The Arditti Quartet enjoys an outstanding reputation for its vibrant and refined interpretations of contemporary compositions. Several hundreds of string quartet works have been composed for this ensemble since its foundation in 1974 by the violinist Irvine Arditti. Many of these pieces … read more »
NASOM – The New Austrian Sound Of Music is a special funding program of the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs that offers tour support for young Austrian musicians performing abroad. 20 ensembles, bands and musicians from the genres pop/rock/electronic, … read more »
Founded in 2012, HVOB (short for Her Voice Over Boys) belong to one of the most exciting Austrian pop discoveries of the past few years. Appearing on the scene out of nowhere with the EP “Dogs” and a performance at the internationally … read more »
The nominees for this year’s Amadeus Austrian Music Awards have just been announced. The award ceremony will take place on the 6th of May 2014 at Vienna’s Volkstheater and will be broadcasted live by Austria’s television network PULS4. Online voting starts now … read more »
From the 21st of February to 16th of March, New York is honoring Austria’s capital city with the festival “Vienna: City of Dreams” organized by the prestigious Carnegie Hall and taking place in leading cultural institutions across the city. For three weeks, … read more »
Classical:NEXT is the annual meeting of classical and art music professionals from all sectors. Last year in May 2013 almost 1,000 international professionals from all over the world traveled to Vienna to attend its second edition. In its third round, Classical:NEXT will … read more »
It is probably safe to say that in the past few years Donauwellenreiter have been considered as the new shooting stars of the local world music scene. Seemingly coming out of nowhere with their 2012 debut “Annäherung”, the trio, consisting of Thomas … read more »
Austrian Heartbeats Arktis/Air | Fijuka | Mimu | Wandl # 01 selected by Patrick Pulsinger Austrian Heartbeats is a new CD series launched by mica – music austria and col legno to provide an unusual listening experience by featuring the music of … read more »
Just in time for Valentine’s Day Left Boy is releasing his long awaited debut album “Permanent Midnight”. Ferdinand Sarnitz aka Left Boy is not just a modern day rapper and singer walking the line between electro, r’n’b and pop. In terms of … read more »
The color palette of musical styles has never been as widespread as it is today. The spectrum ranges from classical music, jazz, world music, pop, rock and electronic music in all its varieties, but at the same time this is not necessarily … read more »