This year the singer Tania Saedi presented an immensely diverse, complex and powerful piece of music with her debut album “Exhale” (Monoscope).

For the 19th time the Austrian Music Fund opened a call to apply for production funding, which 136 Austrian musicians, bands and ensembles followed. As a result, the December call has been the strongest round in the history of the Austrian Music … read more »

It is fair to say that it is currently fun and rewarding to see so many promising indie-pop releases coming from Austria.

Although the local club culture has become somewhat static, it still can surprise in the formal aspect. No project can illustrate this more vividly than Elektro Guzzi. Playing the idea of ​​techno with the means of a classic line-up was first conceived … 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 »

These five young musicians from Austria’s westernmost province of Vorarlberg have recently become a cult phenomenon in Central Europe. One of their songs, Vo Mello Bis Ge Schoppornou, even made second place in the charts in Austria and Germany, and broke Youtube … read more »

Founded in 1922, the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) is an important international network of members from around fifty countries, devoted to the promotion and presentation of contemporary music. To honour the fact that ISCM started its history in Salzburg, Austria, … read more »

To be quite honest, mica – music austria was probably not expecting so many entries. More than 70 artists submitted their audiovisual works to the first competition Tonbild 2011, organized by mica – music austria. The terms of the competition were videos … read more »

To be quite honest, we were not expecting so many entries.  More than 70 artists submitted their audiovisual works to the first competition Tonbild 2011, organized by mica – music austria. The terms for the competition were the submission of videos from … read more »

This year Soundings is celebrating its 8th anniversary with some of the most notable composers and musicians who were a part of this unique platform for contemporary music in the course of its history. Initiated in 2004 by the Austrian Cultural Forum … read more »