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Em. Univ.-Prof. for Harmony & Counterpoint

Univ.-Prof. of Composition

Univ.-Prof. of Harmony & Counterpoint

Univ.-Prof. of Music Analysis

Em. Univ.-Prof. of Composition

Univ.-Prof. of Composition (Sacred Music)

Univ.-Prof. of Composition

Univ.-Prof. of Composition

Univ.-Prof. of Music Theory

Univ.-Prof. of Composition

With the founding of the SEM - Studio for New Music, the Mozarteum University has played a pioneering role in the field of computer music and creative work with new media in Austria since 1958. Today, it offers students a wide range of possibilities, from working with analog synthesizers to computer-based composition.

The Tyrolean State Prize for Art, worth €14,000, goes to Johannes Maria Staud, a composer born in Innsbruck and professor of composition at the Mozarteum University. The jury unanimously agreed that Staud is one of Austria's most important contemporary composers. We send our warmest congratulations!

The annual festival of the Institute for New Music and the Studio for Electronic Music of the Mozarteum University promotes international cooperation between composers and students of contemporary music from different countries. LIMINA develops opportunities and networks for young musicians.

News … Home News George Frideric Handel: Alcina George Frideric Handel: Alcina 05.12.2017 Opera production Skip page navigation Overview About production Livestream Dates & Cast Other productions Return to slider start Ruggiero has fallen for Alcina, who is said to possess magical powers and to transform lovers on her island into animals, springs and rocks. Ruggiero's fiancée Bradamante invades Alcina's kingdom disguised as a man and tries to recapture Ruggiero and destroy Alcina's power. Music director Gernot Sahler Stage director Alexander von Pfeil Stage & Costumes Eric Droin & Anna Brandstätter Music Chamber orchestra of the University Mozarteum About production With this magic opera in 1735, Handel once again builds on his earlier triumphs in London.  The libretto is borrowed from the crusader epic "Orlando furioso" by Ariost and revolves around the Circe myth, also already worked on by Homer, in which stranded heroes are first made happy with love by a sorceress and then transformed into animals. "I have the impression that the strictly emblematic characteristics of the baroque dramaturgy give way in "Alcina" in favor of a dramatic meaningfulness. As far as the genre is concerned, Handel combines this approach, which is modern for us, with a recourse: he turns again to the magic theme, which was almost frowned upon. This allows him to break open the canon, to give space to the irrational, the fantastic and the abysmal, the despair. The piece is about doubt in the world, about the insolubility of things. For this deeply melancholic approach Handel finds again and again new forms of expression - he leaves the terrain of predictability.... " (Alexander von Pfeil) Dates & Cast Performance dates 5. December 2017, 19.00 6. December 2017, 19.00 7. December 2017, 19.00 9. December 2017, 17.00 max Schlereth Hall   Cast ALCINA: Ayse Senogul, Ezgi Güngör MORGANA: Himani Grundström, Laura Incko RUGGIERO: Ines Constantino, Katrin Heles OBERTO: Anne Reich, Sejin Park ORONTE: Santiago Sanchez, Nuttaporn Thammathi BRADAMANTE: Neelam Brader, Melissa Zgouridi, Ekaterina Bocharova (St.Af.) MELISSO: Daniel Weiler, Jakob Mitterrutzner Other productions 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 Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff 20.5.2024 Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff  Sir John Falstaff is a natural phenomenon: his appearance is imposing, his demeanour commanding, his manner possessive. And most fascinating of all: the event does not care about rules, conventions or decorum, it simply exists for its own sake, in a sense for nothing but its belly. Opera production Elegy for young lovers 31.1.2024 Elegy for young lovers  "What qualities must a person possess in order to dominate both dramaturgically and vocally in an opera?" and "What must a man of mature age look like who is in close relationships with a crazy old lady, a young girl and a doctor at the same time?" Opera production Wolfgang Amadé Mozart: Così fan tutte 21.5.2023 Wolfgang Amadé Mozart: Così fan tutte  The young officers Ferrando and Guilelmo* do not want to let their fatherly friend Don Alfonso get away with it - after all, he doubts the fidelity of their fiancée! But instead of the demanded duel, they accept his proposal of a wager and thus become handmaidens in the work of destroying their love relationships. Opera production More news

News … Home News Franz Schubert: Winter Journey Franz Schubert: Winter Journey 28.01.2021 Opera production © Judith Buss Skip page navigation Overview Livestream Dates & Cast Other productions Return to slider start Franz Schubert Winterreise op. 89 Samuel Beckett: Texte um Nichts … what do I speak much of form being, it presses me more to tell you that I love no Lieder poet except Goethe as much as you…Only you, Wilhelm Müller, remain purely enjoyable to me, then, with your eternal freshness and youthful originality… - Heinrich Heine Director alexander von Pfeil Costumes lisa Behensky Dramaturgy malte Krasting Baritone benjamin Sattlecker piano antoni Pikuta Livestream Franz Schubert / Winter Journey Scenic song recital Dates & Team Performance dates (without audience) 28. January 2021, 19.30 12. February 2021, 20.00 max Schlereth Hall   Production management, rehearsal & coaching Acting coaching: Natalie Forester Scen. Technical direction: Andreas Greiml, Thomas Hofmüller, Alexander Lährm Workshop management Thomas Hofmüller Lighting design Alexander Lährm Sound design Jan Fredrich Stage, sound, lighting technology and workshops: Michael Becke, Sebastian Brandstätter, Robert Daxböck, Eric Droin, Stephanie Eiser, Markus Ertl, Jan Fredrich, Alexander Gollwitzer, Markus Graf, Andreas Greiml, Peter Hawlik, Anna Hofmüller, Felix Kosek, Alexander Lährm, Anna Ramsauer, David Reiffinger, Thorben Schumüller, Felix Stanzer, Frederic Tornow Other productions 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 Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff 20.5.2024 Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff  Sir John Falstaff is a natural phenomenon: his appearance is imposing, his demeanour commanding, his manner possessive. And most fascinating of all: the event does not care about rules, conventions or decorum, it simply exists for its own sake, in a sense for nothing but its belly. Opera production Elegy for young lovers 31.1.2024 Elegy for young lovers  "What qualities must a person possess in order to dominate both dramaturgically and vocally in an opera?" and "What must a man of mature age look like who is in close relationships with a crazy old lady, a young girl and a doctor at the same time?" Opera production Wolfgang Amadé Mozart: Così fan tutte 21.5.2023 Wolfgang Amadé Mozart: Così fan tutte  The young officers Ferrando and Guilelmo* do not want to let their fatherly friend Don Alfonso get away with it - after all, he doubts the fidelity of their fiancée! But instead of the demanded duel, they accept his proposal of a wager and thus become handmaidens in the work of destroying their love relationships. Opera production More news