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With the overture from Axur, re d'Ormus by Antonio Salieri, followed by Joseph Haydn's Sinfonia concertante in B flat major Hob I: 105 and the Prague Symphony in D major K. 504 by Wolfgang A. Mozart, Maestro Ion Marin and the Academy Orchestra of the Mozarteum University will also perform at the Mozart Week in 2024. The orchestra made its debut during Mozart Week 2023.

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.

Every year, the Mozarteum University honours students majoring in violin who have shown particular talent and achievement with the Paul Roczek Award, which is endowed with 10,000 euros. The winner of the Paul Roczek Award 2023 is Andreas Siles-Mellinger.

The guitar department of the Mozarteum University is starting spring 2024 with an extensive programme: students in the classes of Andrea De Vitis and Laura Young have the unique opportunity to showcase their talent at concerts in Italy, which are made possible as part of an Erasmus collaboration with the renowned Boccherini Conservatory in Lucca (Tuscany).

Presentation of works by female composers for classical guitar in solo and chamber music instrumentation

Ziyu He was one of the youngest soloists in the Vienna Philharmonic when he made his debut at the Musikverein under Adam Fischer in 2017 at the age of just 18. The year before, he won both the International Mozart Competition in Salzburg and the Yehudi Menuhin Competition, and in 2014 he was the Eurovision Young Musician of the Year. He is a violinist with the renowned Altenberg Trio.

With the first edition of the new interdisciplinary ORA Early Music Festival, the Mozarteum University is celebrating a special premiere. Over three days, early music, contemporary musical language and improvisation come together in numerous concerts and sound performances.

Festivals & Academies … Home Festivals & Academies ORA Early Music Festival ORA Early Music Festival Skip page navigation Overview Return to slider start At the ORA Early Music Festival, hosted by the Mozarteum University, original sound meets groundbreaking compositions from across five centuries, as well as improvisation, world premieres and musical installations. The festival focuses on the synergetic bridging of the gap between early and new(est) music and celebrates interdisciplinarity. Department of Early MusicInstitute for New MusicDepartment of Brass, Wind & Percussion Studies   ORA celebrated its premiere in 2024 on Johann Sebastian Bach's birthday, and what better way to celebrate him than making him the star of the show. The opening day in the Great Hall of the Mozarteum Foundation combined music by the great master with contemporary compositions based on his works. The second concert of the evening was also a novelty: for the first time, the Mozarteum University Symphonic Wind Band, the Department of Early Music and the Institute of New Music will collaborate to stage a concert together under the direction of Andreas Hofmeir, which will also be dedicated entirely to Johann Sebastian Bach. Media Skip slider ORA Early Music Festival: Long Night at the Foyer Video Concert 23.3.2024 ORA Early Music Festival: Long Night at the Foyer  ORA Early Music Festival Video Concert 21.3.2024 ORA Early Music Festival  Jump to slider start Skip slider News Zukunftsmusik aus fünf Jahrhunderten Jump to slider start Team Skip slider Dorothee Oberlinger Dorothee Oberlinger Univ.-Prof. of Recorder Senate Deputy Department Head Deputy Head of Institute Faculty Florian Birsak-Hayer Florian Birsak-Hayer Univ.-Prof. of Harpsichord & Basso Continuo / Ensemble Direction Deputy Department Head 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 Juan Manuel Araque-Rueda Juan Manuel Araque-Rueda Senior Artist / Departmental Secretary - Early Music Department Employee Henning Pankow Henning Pankow Organization Service department management Jump to slider start

Sarah Nemtsov, renowned composer and university professor of composition at the Mozarteum University, will receive the Heidelberger Künstlerinnenpreis 2025 for her outstanding contributions to contemporary music. The prize, which has been endowed with 10,000 euros since 2025, is one of the most important cultural prizes in Germany and is the only prize in the world to be awarded exclusively to female composers.

The winners of the excellent Master's theses 2022/2023 are Viktoria Anna Hirschhuber, Christiaan Josef Willemse, Giorgio Musolesi and Iris Vonolfen - congratulations!

Florentine Klepper and Kai Röhrig in conversation about the next major production at the Opera & Music Theatre Department: Christian Jost's Dichterliebe.

The Ö1 Talentebörse Composition Prize in the amount of 10,000 euros is awarded by Ö1 and the Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) and will be announced for the tenth time in 2025. The composition prize is a composition commission for a chamber music work, which may also include electronics.

Musical direction: conducting students of the class Ion Marin & Alexander Drčar

Musical director Alexander Drčar.

Musical direction: conducting students of the class Ion Marin & Alexander Drčar

The motets for double choir by J.S. Bach (BWV 225-231) on historical instruments. With the vocalEnsemble of the Mozarteum University, Rekay Nagy (violone), Hans Brüderl (lute) and Jörn Andresen (conductor and organ).