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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.

Which opera houses do you know, where would you most like to visit an opera and how do you imagine a contemporary opera performance? Take part now in the survey as part of the Opera out of Opera project and, with a bit of luck, win one of three vouchers worth 100 euros for a store of your choice! The closing date for entries is January 31, 2023.

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 December 14, 2022, Elisabeth Eder, a teacher and researcher at the Department of Music Education Salzburg, was awarded the state prize "Award of Excellence" for the 40 best dissertations in Austria in the Aula der Wissenschaften in Vienna.

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.

Invitation for all students of the department (also with chamber music partners from other departments) to actively participate In the winter semester 2022/23, the Department of Wind & Percussion Instruments will start a pilot project and offer three public "Team Teaching Masterclasses" with two teachers of the department each during the academic year.

30 years of folk music studies and study programs at the University Mozarteum: Together with the Lucerne School of Music, teachers and students of the University Mozarteum go on a search for traces between yodel and yodel, tradition and new trends.

News … Home News Great music at the princely court: concert in baroque polychoral style Great music at the princely court: concert in baroque polychoral style 25.04.2022 News Iris Wagner © Christian Schneider In cooperation with the DomQuartier Salzburg and the Johann Michael Haydn Society Salzburg, the Department of Early Music of the Mozarteum University dedicates itself to the two great court conductors of 17th century Salzburg: Andreas Hofer and Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber. Date 29 April at 19.00 DomQuartier Salzburg Andreas Hofer and Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber are somewhat overshadowed today by W.A. Mozart and Michael Haydn. While Biber still enjoys a certain fame due to his virtuoso violin sonatas, Hofer, who came from the neighboring town of Bad Reichenhall, is hardly ever performed. This may be due, among other things, to the considerable difficulties of scoring the sacred works. Always conceived in surround sound for the four organ galleries in the cathedral, it requires eight outstanding vocal soloists. In addition, there is a baroque instrumentarium from high tines to baroque trombones to the insignium of prince-bishop power, the choir of virtuoso natural trumpets for at least four voices. This will require a large continuo of dulcian, violone, cello two theorbos, harpsichord and organ. On April 29 and May 1, two four-choir major works by Heinrich Iganz Franz Biber and Andreas Hofer can finally be heard again in concerts in Salzburg and Bad Reichenhall, including a CD presentation. Biber's "Vesperae á 32" are lush vesper settings with Dixit Dominus and Magnificat for 32 voices. Andreas Hofer contributes his equally expansive "Missa Archi Episcopalis." The solo Mozarteum vocalEnsemble will be joined by the Capella dell'halla and students from the Department of Early Music at the Mozarteum University. The concerts also mark the founding of the new "Andreas Hofer Society" based in Bad Reichenhall!   Program: Andreas Hofer (1629-1684), from 1679 Court Kapellmeister at the Salzburg Court Missa Archi Episcopalis Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644-1704), from 1684 Court Kapellmeister at the Salzburg Court Laetatus sum Vesperæ à 32 Performers: Capella dell 'halla Students of the Department of Early Music Soloists* of the Oratorio Class Mozarteum vocalEnsemble Conductor: Jörn Andresen More News Christiaan Willemse wins Ö1 Talent Exchange Composition Prize 2025 4.6.2025 Christiaan Willemse wins Ö1 Talent Exchange Composition Prize 2025  The Ö1 Composition Prize 2025, endowed with 10,000 euros, goes to the young composer Christiaan Willemse. He is studying composition in the postgraduate programme with Johannes Maria Staud at the Mozarteum University and impressed the jury with his personal and technically advanced works and compositional flair - congratulations! Awards & Successes Masterclass for Voice with Silvana Bazzoni Bartoli 27.5.2025 Masterclass for Voice with Silvana Bazzoni Bartoli  The only voice teacher Cecilia Bartoli has ever had is her mother, the soprano Silvana Bartoli Bazzoni. We are delighted to announce that from 4 to 8 August 2025, professional singers of all voice types will have the unique opportunity to work personally with Silvana Bartoli Bazzoni on ‘fundamental principles of vocal technique - the basis of a long singing life’ in a masterclass as part of the International Summer Academy at Mozarteum University. Registration is open now. News Dreamy, gestural, interwoven, humorous - or a chaotic hustle and bustle 14.4.2025 Dreamy, gestural, interwoven, humorous - or a chaotic hustle and bustle  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. Interview Braver than before - Mariia Tkachenko 8.4.2025 Braver than before - Mariia Tkachenko  Mariia Tkachenko lived in Kyiv until March 2022, where she received singing and violin lessons as a child and has already appeared in several TV productions. Her acting studies at the I. K. Karpenko-Karyi Kyiv National University of Theatre, Cinema and Television were interrupted by the war in Ukraine. Alumnae & Alumni Stories

