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Once a year, students of visual education are invited to perform in the Great Hall of the Salzburg Künstlerhaus. This close relationship between an art association and students in the experimental phase is unique in Austria - and a challenge for the students.

Since the digital revolution at the latest, we have been confronted with a new dimension of reality that fundamentally changes communication, consumer behavior, socialization processes, image culture and world view. A conversation with Elisabeth Schmirl about the current relevance of visual education.

Julia Maria Eckes, Anastasia Fedorenko and Anna-Maria Husca are about to complete their Master's degree in Opera & Music Theatre at the Mozarteum University. In this interview, they give us an insight into their everyday life as students and let us in on the rehearsal process for the opera ‘Medusa / Giuditta’.

Senior Lecturer in Studio Photography / DTT Education / Staff Research Management

DI(FH) Henrik Ahr Deputy ChairUniv.-Prof. Susanne Steinmaßl Dipl.

At the 17th International Beethoven Piano Competition, organised by the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (mdw), pianist Martin Nöbauer won the 2nd prize worth a total of 12,000 euros (ex aequo with Jonas Stark) as well as the Klemens Kramert special prize worth 2,000 euros. Our warmest congratulations!

Univ.-Prof for Violin from October 2026

Univ.-Prof. of Voice

Univ.-Prof. of Graphic Arts & Painting / Art Education / Representative for the Study of Art and Craft Education Innsbruck

Teacher of Performance Practice New Music, Principal Study New Music

On 15 May, Giuseppe Verdi's last opera Falstaff celebrates its premiere under the musical direction of Kai Röhrig and directed by Florentine Klepper. The two artists provide exciting insights into the production and its creation in a double interview.

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.

In 2020, the author Helena Adler's second novel Die Infantin trägt den Scheitel links was published by Jung und Jung. The book landed at number five on the ORF bestseller list in April 2020; she opened the O-Töne literature festival in 2020 with a reading from the book. In August 2020, the novel was longlisted for the German Book Prize. At the end of August 2022, her third book was published: Fretten, which was nominated for the Austrian Book Prize 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.

Univ.-Prof. of Piano

Senior Lecturer