The 2022 INTERNATIONAL ERNST VON SIEMENS MUSIC PRIZE will go to the Austrian composer OLGA NEUWIRTH. The award for a lifetime of service to music is endowed with 250,000 euros. The award ceremony will take place on June 2, 2022 at Munich’s … read more »
WIEN MODERN, Austria’s largest festival for new music, now in its 34th edition, could be given sub-headers this year like: a major opera premiere at the Odeon, music theatre and dance, performances, multimedia and images, immersive projects, walk-in installations and exhibitions, major … read more »
In the second part of “Crossways in Contemporary Music: Choreography & Dance” we come across compositional works by BERNHARD LANG, ARTURO FUENTES, PETER JAKOBER and JOHANNES MARIA STAUD, while the third part, with compositions by PETER KUTIN, PIA PALME, JORGE SÁNCHEZ-CHIONG, LISSIE RETTENWANDER … read more »
From October 30th to November 30th, 2021, the WIEN MODERN festival, with its 34th edition, will once again open a month-long major platform for inspiring encounters between artists and listeners of new music of all forms and colors. A total of 120 … read more »
On the anniversary of a year that’s been like no other, even under the circumstances, the singles, albums, events and initiatives have not let up. Adjustments have been made; re-adjustments made again; and again. The flexibility and adaptability of the musicians who … read more »
For many years, German musicologist STEFAN DREES has dedicated himself to the work of OLGA NEUWIRTH as one of his central research topics. In the run-up to his visit to Vienna for a symposium on Olga Neuwirth’s film music during Wien Modern … read more »
Olga Neuwirth was born in Graz, Austria, in 1968. She studied at the Academy of Music in Vienna and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. During her stay in the States she also attended an art college, where she studied painting and … read more »
WIEN MODERN has been developing rapidly under the direction of BERNHARD GÜNTHER. Big ideas being performed and staged in the outer districts as well as the classic inner city temples of fine art. Stefan Niederwieser spoke with BERNHARD GÜNTHER, who managed this … read more »
OLGA NEUWIRTH, pioneer of new music, celebrated her 50th birthday in August 2018. On this occasion, the festival WIEN MODERN (Oct. 8 – Nov. 30 2018) shows one of Neuwirth’s central works in a revised edition. The Outcast: Olga Neuwirth 50.2 will premiere … read more »
International Women’s Day is a good reason to emphasise the contributions female musicians have made to the Austrian music scene. Here is a small overview that should illustrate something that a lot of people know, but many don’t want to admit. That … read more »