, 9:00 a.m. Information about registration   Registration for German courses needs to be done online via MOZonline and is possible from 7th September 2026 and 1st February 2027 respectively. Please register as soon as possible, as courses are often booked up quickly! Note: To register for a course in MOZonline, you need an activated MOZonline account and to be registered for the respective semester (payment of the ÖH fee and, if applicable, tuition/course fee). After registering in MOZonline, you will initially be placed on the waiting list. The ranking is based on the time of registration. Whether you can get a fixed place is decided on the first course date. Only those who are present at the first course date or who have agreed their absence with the course instructor in advance can receive a fixed place.All people with a fixed place will receive payment information. Do not pay the course fee until you have a fixed place! If the course fee is not paid on time, you will lose your place to the next person on the waiting list.In principle, it is no longer possible to register for the course in winter semester after 30.9.2026. For later registration, please contact Florian Bauer. If you have not attended the course or notified the teacher of your late arrival by 10.10.2026, you will be removed from the waiting list. Important notes Please register in time, as the courses are often fully booked at short notice. Registration for the summer semester from 1st February and for the winter semester from 8th September. In principle, registration is not possible after 28th February 28 or 30th September. If you want to register later, please contact the course instructor. If, by the beginning of the second week of the course, you have not attended a course session and we have not received notification of your reason for absence by e-mail, you will be removed from the list of participants. In the first lesson there will be a placement test (except course A1). Be sure to come to this test. This is to find out if this course is right for you. Glossaries for music terminology: Basic vocabulary Advanced vocabulary Specialist vocabulary General course rules The following rules apply to the German courses: You are allowed to miss a maximum of 6 sessions during the semester (A2 in the summer semester 8 sessions), but are obliged to catch up on the content you missed by yourself. If you are absent more than 6 times, you will receive a fail grade for the course (and thus no ECTS points). If you arrive later than 15 minutes after class begins or leave earlier than 15 minutes before class ends, you will be considered to have missed the entire class. To continue a course in the next semester, the following rule applies: You must have passed the previous course, or your must pass the placement test in the first session. Why learn German? It is important that you learn German if you study at the Mozarteum University, even if your studies do not require the course. Learning German will: help you study at the Mozarteum mean that you find a job more easily help in everyday life (shopping, doctor, bureaucracy, restaurant) help you understand important news and information teach you about history and culture mean making new friends and having fun! People Skip slider Florian Bauer Florian Bauer Teacher of German as a Foreign Language Faculty Lisa Hainzl Lisa Hainzl Teacher of German as a Foreign Language Faculty Sarah Heindl Sarah Heindl Departmental Secretary - Music Education and Musicology Employee Jump to slider start © Elsa Okazaki Get startet The path to admission All information about admission

