The nominees for this year’s Amadeus Austrian Music Awards have been announced! The coveted Austrian music awards will be presented on the 1st of May in the Viennese Volkstheater.

The Austrian big band scene witnessed a remarkable boom in recent years. Despite losing their most famous figurehead. By Andreas Felber.

Three new chamber music compositions by the multi-talented Johannes Berauer are now available in the music austria sheet music shop. Compositions of this young Austrian composer are difficult to assign to one specific genre. An instrumentation with violin, clarinet, bassoon and piano … read more »

It is possible to imagine the life of Richard Graf as completely immersed in, and reflected by music, since there doesn’t seem to be any musical style which his fastidious musical talent does not encompass. This begs the question: Where does Mr. … read more »

In recent decades hardly anyone has influenced the Austrian music scene as much as Friedrich Cerha. Friedrich Cerha may be best known as a composer that works with a variety of styles and repetitively inspires with new ways of composing, but yet … read more »

It is quite magical when Dorit Chrysler raises her hands to charm sounds out of one of the world’s oldest electronic instruments – the theremin. Without physically touching the instrument, the ghostly sounds are generated in the electromagnetic field between the theremin’s … read more »

Since 1975 the œnm . österreichisches ensemble für neue musik (Austrian Ensemble for New Music) has been making sure that the range of music in the Mozart city of Salzburg and elsewhere is enriched with various facets of new music and continues … read more »

After months of intensive preparation and development, mica – music austria now has a new online platform for scores – the music austria sheet music shop. Quick and easy to use, the shop offers Austrian-based composers the opportunity to sell and make … read more »

Over the past two decades hardly any other formation has influenced the Austrian music scene as much as the band Attwenger. From the very beginning the Upper Austrian duo consisting of Markus Binder and Hans-Peter Falkner have inspired many music fans at … read more »

As the saying goes, the second album is the most difficult. When it comes to indie rock with a specific edginess, the band Sex Jams have set the bar extremely high with their debut album “Post Teenage Shine” in 2010 and are … read more »