Over the past two decades, contemporary music in Austrian concert halls has been subject to a partly abrupt, partly slow-moving change in the programming of large Austrian orchestras. As a consequence, medium-sized and smaller ensembles have become all the more significant in … read more »

Classical:NEXT 2014 – 14th–17th May 2014, Vienna With a 25% increase in the number of attendees at its second edition 2013, Classical:NEXT has firmly established itself as the top international meeting for classical and art music. More than 950 attendees from 40 … read more »

To receive a reasonably representative overview of the various productions of improvised, experimental or otherwise advanced music of the past decade, it seems useful to the author to refer to the variety of mainly small labels that put a lot of heart … read more »

Popfest Wien, Vienna July 25th – 28th 2013 Today heralds the long awaited festival start of the Popfest Wien! After a series of hot, sweat dripping summer days in the city, the weather forecast for today predicts a storm. Indeed, a storm … read more »

Part of the program of the Popfest Wien (25 -28 July) is dedicated to a two-day conference taking place from the 27th – 28th of July and covers topics dealing with current conditions and economic aspects of (local) pop music. Aesthetic dimensions, … July 25, 2013
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25 – 27 July 2013 Various Venues Austro-Welsh Indie-Synth-Rock-Noisepoppers BENSH from Vienna, Austria and Cardiff, Wales are hitting the UK for a three-show sneak peek of their up-and coming second album TBR in February 2014 in collaboration with Wohnzimmer Records. With two … read more »

Is the village of Ottensheim an island of the holy? It certainly has the allure of such, considering the noticeable amount of outstanding musicians that hail from this small hamlet in the upper region of Austria in close proximity to Linz. Once … read more »

From the very begging of Ángela Tröndle’s life, it was clear that she would find her love and profession in music. As the daughter of two musically active parents (mother a cellist and the father a violinst and bratsch) the singer, pianist … read more »

Josef Novotny (b.1963) is a composer, sound designer, keyboardist, organist and pianist, and is one of the most revered multi-disciplinary musical personalities in Austria. He had something of a prodigal beginning, as he recalls a defining moment of his childhood: In my … read more »

Three of Michael Amann’s extensive oeuvre compositions are now available in the music austria sheet music shop. Accuracy and expression are the dominating and competing work elements of the composer, who was born and raised in Vorarlberg and now lives in Vienna. … read more »