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News … Home News Directing Projects This Side of the Dramatic This side of the dramatic 13.05.2022 Drama production © Jannik Görger Skip page navigation Overview Return to slider start As part of the "Stückentwicklungen" project, the directing students of the Thomas Bernhard Institute were asked to place their own respective themes and forms at the beginning of their artistic exploration and to explore them scenically. The approaches are as diverse as the production and performance approaches: between choreographic experiment and musical collage, collective staging and novel adaptation, autobiographical performance and interactive play. Free project developments of the director class © Fankofilm ICHNOGRAPHIA - The footsteps of two families By & With: Alexander Smirzitz & Marion Hélène Weber "We Europeans are doing something wrong - or not quite right - in the way we honor and remember our dead. […] At most, there are a few photos in a box in the bookcase that you find when you want to compare old vacation photos with new color slides."  (Rudolf Smirzitz) In an old Viennese apartment lie texts by a man who had fled from Vienna to Berlin with his Jewish wife. In an Allgäu farmhouse hangs the picture of a family whose mother does not yet know that in a few years she will lose her hearing. In a Salzburg art academy, their descendants unpack their boxes together. More © Fankofilm Swimming in the Dark With: Mila Suttree, Martin Rudi (Petzenhammer), Lena Plochberger, Adrian Weinek Director/Video: Alek Niemiro Equipment : Selina Schweiger Music: Tom Gatza Poland. Summer 1980. Not only a fateful moment for the whole world, but also for the two students Ludwik and Janusz. They fall in love that summer and have to keep a secret. After a short time, intolerance, corruption and the dictatorship of the party tear their happiness apart. Janusz wants to stay in Poland and change the country. Ludwik, however, sees his and their future abroad. How do they decide More © Fankofilm The story of the soldier/Renard With : Abenaa Prempeh, Juliette Larat, Emma Lusena Ash, Gianmaria Girotto, Leonor Barbosa, Angelina Marinic Director : Giulia Giammona Composition : Igor Stravinsky, Andreas Bäuml (premiere) Musical direction : Chungki Min Choreography : Claire Pearl Stage and costume design : Selina Nowak Puppet construction and acting : Angelina Marinic Dramaturgy : Veronika Maurer "What to do to become again as I was?" A soldier sets out for his homeland, encounters a devil and trades his beloved violin for a magical book that promises wealth - yet brings no happiness. In short, it is a story of repetition and the attempt to return. "The Soldier's Tale" and "Renard" were written in Igor Stravinsky's Swiss exile during World War I, in close collaboration with the poet Charles Ferdinand Ramuz. Both compositions are linked by the collaboration of the two artists as well as the textual model, a collection of Russian folk tales. More © Jannik Görger Panic:attacs Performers : Ailsa Li, Mariia Kireeva, Adries Sofi, Ben Engelgeer Directed by : Lea Oltmanns Assistant director : Sonia Nimak Sound Design : Alexander Bauer Costume Design : Jiale Zhu "If I have to explain it to someone who has not experienced it, I would say it is a little bit like drinking way too much coffee and the certainty that I will die." What happens when panic attacks? This is the initial question of a performative research by the director in collaboration with dancers of the SEAD Dance Academy, an actor and a composer. Based on interviews with panic attack victims, the effects of a panic attack on body, breath and thoughts are scenically explored, deconstructed and reconstructed - always in the awareness that there is no "one panic attack". More © Nogati Udayana Authority for social aesthetics and public morality With : Joseph Lang, Valerie Martin, Mariia Tkachenko Guest appearances : Nogati Udayana, Paulo Sieweck Director : Paulo Sieweck Stage and costume : Nogati Udayana "Eros conquers depression" (Byung-Chul Han) The Office of Social Aesthetics and Public Morality opens its doors in the mobile customer center at the Thomas Bernhard Institute. Please bring patience - your perfect match is waiting for you. More © Fankofilm Adam and Eve play hide and seek with knowledge With : Victoria Kraft, Payam Yazdani Director : Carla María Schmutter Creative collaboration & assistant director : Lea Richter Stage design : Lucia Flaig Assistant stage designer : Marina Calabrese Adam and Eve have only one job: to enjoy an eternal brunch lying on a cloud, in cosy togetherness, with champagne! But when it dawns on them night after night in dreams about the state of humanity in the 20th and 21st centuries, it turns out: it's not so easy to live in paradise when you're thinking about the big picture. A play development with texts by Fernando Pessoa and his heteronyms: "Since the mind exists, all life is impossible. If the heart could think, it would stand still." More © Fankofilm Lonely Ghosts - The table is crooked and why does it bleed? With : Joyce Sanhá, Colin Johner Director : Henry Schlage Stage design : Magdalena Hofer Music : Colin Johner Two apprentices of a ghost hunting company find themselves in an apartment teeming with ghosts and demons that need to be exorcised. As more and more blood drips from the walls and the lights begin to flicker, the two must face the horrors of the room and their own fears. How long have they been in the apartment? What exactly was their assignment? And what did their boss look like again, the one who sent them here? Sinking into ever greater confusion, the two novices nevertheless try valiantly to fulfill their mission. More Dates Premiere 13.May 2022 from 9 am Further performances 14. May 2022 from 9 a.m. Venues theater in the KunstQuartier theatrum former Baroque Museum Weitere Produktionen Director's rooms: Ancient/Modern 20.1.2026 Director's rooms: Ancient/Modern  This winter semester, directing students at the Thomas Bernhard Institute are working together with acting students from three different years and in cooperation with scenography students to develop productions based on an examination of theatre texts from antiquity. Drama production Directing projects on the theme of Classic 20.1.2023 Directing projects on the theme of Classic  On January 20 and 21, the Thomas Bernhard Institute, in cooperation with the Department of Scenography of the Mozarteum University, presented Philoktet by Heiner Müller, Gaia in a version by Till Ernecke and The Bacchae by Euripides, three directorial works on the theme of classical music at the Theater im KunstQuartier. Drama production ¡Los Bernarrrdá's! 14.4.2022 ¡Los Bernarrrdá's!  Based on "Bernarda Alba's House," Federico García Lorca's drama that has been performed most frequently around the world to this day, the 4th year Drama and Directing class, under the direction of Anja Herden, will deal in "¡Los Bernarrrdá's!" with being trapped, hysteria, fear of life, and the longing for freedom as a primal human drive, and will tell of people who are both victims and accomplices of their own oppression. Drama production Perpetuum - Fits just once again 25.3.2022 Perpetuum - Fits just once again  Drama production

