Unsafe+Sounds was founded by Vienna composer Matthias Kranebitter in 2014 and has been under the artistic direction of Shilla Strelka since 2015. The festival, in its own words, focuses on challenging music from a variety of different genre, combining underground aesthetics and … read more »
FOCUS Wales is an international showcase festival taking place in multiple venues across the city of Wrexham, North Wales. The festival places the music industry spotlight firmly on the emerging talent that Wales has to offer the world, alongside a selection of … 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. Trio Full Crimp Florian Reider (Piano) Lukas Florian (Bass) Silas Isenmann (Drums) Vienna-based Tyrolean … read more »
After a late-summer heat wave, it’s suddenly fall. And what a fall it is! September is proving more action-packed than ever this year, so let’s get right to it…rejoice, dear reader: it’s your Austrian Music Highlights for September. Jazz and everything after … read more »
The 14th edition of the Waves Vienna festival and conference is history, and what a Waves it was. 101 bands from 26 countries played in 10 clubs on Vienna’s Gürtel; a music business conference, organized together with mica – music austria, welcomed … read more »
On September 27 and 28, this year’s Austrian Music Theatre Day will consider questions of ecology and sustainability – both in terms of theatre production and in the works to be presented. Austrian Music Theatre Day, part of the Musiktheatertage Wien, is … read more »
On the eve of the Waves Vienna Festival, we offer a gentle reminder about the artists you absolutely, positively should not miss at this year’s gala on the Gürtel: it’s the complete guide to Austrian artists at Waves! Artists marked with an … read more »
Cyon Flex is a 37-year-old rapper from Bristol. She’s been living in Vienna for a few years now, and her third album, Into The Night – along with an accompanying comic book – will be dropping on September 6th. She recently sat … read more »
From September 5 – 7, 2024, the WAVES VIENNA CONFERENCE, organized by Waves Vienna, mica – music austria and Austrian Music Export, will take place for the 14th time at a variety of locations around Vienna, featuring a wide range of lectures, discussions, and … read more »
NASOM – The New Austrian Sound of Music was initiated in 2002 by the Austrian Foreign Ministry (BMEIA) to support young Austria-based musicians. Every two years, five acts in each of the genres classical, jazz, global, contemporary, and pop/electronic are selected to … read more »