KLANGSPUREN SCHWAZ was founded 29 years ago and has since grown into the largest and most successful festival of contemporary music in western Austria. From 2022, programming has been put into the hands of the Italian composer Clara Iannotta and the Austrian musician, composer and … read more »
Klangspuren Schwaz is pleased to announce its first CHAMBER MUSIC LAB – a workshop for string quartets, from September 18 to 26, 2022! In a selection process based on an international call, three young international string quartets will be nominated by the jury … read more »
From September 6 to 22, 2019 the renowned Klangspuren Schwaz – Tyrolean Festival of Contemporary Music is taking place in the village of Schwaz. This year´s festival motto is RISSE/FISSURES. Zeena Parkins (US) is Improviser in Residence and Mark Andre (FR) is … read more »
Matthias Osterwold hands over the artistic direction of the Tyrolean Festival for New Music KLANGSPUREN SCHWAZ to new hands. His successor will be the music journalist, publicist and curator Reinhard Kager, who will assume artistic responsibility for the festival, which was founded … 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 »