The MÜNSTERLAND FESTIVAL presents music and art at great venues in the Münsterland region every two years, bringing us up to fall 2021. This year has a special guest: AUSTRIA. Lively, versatile, exciting: this is what the program of the Münsterland Festival, … read more »
Cobario
Austrian Music Highlights #1
In our new monthly column “Austrian Music Highlights” we are offering the latest news at a glance. Find out about exciting new releases, the most interesting live tours & festivals, about award winners and nominees and business news. Listen to selections from … read more »
Cobario
The roots of this instrumental acoustic project lie in Barcelona, where the two guitarists Mario Chehade (aka Rio Che) and Jakob Lackner (aka El Coba) used to perform as street musicians. In 2006 the violinist Herwig Schaffner (aka Herwigos) joined the duo … read more »
MUSICAL DIVERSITY SIMPLY OPENS EVERY DOOR- AN INTERVIEW WITH COBARIO
From classical music to international folklore, from jazz to chamber music, from the sound of the north of Europe to that of the South. “Musical diversity simply opens every door.” This is the motto the Viennese trio COBARIO (HERWIG SCHAFFNER, GEORG AICHBERGER, … read more »
Eight acts from Austria at the INTERNATIONALE KULTURBÖRSE FREIBURG
The Internationale Kulturbörse Freiburg will be starting it’s 29th edition between the 22nd and 25th of January in Freiburg, Germany. And, as so often in the past, it will feature strong participation of the Austrian music scene. The Internationale Kulturbörse Freiburg, one … read more »
SELECTED FOR NASOM 2016/2017: Cobario
The New Austrian Sound of Music – in short NASOM – is a long-term sponsorship program by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs (BMEIA), promoting young Austrian musicians for the fifth time in the two-year period 2016/2017. The … read more »
Selected Artists for NASOM 2016/2017
Ramsch und Rosen, BartolomeyBittmann, Edi Nulz, Schallfeld, Kids n Cats – these are a few of the 25 young Austrians musicians and ensembles selected for the funding program NASOM – THE NEW AUSTRIAN SOUND OF MUSIC 2016/2017. Now in its 5th edition, this … read more »