The Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs (BMEIA) is launching the call for applications for the tenth 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 »
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 »
NASOM – The New Austrian Sound of Music was initiated in 2002 by the Austrian Foreign Ministry (BMEIA) to support young Austria-based musicians. Every two years, five acts in each of the genres classical, jazz, global, contemporary, and pop/electronic are selected to … read more »
The long wait is over: the Austrian Foreign Ministry has announced the acts selected to represent the country as part of the NASOM program in 2025 – 2026. NASOM – The New Austrian Sound of Music is a support program for Austrian … read more »
The world has changed a lot in the last twenty years, and so has Austrian music. In this series, we’re checking in with artists chosen over the past two decades to take part in NASOM – The New Austrian Sound of Music – an … read more »
The world has changed a lot in the last twenty years, and so has Austrian music. In this series, we’re checking in with artists chosen over the past two decades to take part in NASOM – The New Austrian Sound of Music … read more »
The world has changed a lot in the last twenty years, and so has Austrian music. In this series, we’re checking in with artists chosen over the past two decades to take part in NASOM – The New Austrian Sound of Music … read more »
The Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs has announced the call for applications for the 9th edition of NASOM – The New Austrian Sound Of Music for 2025-26. Selected artists will receive support for international performances for a period of two … read more »
As we close out 2023, we’d like to draw your attention to a very special anniversary: over the last two decades, the New Austrian Sound of Music program – NASOM for short – has been invaluable to the Austrian music scene, giving … read more »
About a year ago, Austrian Music Export conducted an interview with the Vienna trio DIVES. It was an exciting time – they had just released their latest album, Wanna Take You There, and had just been named a NASOM act for 2023-24. … read more »