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After the Senate and the University Council of the University Mozarteum Salzburg announced the re-election of Rector Prof.in Elisabeth Gutjahr in February 2021, her team was also re-elected in May 2021. Hannfried Lucke (Vice Rector for Arts), Mario Kostal (Vice Rector for Teaching) and Anastasia Weinberger (Vice Rector for Resources) will continue to steer the fortunes of the University alongside Elisabeth Gutjahr.

The diverse offerings of the Mozarteum University include publications from the disciplines of music, performing & visual arts, scenography, music & dance education, research, liberal arts, and interdisciplinary.

‘Reflections’ is a project that pursues an egalitarian approach to the development and exploration of the arts: works by female composers from earlier centuries that have been forgotten or overlooked, rarely heard or never heard in this country are reflected in the diverse musical languages of today's musicians.

At the beginning of 2025, Florentine Klepper and Kai Röhrig's opera class at the Mozarteum University will bring Christian Jost's ‘Dichterliebe’ to the stage. The two set designers Carla Schwering and Yvonne Schäfer talk about the ideas and realisation of their visions for the stage design.

How do we change perspectives when things and people become strangers to us? The performance OUBLIEZ - WHO(N) WE FORGET focuses on the 'in-between spaces' where communication takes place - between those affected, care staff and relatives - and tries to capture what happens to people who "disappear without being lost".

7 world premieres and all works composed by Mozart in 1791, the year of his death. This is the ambitious program that the newly founded Mozart Forum of the Mozarteum University has set itself for 2021, starting with a production of the opera "La clemenza di Tito," which will premiere on February 1 without an audience, but in a livestream.

The tasks and distribution of the Rectorate's agendas are set out in the Universities Act and the Rectorate's

His ‘unconditional devotion and love’ for music, as his colleague Howard Arman aptly put it, will always be remembered and continue to inspire the Mozarteum University. Laurence Traiger passed away on 18 October 2024 at the age of 68.

The Staff Council of University Teachers (DA1 / BR1) is responsible for all university professors, university assistants and contract assistants as well as federal and contract teachers at the Mozarteum University who are employed by the federal government under public law.

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We mourn the loss of one of the most influential figures at our University and, in particular, within the Department of Opera Studies. On 24 September 2026, the renowned conductor, passionate educator and Professor Emeritus Josef Wallnig passed away at the age of 80. With his passing, the world of music and our university community have lost a highly respected advocate for the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

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.

To kick off the 2022/23 summer semester, the Mozarteum University is launching a new corporate design. The centerpiece is a "monumental" typography and a university website that is intended to inspire as well as inform as a digital communication port. The development process was accompanied by the two renowned digital agencies Dept (concept) and Pixelart (development).

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.

The only voice teacher Cecilia Bartoli has ever had is her mother, the soprano Silvana Bartoli Bazzoni. From 3 to 8 August 2026, the Mozarteum International Summer Academy will once again offer young professionals a unique opportunity to work personally with Silvana Bazzoni Bartoli.

Univ.-Prof. of Piano