FM4 Soundpark is a web platform, community, and radio show for and with Austrian musicians. In an ongoing collaboration, FM4’s team recommends particular artists of the moment to amplify. Today, the honor goes to: brazey and her debut album Five Hearts No Control. With brazey, Ines … read more »
Los Modulinos (Karlheinz Essl & Otto Wanke) approaches modular improvisation as translation, where feedback becomes grammar and machines learn how to speak back. A review by Serge Bulat. Running Present – A Contemporary Log is a collection of reviews, descriptions and resonances … read more »
From April 8 to 11, 2026, Budapest will become an international meeting place for those who not only want to discuss the future of contemporary music, but also actively shape it. Classical:NEXT returns—as a showcase festival, think tank, and marketplace for ideas, … read more »
The live recording session #2 by Audrey Lauro, Veronika Mayer, and Gobi Drab unfolds an immersive soundscape with saxophone, electronics, and recorders, inviting listeners to move through changing sound worlds in which attention, memory, and time flow together. As part of our … read more »
We’re excited to announce the invitation to musicians from around the world to participate in the 5th Petrichor International Music Competition. The competition welcomes all performers, singers, ensembles, orchestras, conductors, and composers of all ages and nationalities. Submission Deadline has been extended … read more »
Since 2000, the Amadeus Austrian Music Awards have been presented and are considered the country’s most important and comprehensive music prize. At Austria’s “homegrown Grammys,” the FM4 Award is also presented annually. Particularly special because the result is determined 100 percent by … read more »
From March 5 to 8, 2026, the Elevate Festival returns to Graz for its 22nd edition. Under the theme “Vital Signs”, the festival explores contemporary states of cultural, social, and artistic vitality—what is still resonating, what is exhausted, and what new forms … read more »
In cooperation with Universal Edition, Vienna, the Association of Friends of the Brandenburg Symphony Orchestra (FBS e.V.) announces the ninth edition of its competition for composers of symphonic music. The competition is international and open to all age groups. Deadline to apply … read more »
The Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs (BMEIA) is launching the call for applications for the next edition of the young music talent programme the “New Austrian Sound of Music” (NASOM) for the period 2027 to 2028. Ensembles, bands, and musicians … read more »
impuls will stage its 17th all-day “MinuteConcerts” gallery tour in Graz on Saturday, May 30, 2026, pairing short pop-up concerts with a walk through multiple galleries—free admission and open to everyone. The format has become a fixture on Graz’s music calendar thanks … read more »