Raimonda Žiūkaitė's opera composition "Salt is My Heritage" was chosen as the Work of the Year in the category of stage works by the Composers' Union of Lithuania. The work was performed by Lidia Luciano (soprano), students of the Mozarteum University and the œnm under the direction of Félix Marest. The premiere took place on October 28, 2021, as part of the Crossroads Festival. It was directed by Giulia Giammona and the libretto was written by Franz Jäger.

The International Summer Academy of the Mozarteum University starts anew and expands with ARCO - Art, Research and Creation Opus and the Summer Academy Baroque (in Siena). The program connects teachers, students and musicians from all over the world in Salzburg and establishes cultural connections across Europe.

News … Home News Top-class academy summer Top-class academy summer 08.07.2022 Press release © Universität Mozarteum 1922: Foundation of the IGNM August 1922. Salzburg becomes the first international meeting place for numerous contemporary composers - Rudolf Réti and Egon Wellesz organize "International Chamber Music Performances" at the Mozarteum. Béla Bartók, Paul Hindemith, Arthur Honegger, Darius Milhauds, Ethel Smyth, Anton von Webern and many more meet at Café Bazar to establish the first international peace project in music after the First World War: On August 11, 1922, the International Society for New Music is founded - as an interest group for composers* and interpreters of contemporary music. "At the time of its founding, the society had a diplomatic purpose: to bring people together to experience music that had been banned four or five years earlier. The IGNM was a project of (new) listening. After the Second World War, the society then showed another facet: to actively promote high-modern music by young composers*, to break up old patterns and to work out something new," says musicologist and project manager of an IGNM exhibition on the occasion of the anniversary Matthew Werley.   2022: ARCO - Art, Research and Creation Opus Exactly 100 years later, the Mozarteum University, in cooperation with Gmem Marseille, is launching a new project dedicated to the intensive promotion of contemporary music: for the first time, the International Summer Academy 2022 will host ARCO - Art, Research and Creation Opus, a French-Austrian academy for contemporary composition. "ARCO is the further development from an academy for contemporary music founded by the French composer Yann Robin and the former German-French Summer Academy OPUS XXI, both of which followed the idea of placing highly renowned French ensembles alongside international young composers, towards a joint and professional finalization of their works up to the public performance. The state funding that ensembles in France receive for outreach work, the awarding of composition commissions and for concerts makes it possible to finance an extraordinarily high level of professionalism that would not be affordable in other contexts," explains Rector Elisabeth Gutjahr. The presidents of France and Austria have assumed patronage of the project. since 2019, selected participants in ARCO have been receiving intensive coaching and immediate feedback on their works in direct work with renowned coaches such as Henry Fourès, Eva Reiter, Yann Robin and Johannes Maria Staud, as well as the ensembles Les Métaboles, Ensemble Multilatérale and the Tana Quartet. ARCO has so far taken place twice in Marseille in a former tobacco factory - due to the pandemic - and in the future will alternate annually at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg. The