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News … Home News Ensemble sponsorship award to NAMES Ensemble sponsorship award to NAMES 12.12.2022 Awards & Successes © Fabian Schober The Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation awards the two Ensemble Sponsorship Prizes '23 to the vocal ensemble Ekmeles from New York and the Salzburg-based New Art and Music Ensemble NAMES. The award will be presented for the third time in 2023 to outstanding young ensembles and is endowed with 75,000 euros each. (Press release of the Ernst Von Siemens Music Foundation) With the Ensemble Sponsorship Award, the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation annually supports two outstanding young ensembles. The prize serves to further their artistic and structural development. This year, the American ensemble Ekmeles and NAMES from Austria prevailed from a large number of excellent applications from 16 countries. The decision was made by the Board of Trustees of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation, whose members include Intendant Ilona Schmiel, violinist Carolin Widmann, and composers Isabel Mundry and Enno Poppe. The prize was established in 2020 and will be awarded for the third time in 2023. The American ensemble Ekmeles is one of the few vocal ensembles in the world to focus on contemporary music. The New York singers* convince with a grandiose sound, outstanding precision and intonation, with which they master even the most difficult microtonal works. At the same time, Ekmeles strikes a good balance between new works and the repertoire of past decades. The New Art and Music Ensemble NAMES from Salzburg takes a multi-impulse approach. With eleven musicians from seven European countries, there is great cultural diversity. The ensemble builds bridges to other art forms such as performance, dance, visual arts and literature. As a democratically organized collective, NAMES has shaped its own unique style and aesthetic. For NAMES, the Ensemble Prize is "a huge opportunity to continue to engage with the things that inspire us and to create a sustainable space for our creativity," says Anna Lindenbaum, violinist of the ensemble. "It is great to see how each individual and we as an ensemble have developed over the last 8 years. The Ensemble Prize encourages us in our efforts to unite diverse artistic disciplines in one ensemble and to deal with transdisciplinary concepts. We are very happy about the possibility to continue with this and to accept new challenges again and again! ", emphasizes also  Marco Sala , clarinetist of the ensemble. NAMES will be heard on February 28, 2023 at the opening event of the 50th anniversary of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation at the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts in Munich.  More details (Opens in new tab) Perhaps also interesting ... Awards & achievements (german only) 1.7.2026 Awards & achievements (german only)  Awards & Successes Awards for Outstanding Master's Theses 2024/25 1.7.2026 Awards for Outstanding Master's Theses 2024/25  The winners of the 2024/2025 Outstanding Master’s Thesis Awards are Leonie Caterina Trips, Linda Elisabeth Nicolussi and Leo Feichtinger – our warmest congratulations! Awards & Successes Noh Seung Ju awarded Theodor Körner Prize 17.6.2026 Noh Seung Ju awarded Theodor Körner Prize  The Theodor Körner Fund was established in 1953 by the Vienna Chamber of Labour to mark the 80th birthday of Austria’s then Federal President, Theodor Körner. Since its founding, the Fund has supported outstanding achievements across a wide range of disciplines. The awards are presented annually at a ceremony held at the Vienna Chamber of Labour’s Education Centre and are traditionally conferred by the Chair of the Board of Trustees together with the President of Austria. Awards & Successes Winners of the 2026 Concorso Hindemith and the Concorso Mainardi 1.6.2026 Winners of the 2026 Concorso Hindemith and the Concorso Mainardi  The Strings Department at Mozarteum University Salzburg is celebrating the success of its outstanding young musicians. As part of its long-standing internal competition programme, prizes were awarded at this year's Concorso Hindemith (viola) and Concorso Mainardi (cello). Awards & Successes

The Sir Ian Stoutzker Prize, launched at the Mozarteum University in 2019, has produced six winners! In the spirit of interdisciplinarity and inclusion, the selection process was open to all students of the Mozarteum University for the first time. The outstanding winner of the evening is the soprano Veronika Loy.

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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!