At the Federal Competition of German-Speaking Acting Students 2022, held in Ludwigsburg from June 19 to 25, 2022, the 4th year acting class was able to bring an ensemble prize back to Salzburg for the production ¡Los Bernarrrdá's!.

Inspired by the polyartist Bob Dylan and his approaches of appropriation and transformation, nine artistic-explorative teams of two from the Mozarteum University were on the road in South Africa, the US, Mexico, Europe and Latin America during the first half of 2022. The results are nine art projects that will be premiered on October 14 and 15 as part of Jazz & The City, accompanied by a symposium "Inspired by ... commemorating 60 Years of Bob Dylan.".

More than 330 years after the premiere of the only complete opera by Henry Purcell, the French composer Henry Fourès composes a musical setting for Dido and Aeneas and calls it Elissa. A conversation with Rector Elisabeth Gutjahr, who wrote the libretto for it.

In the doctoral programme of the inter-university institution Wissenschaft & Kunst (W&K), doctoral students research and work closely networked at the interface of science and art.

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.

Intensive one-week master classes with 53 renowned, top-class artists and teachers from the Mozarteum University and the international music industry, numerous public concerts and a colorful supporting program: from July 17 to August 12, the International Summer Academy will once again open its doors. It has evolved visually, but above all in terms of content.

200 singers and musicians proved on July 2, 2023 that Dresden is located by the sea: The University Choir of Dresden, the Mozarteum UniChoir and the Staatskapelle Dresden let mighty waves of sound roll over the heads of 500 enthusiastic concertgoers with a brilliant program on the theme of "Beauty and Horror of the Sea" in the Kreuzkirche.

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.

After four intensive weeks with 520 participants from 51 nations, 51 master classes and 16 additional courses with a focus on musicians' health as well as around 60 public events, the International Summer Academy 2023 came to an end last week with much positive feedback. Twelve young artists were also awarded prizes of 1,000 euros each, sponsored by the Cultural Fund of the City of Salzburg.

Numerous master classes, a contemporary BaroqueLab, concerts and an opera production: The Baroque Summer Academy of the Department of Early Music of the Mozarteum University will take place for the third time in 2023 within the framework of the renowned Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy. A highlight in 2023 is the performance of the baroque opera "Dido & Aeneas" by H. Purcell with contemporary prologue and epilogue "Elissa" by Henry Fourès and Rector Elisabeth Gutjahr. "Elissa" was successfully premiered at the Mozarteum University in June 2023.

After the successful first edition of "With Dylan on the Road", a competitive travel scholarship program of the Mozarteum University, the project inspired by the polyartist Bob Dylan is entering the next round.