2025 kept the pace up: festivals and conferences, newfound partnerships and a constant flow of releases and live shows— both domestically, and far beyond Austria. Across genres and formats, Austrian artists showed up on international stages and platforms with real consistency, powered … read more »
Austrian Music Export is pleased to announce the grant recipients from the latest call for Impulse grant (Impuls-Förderprogramm) applications this year. 28 applications were submitted during the call period, for a total of €160,965. The jury had a total of €22,400 available for this round, … read more »
Austrian Music Export is pleased to announce the recipients from the fourth Impulse grant call in 2024. 24 applications were submitted during the call period, applying for a total of €109,916 in support. The jury chose to support five acts for a … read more »
The Austrian Music Fund (ÖMF) has announced another new funding initiative in addition to the Impulse program: supported by the recent infusion of money by the Austrian Ministry of Culture, the OMF+ program will offer financial support for music marketing. The OMF+ … read more »
Remember when a year like “2024” was the stuff of science fiction? Well, we’re here now…and though we’re STILL waiting on those hoverboards, the music in this brave new year is every bit as international, varied, and forward-looking as we could have … read more »
Back in September we reported on a major funding hike for the Austrian Music Fund (Österreichische Musikfonds). In addition to funds earmarked for tour support, the creation of a new program was announced, and now it’s here: Austrian Music Export is pleased … read more »
The feel of the wind slapping you in the face…the smell of burnt chestnuts…feeling your “transition coat” gradually soak through because the fashion gods have dictated that, for some unfathomable reason, fall outerwear does not need to be waterproof: it’s November in … read more »
Great news for Austrian music: the Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sports announced that it will be making an additional €1.5 million available to the Austrian Music Fund (Österreichischer Musikfonds / ÖMF) for the support of Austrian musicians in … read more »
It´s the 11th time the pan-European organisation for independent music labels, IMPALA, presents the award for the European Independent Album Of The Year. For the first time, the prestigious award is given to an Austrian artist: My Ugly Clementine win IMPALA’s European … read more »
After the outstanding festival debut in 2010 and the no less spectacular sequel in the past year, the organizers of the Popfest Wien are determined to once again succeed with this year’s festival edition, which will take place from the 26th to … read more »