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

Coaching and support program of trans- and interdisciplinary projects of art students on the topics of art, sustainability & socio-ecological transformation

News … Home News Innocence lost: The Turn of the Screw by Benjamin Britten Benjamin Britten: The Turn of the Screw 27.01.2023 Opera production © Wolf Silveri Skip page navigation Overview About production Dates & Cast Gallery Other productions Return to slider start "Welcome to Bly" - the invitation sounds tempting! A young governess is to take care of the upbringing and well-being of the parentless children Flora and Miles on the picture-perfect country estate of Bly. But are the little creatures really as carefree and clueless as they seem at first glance?  Musical direction Kai Röhrig Scenic direction Florentine Klepper Stage and costume design Selina Schweiger Dramaturgy Heiko Voss   About production An opera in a prologue and two acts by Benjamin Britten based on the novella of the same name by Henry James. The motif of lost innocence occupied the composer Benjamin Britten his entire life. He constantly tried to erect protective walls, dwellings and retreats for innocence in his artistic creations. But the longed-for security came all too seldom. In his opera THE TURN OF THE SCREW, he turns the omens around by deliberately exposing his characters to the unhoused - and this despite the fact that he places the epitome of the domestic idyll on the stage with Bly, the peaceful estate with its strong walls, thick towers and spacious park. But that's just the paint job. Behind the scenes lurks an overpowering danger. And so a nameless horror gradually unfolds before the eyes of the nameless governess. With great musical seductiveness, Britten set Henry James' ambiguous ghost story about the demise of security, the reign of the forbidden, and fascination with the abyss. Dates & Cast Performance dates 27. January 2023, 19.00 28. January 2023, 16.00 30. January 2023, 19.00 31. January 2023, 19.00 Max Schlereth Hall   Cast The Governess: Anna-Maria Husca / Donata Meyer-Kranixfeld Mrs Grose: Julia Maria Eckes / Jessica Mashburn Miss Jessel: Yekaterina Badeso / Anastasia Churakova Flora: Anastasia Fedorenko Miles: Michaela Honauer Prologue / Peter Quint: Niklas Mayer Gallery Skip slider © Wolf Silveri © Wolf Silveri © Wolf Silveri © Wolf Silveri © Wolf Silveri © Wolf Silveri © Wolf Silveri Jump to slider start Other productions Giacomo Puccini: Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi 20.5.2026 Giacomo Puccini: Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi  Two one-act operas by Giacomo Puccini, based on libretti by Giovacchino Forzano – one tragic, the other comic – hold up a mirror to society through the lens of art. Together, they offer a multifaceted exploration of the interplay between social structures and individual choices. In their production of Puccini’s Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi, both premiered in New York in 1918, Florentine Klepper and Kai Röhrig’s opera class invited the audience to engage in a thought experiment: How does a society react when its values, norms, and boundaries are put to the test? Opera production Benjamin Britten: The Rape of Lucretia 2.2.2026 Benjamin Britten: The Rape of Lucretia  "Go back, Tarquinius!" – comes the warning from the opera's narrator to the son of the Etruscan king. But the tragedy is already unfolding at pace: Tarquinius falls upon Lucretia, the wife of his comrade Collatinus, and rapes her, in spite of her fierce reistance. The next day, Lucretia takes her own life in public. Benjamin Britten's dark chamber opera, premiered in 1946 at Glyndebourne, resounds with the traumatic experiences of fascism and war. Opera production Der Kaiser von Atlantis & L’Hirondelle inattendue 15.12.2025 Der Kaiser von Atlantis & L’Hirondelle inattendue  Through purgatory to paradise – two voices of resistance. Two works – two perspectives on the unimaginable. Even 80 years after the end of the war, they raise big questions about the value of life, the power of art and human resilience. An evening full of intensity, musical beauty and profound humanity. Opera production Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi 15.12.2024 Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi  The performance of Vincenzo Bellini's opera I Capuleti e i Montecchi delivered a powerful reinterpretation of the masterpiece. Directed by Alexander von Pfeil, the production centred on the relentless feud between two rival clans and the profound despair of its victims. This staging transcended specific eras, placing the story in a universal, timeless setting that brought Bellini's dark vision of love and war to the stage with harrowing clarity. Opera production More news

The first winners of the 15th International Mozart Competition have been announced. The 1st prize in the string quartet category and the traditional special prize of the Mozarteum Foundation for the best interpretation of a string quartet by W. A. Mozart go to the Arete Quartet, the 2nd prize to the Affinity Quartet and the 3rd prize to the Eden Quartet.

