UNSAFE+SOUNDS is pushing back against the viral feeling of insecurity and focuses on artistic positions that confront our reality. Their aim is to establish relationships with the fundamental changes in the environment, and search for agency, for appropriate sounds for our tainted … read more »
Last spring, some of the finest figures from the Viennese music scene – both present and past – told their stories, while some even played their music at the FM4 studio, for NPR’s World Cafe series, “Sense of Place: Vienna”. Subsequently the … read more »
It’s that time of year again; that “in-between” time” – the ambivalent seasonal zone, smushed awkwardly between summer and fall. Do I wear pants or a mini-skirt? Plan an outdoor rager or an intimate indoor gathering? Bike to an open-air festival or … read more »
“Whodentity” is an artificial word with which musikprotokoll 2022 wants to shed light on currently pressing questions about identities. The festival will once again take place in Graz, from the 6th – 9th October, 2022. For more information about this year’s theme … read more »
In the series “Music Life with Kids”, mica – music austria and Austrian Music Export explores the question of how professional musicians fare once they have children. In the sixteenth part, MARLENE LACHERSTORFER shares her experiences: What is it like touring with a baby … read more »
With the European Music Business Training (EMBT) Hamburg Music and its partners offer a unique training opportunity for employees in the European music business. It supports employees, solo self-employed persons and music companies in their further development, innovative capacity and crisis management. The offer includes a … read more »
Esra and Enes Özmen are Austrian siblings with Turkish roots. As EsRAP, they give the outside world access to their inner conflicts and feelings. This past weekend at the Vienna Waves Festival Conference, Esra contributed to an inspring Roundtable on “popular music, … read more »
The Tyrolean festival for contemporary music KLANGSPUREN SCHWAZ started its 29th round on September 8th and goes till the 25th. Now, after a rather short-lived change of artistic directors, is made up of two since May 2021: composer and curator CLARA IANNOTTA … read more »
For the sixth time, the XA MUSIC EXPORT AWARD was presented as part of WAVES VIENNA 2022. The aim of the award is to support Austrian musicians at an early stage of their career. We are honoured to announce that FARCE won … read more »
Sino-European Women Entrepreneurs in Music (SEWEM) – a networking and mentoring programme to promote the skills of European and Chinese women in the music and export sector – has launched an open call. Deadline to apply is September 11, 2022. What is … read more »