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Festival Beethoven Frühling EU Composer Residency 2026

notes (c) Pixabay

Beethoven Frühling invites composers to apply for the Festival Beethoven Frühling EU Composer Residency 2026. Deadline to apply is May 31. Apply now! Beethoven Frühling is a young and forward-looking classical music festival in Austria, bringing artistically outstanding concerts to places in … read more »

May 28, 2026
classical music, competitions/calls, contemporary music

Open Call: Riga Music Week 2026

Riga Music Week poster

Applications are now open for Riga Music Week 2026, an international showcase festival taking place in Riga, Latvia, from November 4-6, 2026. Apply by: July 10, 2026. Artists, bands and live acts from all genres and countries are invited to apply for a chance … read more »

May 28, 2026
competitions/calls, festivals, pop/rock/electronic

Building Bridges: SHIP 2026 Open Call

SHIP 2026

Following an intense and inspiring kick-off in Slovenia at MENT Ljubljana, and an educational and fun trip to Bratislava for SHARPE Festival, the final edition of “Building Bridges: Explore CEE” heads to Šibenik for SHIP Festival (10 – 13 September 2026). Building Bridges: Explore CEE … read more »

May 21, 2026
competitions/calls, festivals

FM4 Soundpark Recommends: BIBIZA

BIBIZA (c) Tereza Mundilova

FM4 Soundpark is a web platform, community, and radio show for and with Austrian musicians. In an ongoing collaboration, FM4’s team recommends particular artists of the moment to amplify. Today, the honor goes to: BIBIZA’s newest single, “Frank”. But, who exactly is Frank? And “Who The … read more »

May 19, 2026
pop/rock/electronic, portraits/interviews

Austrian Music Highlights: May 2026

Mira Taylor

The month of May arrives with a strong wave of new releases, highlighting the breadth of Austria’s contemporary music scene across pop, electronic, jazz, experimental, indie and new music. Alongside a packed festival calendar in Austria and abroad, the month is shaped … read more »

May 19, 2026
festivals, hip hop/rap, jazz/improvisation, music business, news, on tour, pop/rock/electronic, portraits/interviews, releases, videos

Open Call 2026: Sound / Extraction / Memory

c) TEREN_СЛОЈЕВИ⁰⁰¹·Δ26 | Concept Photo [B. Bešlić-Gál]

Applications are now open for TEREN_СЛОЈЕВИ⁰⁰¹·Δ26 (Sound / Extraction / Memory), the first edition of a new multi-year residency programme at Zvjezdane Staze in Mijakovići, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The programme explores the political economy of the present and its historical layers through … read more »

May 11, 2026
competitions/calls, contemporary music, festivals

Open Call: impuls Academy 2027

(c) impuls Academy

impuls Academy 2027: Registration has started … We would hereby like to draw your attention to the 15th international Ensemble and Composers Academy for Contemporary Music 2027, running from February 8th – 19th, 2027 in Graz, Austria. Aside from composers, the festival … read more »

May 11, 2026
competitions/calls, contemporary music, festivals

International Composition Competition 2027

International Composition Competition 2027 image

New compositions for mixed ensemble of Piano Duo with String Quartet (two pianos or piano, four hands with two violins, one viola, one violoncello) are being sought, organised by the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. Submission deadline: March 10, 2027. The primary aim of this competition is to … read more »

May 11, 2026
competitions/calls, contemporary music

Ö1 Jazz Spotlight: Philipp Ossanna’s Gummimamba

Gummimamba (c) Carmen Traichl

Each month, we spotlight up-and-coming jazz artists from Austria as part of the “5 Million Pesos” series — a monthly concert and radio broadcast dedicated to young jazz in and from Austria, presented by Radiokulturhaus Vienna and the Ö1 Jazz Department. For May, the spotlight shines on … read more »

May 5, 2026
jazz/improvisation, news, portraits/interviews

Running Present – A Contemporary Log: Christina Ruf

Christina Ruf © Erik Emil Eskildsen

Christina Ruf plays the six-string (e-)cello and composes. She was immediately drawn to the instrument’s sound; yet she did not want to simply follow the path of endlessly repeating the classical repertoire. She offered insights into her journey and her work in … read more »

May 5, 2026
contemporary music, news, portraits/interviews
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