Once again the music industry gathers in Cannes for the biggest international music fair. MIDEM is the place where music makers, cutting-edge technologies, brands & talent come together to enrich the relationship between people & music and form new business connections. 27 … read more »
„Austrian Music Box“ is an initiative of the Austrian Music Fund, the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture, AKM and IFPI Austria.
In the attempt to summarize the musical oeuvre of the internationally acclaimed and respected Austrian jazz guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel in a few words, the appropriate vocabulary would most likely include terms such as “versatile”, “innovative” and “virtuosic”. Wolfgang Muthspiel is a musician … read more »
New study shows that European repertoire struggles to cross borders within the EU. Groningen (Netherlands) – Music repertoire from the European Union is widely played on radio and downloaded by consumers in the EU, but artists from the region struggle to achieve … read more »
Groningen (Netherlands) – Music repertoire from the European Union is widely played on radio and downloaded by consumers in the EU, but artists from the region struggle to achieve recognition and success within EU countries, according to an extensive study analysing the … read more »
The European Border Breaker Awards (EBBA) 2012, which will be awarded on the 11th of January at this year’s Eurosonic Noorderslag Festival in Groningen, can now also be followed on a live stream. The stream of the award ceremony will be available … read more »
In the beginning of 2012, the European pop music scene will once again gather together in the Dutch city of Groningen. It’s “Eurosonic Nooderslag” time, which means festival organizers, music promoters and pop experts from all over Europe will assemble to get … read more »
It has hardly ever been so easy to secure music and thus repeatedly play the same material the same way. These possibilities of contemporary music reproduction are exactly what Karlheinz Essl defies. This inherent feature demonstrated ever so often in his improvisational … read more »
It is highly gratifying for us in Austria to see local musicians and bands being recognized by such prestigious magazines as the English avant-garde music magazine The Wire. This year quite a few Austrian musicians and bands are listed in The Wire’s … read more »
Last year the bass clarinetist Christoph Pepe Auer and hang player Manu Delago impressively demonstrated their understanding of reinventing music on their second album “Colouring Book”.