core team of ARCO focuses primarily on composition; this year, for the first time, vocalists from the Mozarteum University as well as a conducting student will also participate. "It really is a festival, very international and with top-class commissioned compositions. In this respect, it creates a very unique format that you won't find a second time," Elisabeth Gutjahr is pleased to say. the two academies not only offer a unique atmosphere for the participating musicians, but also hold an exciting summer in store for the audience. The two opening concerts will kick things off: ARCO on July 9 in the Max Schlereth Hall and the Summer Academy on July 11 in the Solitär. The ARCO program then leads to, among other things, a production at the Marionette Theater and a special concert experience at the Museum der Moderne. At Mirabellplatz 1, there will be small lunchtime concerts, and two large final concerts. "Visitors will experience an arc this summer over a program that begins very contemporary with ARCO, leads into the classical and romantic periods at the Summer Academy, and concludes with the competitions and events at the Festival - including a concert celebrating the 100th anniversary of the International Society for New Music and a special performance to mark its founding day at Café Bazar. In addition to the Festival, during the summer you can see young talent 'in real time' and be there live when something new is being created," says Elisabeth Gutjahr, describing the special features of this year's "Academy Summer" at the Mozarteum University. the details of the Summer Academy program have also already been determined: Alexander Gilman will perform a brilliant opening concert with his LGT Young Soloists, selected students will show their skills in the concert hall of Schloss Höch as part of the cooperation with the Flachau Municipality and the Cultural Association, and the intensive courses 'Young Excellence' guarantee a great program for the final concert on August 5," says Hannfried Lucke, Vice Rector of the Mozarteum University and artistic director of the Summer Academy. In addition to already familiar names, this year's program will also welcome new guests, including former Summer Academy laureate and concert pianist Herbert Schuch, violinist Latica Honda-Rosenberg, Graz pianist Markus Schirmer, Alexander Gilman, violin professor at the renowned Royal College of Music in London, cellist Valentin Radutiu, internationally acclaimed bass-baritone and KS Andreas Schmidt, and Munich violinist Barbara Doll. For the first time, all master classes and additional courses as well as concerts will be concentrated at Mirabellplatz 1, and the spatial separation of vocal and instrumental classes of past years will be eliminated; an exciting opportunity for new things and for even more intensive, interdisciplinary exchange between students and teachers. baroque Summer Academy in Siena For those who would like to experience the entire program of the International Summer Academy this summer, there is a special highlight coming up in September - SOAK goes Siena! Together with the Italian Accademia Musicale Chigiana, the Mozarteum University established the Baroque Summer Academy in 2021: Master Classes to deepen the study of Baroque music in Siena. Eight teachers from the Department of Early Music will travel to the musically glorious Italian city for concerts, master classes and an opera performed in concert, and together with the participants will create a program worth seeing as the "final festival" of the Summer Academy in Tuscany.

