For most people, including a lot of musicians, August is what they call the Sommerloch in German, a black hole into which people happily disappear for a couple weeks. But not everyone! We’ve done some digging and turned up a few stellar … read more »
The Sziget Festival takes place once a year on Óbuda, an island in the middle of Budapest. It started as a small event in 1993 and has since grown into one of Europe’s largest music festivals, hosting over 1,000 shows on 60 … read more »
At the end of last year, Austrian Music Export launched the Impulse Program, a new initiative supporting Austrian music on the international stage. Today, the first results are in: Austrian Music Export is happy to announce the recipients of the first wave … read more »
It’s officially still winter, but the sun rays start to shine through in, albeit sporadic, but hopeful bouts. To accompany the ever-increasing auspicious rays, here are a few beams of musical light to carry you over the hump of cold towards the … read more »
Big news! OSKA has just won the MUSIC MOVES EUROPE AWARD 2023! The coveted award was presented at Eurosonic Noorderslag (ESNS) on January 19th in Groningen! MME Awards OSKA (c) Ben Houdijk ESNS23 Schmyt (Germany), July Jones (Slovenia), OSKA (Austria), Kids Return … read more »
It’s a new year, and with it comes plenty of new Austrian music highlights to spotlight! Building off of 2022, a year packed with musical accomplishments and developments (see our 2022 Retrospect), the bar’s been properly raised for 2023. But with all … read more »
The live lineup has been announced for ESNS 2023 in Groningen! And we are thrilled to tell you that nine of the selected acts are from Austria, and one is nominated for the Music Moves Europe Award, presented at the festival! EUROSONIC … read more »
Austrian artist, OSKA has been nominated for the MUSIC MOVES EUROPE AWARDS (MME) 2023! The MME Awards are the European Union prizes for popular and contemporary music that celebrate the emerging artists who represent the European sound of today and tomorrow. OSKA is one of … read more »
In cooperation with mica – music austria, Austrian Music Export and the Austrian music universities, an expert jury selected five up-and-coming ensembles or musicians in five different genres: classical, jazz, global music, contemporary music and pop/electronic for the new NASOM edition 2023/24. … read more »
THE GREAT ESCAPE (TGE) is returning this year, taking place in 30+ venues across Brighton from 11th – 14th May 2022. The belated 15th birthday edition of the festival will once again introduce a cutting-edge line up of both brand new and … read more »