It’s a new year, and with it comes plenty of new Austrian music highlights to spotlight! Building off of 2022, a year packed with musical accomplishments and developments (see our 2022 Retrospect), the bar’s been properly raised for 2023. But with all … read more »
Jeremy Pascal is the alter-ego of four young musicians from Vienna and the Soundpark Act in January. The debut album “Jetsetters & Supersoakers” was released in November. Cover “Supersoakers & Jetsetters” If you google “Jeremy Pascal”, the hits will mainly yield articles … read more »
The live lineup has been announced for ESNS 2023 in Groningen! And we are thrilled to tell you that nine of the selected acts are from Austria, and one is nominated for the Music Moves Europe Award, presented at the festival! EUROSONIC … read more »
A central pillar of the annual Grafenegg Festival is the Composer in Residence programme, which every year shines a light on an eminent composer of contemporary music. During their stay in Grafenegg, the distinguished composers premiere their own works, but are also … read more »
Guitarist MAHAN MIRARAB spent December 2022 in the U.S., playing several concerts on the East and West Coasts. Now we’re sitting in a crowded Café Eiles in Vienna, a table between us piled high with the plates and cups of previous guests. … read more »
JAKOB ZIMMERMANN is considered one of the most talented young pianists in the country. In a trio with Clemens Rofner and Simon Springer he knows how to inspire with eclectic fireworks somewhere between Bach, Jarrett and Hancock. Nevertheless, the music is so … read more »
In the series “Music Life with Kids”, mica – music austria and Austrian Music Export explore the question of how professional musicians are doing when they have children. In the fourteenth part of the series, TERESA ROTSCHOPF gives us an insight into … read more »
The photographic series by New York-based Austrian artist, HELGA TRAXLER, entitled “Passion Pays the Bill” picks up fragments of a variety of stories and careers in its depiction of eleven musicians in unique environments, chosen by the artists themselves. The series premiered … read more »
The twelfth year of Austrian Music Export’s existence was an exciting and inspiring one. After two years of too many online events to count, 2022 brought with it a feeling of a “reboot” and with it, more and more, and, yes, even … read more »
The Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation awards the two Ensemble Prizes ’23 to the vocal ensemble Ekmeles from New York and the Salzburg-based New Art and Music Ensemble NAMES. The award will be presented for the third time in 2023 to outstanding … read more »