impuls doesn’t just support young composers with its summer academy and festivals: in 2024, the biennial impuls Competition Competition offers composers born after 1989 the chance to win a commission to create a new piece for the 2027 impuls Festival. Applications are … read more »
Hot town, summer in the city! The music never stops…but at some point, your loyal correspondent will need a break from slaving over a hot computer in the concrete jungle of Vienna-Neubau. With that in mind: behold, your Austrian Music Highlights for … read more »
impuls promotes and supports young composers not only within the framework of its academy, but also through the international impuls composition competition. Registration has started… Deadline to apply: March 31st, 2023. Every second year, impuls awards composition commissions for ensemble to young composers … read more »
The eleventh year of AUSTRIAN MUSIC EXPORT’S existence was, unsurprisingly, filled with special challenges. What began as a shock to the domestic and global systems in 2020, continued into 2021 as something like a pesty splinter in the foot, which still hasn’t … read more »
For the 7th time, the IMPULS FESTIVAL offers a rich and versatile daily music and discourse program. Normally presented at various, quite diverse stages and venues also apart from traditional concert settings, this year’s edition will focus on concerts and presentations at … read more »
For the SCHALLFELD ENSEMBLE, diversity, the urge to be unconventional, visual aspects and music education play a major role in programming. The ensemble introduces itself as a collective. For the mica interview, MYRIAM GARCÍA FIDALGO and LORENZO DERINNI (SCHALLFELD ENSEMBLE) met with … read more »
For ALFREDO OVALLES, the physical aspect in music is the driving elixir. Grown up initially with rock music, the pianist with Venezuelan roots who has been living in Vienna for ten years switches playfully between standard classical repertoire, experimental solo projects as … read more »
On February 13, 2019 the renowned ensemble Klangforum Wien invites for a public rehearsal followed by a discussion hosted by Doris Weberberger (mica – music austria / Austrian Music Export). Discussion: Composition and Interpretation On the one hand, composers have been inspired … read more »
Every second year the impuls Academy offers young musicians and composers – from Austria, but also from all over the world – an intense training and holistic approach to contemporary music, both in a theoretical and practical way. The 11th International Ensemble and … read more »
Two years ago Lorenzo Troiani won the impuls composition award. His new work “We are Destroyed” will be premiered by the Klangforum at the opening of this years impuls festival. Reason enough to ask Troiani, who inspects violins like UFO’s, for an interview. Ruth … read more »