m4music Festival, Zurich & Lausanne/Switzerland March 26 – 28, 2015 m4music is the most important music festival in Switzerland. With the music festival, conference, demotape clinic and “best Swiss video clip”, m4music has created a platform for exchange, information and young talents. … read more »
The second album’s the hardest, it’s said – especially after setting the bar extremely high with the first album. In 2013 the Viennese combo DAWA made a solid mark on the music map with their debut “This Should Work”, earning them raving … read more »
Celebrating its 15th anniversary, Austria’s most prestigious music award ceremony – the Amadeus Austrian Music Awards – will be held on March 29, 2015, at the Viennese Volkstheater and will be broadcasted live by Austria’s television network ATV. Besides the bestowal of the … read more »
A brief history of Austrian hip hop from 1982 – 2012 without any claim of completeness. The first hip hop incentives in Austria came from pop musicians that either paid tribute to the young genre or used its aesthetics.
This article is part of the brochure “Contemporary Music in Austria”. The full brochure is available as a free PDF download at the end of this page. There where established opera houses miss out, the independent scene jumps in.With less money but all the … read more »
jazzahead!, Bremen/Germany April 23 – 26, 2015 Each year the international jazz music fair and showcase festival jazzahead! offers a rich and diverse program that gives music agencies, labels, media representatives, producers and event organizers the opportunity to establish new contacts and expand … read more »
Although the dull winter in Austria currently seems to be a never ending story, the Austro-American artist James Hersey is here to save the day with his feel-good debut album “Clarity”, which will be released on February 27, 2015. BETWEEN POP AND ELECTRO … read more »
What would the musical life in Austria be without its “foreigners”! It is interesting to observe the continued strong influx of foreign students, graduates and composers that came to Austria for other reasons, who are all an indispensable part of our musical life. Among them … read more »
Just 20 years old, the young Viennese artist Kimyan Law has recently released his debut album. Signed by the British drum’n’bass label Blu Mar Ten, which has taken quite a liking to this artist, Kimyan Law has now also caught the attention of Hospital Records, the mother … read more »
Digital scores by the Austrian composer Georg Friedrich Haas are now available for purchase, download and print in the music austria sheet music shop. Haas, whose oeuvre was a key focus of the WIEN MODERN festival in 2014, has emerged as one of … read more »