The FM4 Soundpark is a web-platform, community and radio show for Austrian musicians. Every month, one act is selected to be highlighted both online and on air. On August 19th, SOPHIA BLENDA released “Die Neue Heiterkeit,” an album of the year. The FM4 Soundpark … read more »
In the series “Music Life with Kids”, mica – music austria and Austrian Music Export explore the question of how professional musicians fare when they have children. In the eleventh part of the series, MICHAEL “MILE” LECHNER (Sharktank) gives us an insight … read more »
This year, for the sixth time, the XA – EXPORT AWARD will be presented as part of WAVES VIENNA 2022. The aim of the award is to support Austrian musicians at an early stage of their career. A special focus is on helping … read more »
The New Austrian Sound of Music – NASOM for short – has its 20th anniversary this year! Come celebrate with us on September 5th, 2022 at Porgy & Bess, where 6 of the 25 acts will perform 20-min. sets, giving the audience … read more »
Some of the finest players from the Viennese music scene, both present and past, to be aired on 275 National Public Radio (NPR) local stations across the USA… W-w-wait, what?! Do dreams really come true? Sometimes, yep … what does Vienna sound … read more »
From August 18th to 21st, 2022 the 42nd INTERNATIONAL JAZZFESTIVAL SAALFELDEN will take place! What’s in store, you ask? A nature-infused musical playground with around 60 concerts – in the city, the woods and meadows, music hikes in the midst of the … read more »
Contemporary composer of instrumental and electronic music, WOLFGANG SUPPAN talked to Sylvia Wendrock about his methods, practice and motivation, while accessing his intuition by avoiding repetition and risking connections. How does one approach such a task, if one, as you say on … read more »
In the series “Music Life with Kids”, mica – music austria and Austrian Music Export explore the question of how professional musicians fare when they have children. In this part of the series, ARIEL OEHL gives us insight into his everyday professional … read more »
Supported by the “neue musikzeitung”, the “Christoph and Stephan Kaske Foundation” announces the JukeBoxx-New Music Award. The competition addresses composers and artists working in contemporary Music and media arts, thus giving them a chance to have their current works evaluated by an … read more »
FEMENINE is a joint musical-choreographic project by Vienna’s new music collective, STUDIO DAN, with a group of dancers, which sees its world premiere at Impulstanz this year. Moreover, it’s another performance highlight in our Crossways in Contemporary Music series, in which we … read more »