My Name Is Music is a band that is about to make the leap to the top. With their debut album “Revolution”, the Viennese duo stirred up a lot of dust, not only in this country. The legendary John Peel Radio Sessions, … read more »

To mark its 100th season in 2012/2013, the Wiener Konzerthaus is launching an international composing competition, inviting composers aged up to 35  to submit compositions as of December 1st, 2012. Participants are invited to submit compositions in one or more of the … read more »

One should certainly not go too far out on a limb, but it seems as if the musicians of the local pop scene are currently receiving a lot more international recognition than in the past few years. This explains why local protagonists  … read more »

mica – music austria has put together a promotional package consisting of several modules for the younger representatives of contemporary music in Austria. 23 composers are represented with their compositions on 3 CDs. Furthermore, the package includes individual booklets with biographical data, … read more »

Contemporary music is commonly afflicted with the opinion to be inaccessible. That this view points to the realm of many other prejudices on contemporary music, is proven by the works of 23 young composers, which were united on 3 CDs with the … read more »

Gerald Resch is currently one of the most promising young composers  in Austria. Despite his young age, the Upper Austrian composer can already look back on numerous sensational performances of his works on a local and international level. Fast Facts Gerald Resch … read more »

Julia Purgina is currently without doubt one of the most promising young composers in Austria. Despite her young age, she can already look back on numerous sensational performances of her compositions at home and abroad. Reason enough to portray Julia Purgina in … read more »

John Berauer is without doubt one of the most productive as diverse young composers and performers of the country. Born in Wels, Upper Austria, the young composer feels both at home in the field of contemporary music as in jazz, which numerous … read more »

The field of contemporary music currently seems to be emerging. Mainly responsible for this movement in Austria is a young generation of composers who extend the stylistic range of contemporary music with a lot of compositional creativity and unique sounding facets. This … read more »

The field of comtemporary music in Austria is evolving. Responsible for this development is above all the new generation of composers, who extend the spectrum of contemporary music in this country with unique and never-before-heard facets. This time mica portrays the Viennese … read more »