Awards for excellent master theses 2020/2021 Since the academic year 2016/2017, the Mozarteum University has been awarding the "Prize for excellent master theses". This award recognizes outstanding theses of graduates who dedicate themselves to their chosen topics in an innovative, original, unusual or particularly sustainable way. The winners of the excellent master theses 2020/2021 are: Caroline Fritz (MA IGP Guitar - Classical): "Slavko Avsenik und seine Original Oberkrainer: Untersuchung von Herkunft und Einflüsse mit der Analyse ausgewählter Beispiele" (scientific work, supervisor: Franz Zaunschirm) Pavle Krstic (MA Piano Soloist Training - Concert): "Analyse als Mittel der Interpretation der Préludes op.28 von Chopin" (scientific work, supervisor: Barbara Dobretsberger) We congratulate you!

News … Home News International Music Theory Congress at the Mozarteum University International Music Theory Congress at the Mozarteum University 20.09.2022 News © GMTH The leading umbrella organization for music theory in Europe, the Gesellschaft für Musiktheorie (GMTH), meets at the Mozarteum University and addresses current issues. In addition to renowned speakers such as Robert Hatten (Austin/Texas), Otfried Büsing (Freiburg), Cosima Linke (Saarbrücken), Ulrich Kaiser (Munich), Christian Utz (Graz), and Martin Rohrmeier (Lausanne), who will present their latest work, students will also have the chance to present their projects.  GMTH Congress 2022: MODELS September 30 - October 2 Mozarteum University Music theory as a lively and inspiring subject Music is an artistic question or message, a mystery to be deciphered. Craftsmanship: How do you compose a sonata in the style of Viennese Classicism? Analytically: How can the mystery be traced? Historically: How did Mozart learn to compose and what can we learn from him? Scientific: Music is always a testimony of its time, and a variety of approaches and methods are needed to gain insight into it - what can these look like? These are the questions that the discipline of music theory addresses both within and outside its pedagogical sphere at a music university. The subject, which one might still know as a series of dry compulsory subjects, has properly moulted in the last two decades. It is open to artistic questions of all kinds and offers an extremely versatile approach to music with "diverse" answers, but also new questions. Music theory as a discipline thus builds bridges between musicology, research and musical practice, between pedagogy, historical as well as contemporary composition and improvisation.  It encompasses an enormously multifaceted and widespread canon of subjects that is needed at every music education institution. Not only do more than 200 participants from German-speaking and international countries prove that music theory is a lively, inspiring subject that is colorful and anything but dusty. The GMTH congress also shows that music theory is constantly reinventing itself artistically, scientifically, pedagogically and institutionally, questioning its methods and striving to integrate new media and modern technical developments such as Artificial (Artistic) Intelligence. Under the somewhat abstract theme of "Models" and self-deprecating subtitles, the event will feature lectures, workshops, panel discussions ("Battaglia"), presentations of new computer-based approaches ("Lab"), and even a master class. Leading international researchers will present their latest work and students will also have the opportunity to present their projects. The special feature of GMTH's topic selection is that everyone can apply anonymously with a presentation, whether students or international greats: The only thing that counts in the selection is the quality, not the name.   Public events presenting the impressive artistic results of music-theoretical work - the dates: The supporting program of this year's annual congress of the Gesellschaft für Musiktheorie (GMTH) is intended to explore, in view of the congress theme "Models", the field of tension between composition as "historical syntax" and "real" composition. Where does composition begin, where is it "only" composition? Do both belong to art or is there such a thing as "mere craftsmanship"? Does a large transitional area exist, or can composition and composition be clearly separated? - Concert "Young Mozart" Friday, Sept. 30, 2022, 8 p.m., Solitär, Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, Mirabellplatz 1, admission free Do you recognize a piece by Mozart among works by music theory students of the Mozarteum and other music universities? Under the title "Young Mozart", students present their own works composed in the classical style of music of the middle (and late) 18th century. Mixed in will be an original composition by Wolfgang Amadé Mozart. During the concert, the audience is allowed to vote via app which of the pieces is the original one. The "resolution" will only take place at the end of the evening… - Keynote "Models in New Music" Saturday, 1.10.22, 9.30-11.00 a.m., Solitär, Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, Mirabellplatz 1, admission free The keynote consists of two impulse lectures on typical turns and models in new (post-tonal) music. This will be followed by a discussion between the panel and the audience. - "Improvisation Competition and Award Ceremony" Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, 11 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. and award ceremony 3 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, Mirabellplatz 1, admission free Every year, the GMTH hosts an artistic competition to promote young talent for students. This year it is dedicated to the theme of improvisation. The final round and the award ceremony will take place live during the congress. Similar to the concerts of the supporting program, the contributions move in an open spectrum between style-bound and "artistic freedom". - Concert "Between style-bound composing and avant-garde" Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, 8 p.m., Solitär, Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, Mirabellplatz 1, free admission This concert offers you several opportunities to approach the questions posed at the beginning with a listening, curious, critical ear. Five composers and music theorists employed at the Mozarteum will present you with compositions that could not be more different. The above-mentioned events can be attended with free admission. Registration is required for participation in the other events of the congress: https://www.gmth.de/veranstaltungen/jahreskongress/anmeldung.aspx To the entire program (Opens in new tab)

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 Sir Ian Stoutzker Prize of the Mozarteum University was offered for the first time in 2019 and annually honors a student personality who knows how to convince with musical creative power, poetry and a unique charisma. The sponsor of the highly endowed award (20,000 euros) is the successful British businessman and philanthropist Sir Ian Stoutzker, who founded the organization Live Music Now together with Yehudi Menuhin in 1977.

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.".