There was a lot of discussion, ideas were developed and new networks were formed: the Spot On MozART Workshop Days 2022 took place on May 6 and 7 at the Zistelalm on the Gaisberg and were dedicated to the topics of innovation, visualization, research and the Spot On Moment based on Mozart's music. We were there for you and accompanied the participants.

News … Home News Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: Il Campiello Ermanno Wolf-Ferarri: Il campiello 15.05.2022 Opera production © Christian Schneider Skip page navigation Overview About production Dates & Cast Gallery Return to slider start Take a little Mozart, a little Rossini, a little Puccini, a little Verdi, Venetian folklore, a pinch of modernity and entrust these ingredients to the composer Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, born in 1876 in Venice, who inimitably transforms even the most banal everyday life into truly great opera. For example in "Il Campiello", a musical comedy based on a turbulent comedy by his compatriot Carlo Goldoni. Musical direction kai Röhrig Scenic direction rosamund Gilmore Stage theresa Staindl Costume selina Schweiger Dramaturgy eike Mann About production Premiered at La Scala in Milan in 1936 and first performed in Munich the same year, the rarely performed Buffo opera is being rediscovered at the Mozarteum University. With "Il Campiello," Italian composer Wolf-Ferrari returns to the house where he was a composition professor in the 1930s before fleeing to Switzerland to escape the Nazis. On a Venetian piazzetta (Campiello), fun-loving ladies, imperious men, a youthful gigolo, a Neapolitan nobleman, the indispensable doctor and two real Italian mamas (sung by two tenors) meet. There is wild partying, jealous bickering and fighting, and of course lots of love. Dates & Cast Cast Astolfi: Máté Herczeg, Jakob Hoffmann Gasparina: Yekaterina Badeso, Regina Koncz Fabrizio: Alexander Voronov Dona Cate: Filipp Modestov Lucieta: Dares Hutawattana, Donata Meyer-Kranixfeld Dona Pasqua: Konstantin Igl Gnese: Maria Agustina Caldero, Anastasia Churakova Orsola: Alicia Grünwald Zorzeto: Niklas Meyer, Dagur Thorgrimsson Anzoleto: Qi Wang Performance dates 10.05.2022, 19:00 11.05.2022, 19:00 13.05.2022, 19:00 (Livestream) 14.05.2022, 16:00 Gallery Skip slider © Christian Schneider © Christian Schneider © Christian Schneider © Christian Schneider © Christian Schneider © Christian Schneider © Christian Schneider © Christian Schneider © Christian Schneider © Christian Schneider Jump to slider start Other productions Giacomo Puccini: Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi 20.5.2026 Giacomo Puccini: Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi  Two one-act operas by Giacomo Puccini, based on libretti by Giovacchino Forzano – one tragic, the other comic – hold up a mirror to society through the lens of art. Together, they offer a multifaceted exploration of the interplay between social structures and individual choices. In their production of Puccini’s Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi, both premiered in New York in 1918, Florentine Klepper and Kai Röhrig’s opera class invited the audience to engage in a thought experiment: How does a society react when its values, norms, and boundaries are put to the test? Opera production Benjamin Britten: The Rape of Lucretia 2.2.2026 Benjamin Britten: The Rape of Lucretia  "Go back, Tarquinius!" – comes the warning from the opera's narrator to the son of the Etruscan king. But the tragedy is already unfolding at pace: Tarquinius falls upon Lucretia, the wife of his comrade Collatinus, and rapes her, in spite of her fierce reistance. The next day, Lucretia takes her own life in public. Benjamin Britten's dark chamber opera, premiered in 1946 at Glyndebourne, resounds with the traumatic experiences of fascism and war. Opera production Der Kaiser von Atlantis & L’Hirondelle inattendue 15.12.2025 Der Kaiser von Atlantis & L’Hirondelle inattendue  Through purgatory to paradise – two voices of resistance. Two works – two perspectives on the unimaginable. Even 80 years after the end of the war, they raise big questions about the value of life, the power of art and human resilience. An evening full of intensity, musical beauty and profound humanity. Opera production Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi 15.12.2024 Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi  The performance of Vincenzo Bellini's opera I Capuleti e i Montecchi delivered a powerful reinterpretation of the masterpiece. Directed by Alexander von Pfeil, the production centred on the relentless feud between two rival clans and the profound despair of its victims. This staging transcended specific eras, placing the story in a universal, timeless setting that brought Bellini's dark vision of love and war to the stage with harrowing clarity. Opera production

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