The Musiktheatertage Wien, an internationally renowned contemporary music theater festival, hereby invites interested artists and collectives to take part in a residency in June and September 2024. The residencies are part of the EU-sponsored project “What’s Next?”, focusing on multidisciplinary reflection on … read more »
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Austrian Music Highlights: September 2023
September! That peculiar month where, with a little effort, you can pretend it’s still August. The evenings are darker, but people are still sitting outside the cafés without the benefit of heat lamps or slightly ratty-looking fleece blankets. And Austrian music rolls … read more »
musiktheatertage VIENNA 2022: WHAT WORLD DO WE WANT?
This year’s MUSIKTHEATERTAGE WIEN (MUSIC THEATRE DAYS VIENNA) will take place from 14-24 September 2022! The international festival returns with a fresh design, a new website and an exciting mix of contemporary productions, co-productions and guest performances. A CONTEMPORARY MUSIC THEATRE FESTIVAL Musiktheatertage Wien … read more »
2021 in Retrospect
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 »
A review of the AUSTRIAN MUSIC THEATRE DAY 2019
Are world premieres a fetish, where is the audience, how can fair payment be made, how can equality be achieved? The AUSTRIAN MUSIC THEATRE DAY in Vienna looked for answers. A WELCOME CULTURE FOR MUSIC THEATRE Not everyone has to love new … read more »
Interview with Angélica Castelló
In September ANGÉLICA CASTELLÓ will perform at the MUSIKTHEATERTAGE WIEN as a composer exploring the theme of the body. Mixing tasks turns out to be a novelty for her. Just like the collaboration with the choreographer ANNA KNAPP and ten dancers. Sylvia … read more »
“Sound Cloud I” – An interview with Peter Jakober
The idea for the opening play of the MUSIKTHEATERTAGE WIEN 2019 was born during a meeting for a new musical play. The idea of a kind of sound installation in the WUK, which would take up the theme of civilisation, was given … read more »
Austrian Music Theatre Day 2019
The Austrian Music Theatre Day is an international networking event taking place on September 14, 2019 in the context of the Musiktheatertage Wien at Vienna´s WUK. Austrian Music Export and Musiktheatertage Wien cordially invite all persons working in the field of music … read more »
Operadagen Rotterdam 2019 – A look back (and forward)
In the field of pop, rock and electronic music, it’s quite usual for upcoming artists to play at showcase festivals, like Eurosonic Noorderslag in Groningen in the Netherlands, which is one of the biggest Showcase festivals in Europe. However, as common with … read more »
Austrian Heartbeats at Operadagen Rotterdam 2019
Operadagen Rotterdam are dedicated to the field of music theatre, presenting major music theatre productions, showcases and presentations to a circle of international producers. In 2019, the international festival will focus on music theatre productions from Austria. On May 21, eight works by … read more »