It certainly does not happen every day that Austrian bands hit the international charts. While the local music scene is blooming and gaining more and more recognition outside of national borders, it is particularly gratifying to observe Austrian acts ranking in the … read more »
Witten/Germany May 9 -11, 2014 In its 46th edition the Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik (Witten Days for New Chamber Music) will take place from the 9th – 11th of May 2014. The programme includes more than 25 world premieres and four … read more »
You might think there are enough travel guides about Austria already, but leaf through a few of them and you will find that as soon as the subject of music arises the ancestral home of the Mozart chocolate balls gets smothered by … read more »
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 »