The Great Escape, Brighton/UK, May 14–16, 2015 The Great Escape (TGE) is a new music festival that showcases emerging artists from all over the world. Over 400 up and coming bands play in 35 Brighton venues, accessible on one wristband. It’s the … read more »
“My music is sonic fiction, consisting of bits and pieces of reality that are abducted from their natural environment into a surreal acoustic world, where they are stripped naked, questioned, played with, laughed at, reused… in order to create alternative sound experiences that help … read more »
jazzahead!, Bremen/Germany April 23 – 26, 2015 For five days this coming April, the international Jazz music scene will once again convene in the German City of Bremen to attend the go-to networking event for the global jazz scene, jazzahead! 2015. The … read more »
This article is part of the brochure “Jazz in Austria”. The full brochure is available as a free PDF download at the end of this page. It is the vast musical diversity that distinguishes today’s Austrian jazz scene, providing acclaim and attention well beyond … read more »
EUROPAVOX FESTIVAL May 23 – 25, 2015 Clermont-Ferrand/France The 10th edition of the Europavox festival will take place on May 23 – 25 May in Clermont-Ferrand in the heart of the Auvergne, France. Europavox is a global project dedicated to the promotion … read more »
MATA Festival, The Kitchen, New York April 13-18, 2015 The MATA Festival is a New York-based annual contemporary classical music festival devoted to championing the works of young composers. MATA closes its festival with Talea Ensemble in an evening of percussion-rich works … read more »
This article is part of the brochure “Contemporary Music in Austria”. The full brochure is available as a free PDF download at the end of this page. Over the past two decades, contemporary music in Austrian concert halls has been subject to a partly … read more »
Tallinn Music Week, Tallinn/Estonia March 26 – 28, 2015 From March 26 – 28, 2015, the international music industry will once again convene in Estonia’s Capital to attend one of the world’s most cutting-edge industry get-togethers and networking events, and one of the … read more »
A common but not always successful mode of songwriting is the use of one’s own experience as a thematic basis for composing and writing music, especially in the singer/songwriter genre. Especially when this process of personal catharsis or psychological introspection stands firmly … read more »
This article is part of the brochure “Contemporary Music in Austria”. The full brochure is available as a free PDF download at the end of this page. “Only what you really love, can be really communicated,” said Markus Hinterhäuser in a mica-interview about the … read more »