International mission for professionals to Mexico: Open call for European participants to join a physical trade mission to Mexico City (February 10-12, 2025). Deadline to apply: December 23rd, 2024. As part of a European project led by European Music Exporters Exchange EMEE, … read more »
2024 is coming to a close, and to end our monthly Austrian Music Highlights series for this particular journey ’round the sun, we are bringing you a compilation of some of our favorite recent releases (and boy oh boy are there many) … read more »
To mark mica – music austria’s 30th anniversary, we asked 30 artists over 30 years of age how their music, perspectives, and the music industry at large have evolved (or not) over the years and through changing times. In a culture and industry often … read more »
2024: You were a year! Festivals, anniversaries, conferences, kick-offs, countless releases and memorable concerts at home and abroad. How can one sufficiently summarize a whole year of work and play in this beautiful sphere called music? Let’s be real, the task is … read more »
“5 Million Pesos” is a monthly concert and radio broadcast series of young jazz in and from Austria – presented by Radiokulturhaus Vienna and the Ö1 jazz department. Seitinger & Maierhofer Johanna Seitinger (vocals)Lukas Maierhofer (vocals, guitar)Tobias Steinrück (double bass) Witty lyrics sung in Styrian … read more »
“I see a pop hit as a common good”: Soap&Skin on her cover album “TORSO” (Pias records). In an FM4 interview, songwriter, musician, producer and actress Anja Plaschg talks about the challenges of appropriation, David Bowie and Lana del Rey and her … read more »
APPLY TO PLAY is now open for SOUND CITY – Liverpool City Centre Music Festival, May 3-4, 2025. Deadline to apply is January 27th, 2025. Ed Sheeran. Grimes. Christine & the Queens. What do all of these acts have in common? These … read more »
Time flies! December is coming sooner than you think, and that means that Kick Jazz is just around the corner. Vienna’s premiere showcase festival for domestically produced jazz will take place this year on December 3rd and 4th at Porgy & Bess, … read more »
The International Club Culture Matchmaking (ICCM) is a project funded by BMKÖS and is designed to foster international networking within the club scene(s) and support artists based in Austria. Deadline to apply is December 15th, 2024. New Austrian Collaborations You are a club owner … read more »
For its inaugural year, the Austrian Jazz Award has chosen three winners for 2024, each of which will perform at a gala at Vienna’s Porgy & Bess on December 5th and will receive a cash prize and two follow-up concerts each. Jazz … read more »