2025 brings the 15th edition of Grafenegg’s Ink Still Wet composer conductor workshop – this time under the direction of Fabián Panisello. The deadline for applications is 12 November 2024. In the course of two work phases ‒ from 12-14 March and from 14–25 … read more »
Classical:NEXT – the international meeting for all art music professionals – is calling innovators from across the world: Develop and revive the genre together with our community of artists, label managers, presenters, publishers, tech & media innovators, entrepreneurs, agents. Submit your proposal … 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 »
Tyrolean cellist Valerie Fritz hasn’t even finished studying with Clemens Hagen at Salzburg’s Mozerteum, but she’s already riding high. She recently premiered Georg Friedrich Haas’ “Hochwald”, and she’s been named a “Rising Star” by the European Concert Hall Organization. Meanwhile, back home … read more »
May! A month on the cusp of spring and summer, where the mornings are still cool and the year still seems full of promise (even though we’re already coming up on the halfway point). The headline this month is a slew (from … 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 »
The duo Nimikry has been announced as the winner of the 2023 Erste Bank Composition Prize; their Wien Modern concert with the Klangforum Wien will take place on November 28th at Vienna’s Konzerthaus. In the words of the jury, Nimikry composes “with … read more »
Movement in space is a basic experience shared by all living things, but for the last 150 years – at least – concerts of classical music have essentially banned it. In 1882, a roller-skating rink in Berlin was converted to the first … read more »
Now in its eighth year, the Impuls Festival – an annual contemporary music festival in Graz – has quickly risen to become one of Mitteleuropa’s premiere events. The 2023 edition, taking place from July 23 – August 8, will feature the mixture … read more »