There’s a lot going on in Austria’s contemporary music scene. Mainly responsible for this development is a new generation of composers, who expand the spectrum of contemporary music with many never-before-heard facets. This time in the series “Austria’s Young Composers”, mica – … read more »

Wolfgang Seierl is one of those rare artists who seem too good to be true. His ability to combine multiple disciplines, such as the visual arts, compositions, and paintings, makes him stand out as an artist. The exhibition will be inaugurated by … read more »

There’s a lot going on in Austria’s contemporary music scene. Mainly responsible for this development is a new generation of composers, who expand the spectrum of contemporary music with many never-before-heard facets. This time in the series “Austria’s Young Composers”, mica – … read more »

“Every kind of music is danceable, if you understand what the music is about,” proclaims the New York-based composer and percussionist Lukas Ligeti, who was born in Vienna. Really any music? Even a piano sonata by Boulez? “Yes!” The conviction with which … read more »

Eva Reiter is without doubt one of the most active and diverse interpreters in the country. Born in 1976 in Vienna, the recorder and viol player is also very active as a composer, focusing especially on the field of contemporary music. Fast … read more »

In recent decades hardly anyone has influenced Austrian music as intensely as Friedrich Cerha. He may be best known as a composer, who works with a variety of styles and repetitively inspires with new ways of composing and yet claims to have … read more »

Sound Park Austria (SPA) aims to stimulate the creative exchange between Austrian and British musicians whose repertoire encompasses music outside the classical tradition. As part of this concert the ACF London proudly presents The Flow from Austria. Andi Tausch, guitar and Hans-Koller … read more »

Liverpool Sound City (19th – 22nd May 2010) is the largest music festival and industry conference in the North of the UK.  Every May, Liverpool Sound City presents over 300 artists from over 20 different countries, in 30 city centre venues to … read more »

Sometimes the eligible listener has to wonder where indie-rock bands get their peculiar names from. There are the typical “The -” bands, inspired by legendary British formations, bands with names that come from confusing and sounding word-collages of home, family name, favorite … read more »

Wolfgang Muthspiel, one of the most prestigious and successful jazz musicians in Austria, is a man of deeds. In the year 2000 he founded his label Material Records, which step was based on the sole fact that in the process of recording … read more »