What constitutes a good love song? What stories and associations does it conjure? We took Valentine’s Day as an opportunity to ask musicians, composers and songwriters for their recommendations for love songs and why they were chosen. The result is a beautiful … read more »
In German, they say “April does what it will”, which seems to be particularly true this year. We’ve hardly had time to take note of the weather, though – we’ve been out in the great wide open, fulfilling our raison d’être of … read more »
The border between sound and image has always been blurred, if not obsolete. In fact, the two fields are, in many ways, inherently enmeshed. The question is just how much one re-veals or exposes it, and from what lens or angle one … read more »
The aspekteFESTIVAL is breaking the biennial rhythm – or keeping it – depending on how you see it, through the craziness of the pandemic. The 45th edition of the festival for new music took place, after a one-time postponement from 2020 to … 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 »
A trans- and interdisciplinary research journey – Chapter 1: Nature Nature is present in music in a variety of ways. Composers draw inspiration from it, use sounds of nature in their compositions, or make abstract connections to nature. The sounds of nature … read more »
The idea for the opening play of the MUSIKTHEATERTAGE WIEN 2019 was born during a meeting for a new musical play. The idea of a kind of sound installation in the WUK, which would take up the theme of civilisation, was given … read more »
For the first time, Musiktheatertage Wien and Austrian Music Export are hosting a Producers’ Meeting. Ten productions, which emerged out of a call on proposals, will be presented to an audience of international professionals at Musiktheatertage Wien 2018. What is „music theatre“? What is … read more »
Musiktheatertage Wien and Austrian Music Export invite international producers to a Producers´ Meeting taking place at Werk X on June 16, 2018. Ten productions will be presented in form of brief presentations as part of Musiktheatertage Wien 2018. Austrian Music Export cordially invites … read more »