THEY DO IT UP ON THE MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS DOWN BY THE LAKES, BUT ALSO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RURAL VINEYARDS OR GRAND HISTORIC BUILDINGS. AUSTRIANS LIKE TO CELEBRATE THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THEIR COUNTRY BY MEANS OF PUTTING ON FESTIVALS. … read more »
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (hcmf//) Huddersfield, UK November 20 – 29, 2015 Taking place from November 20 – 29, the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (hcmf//) will turn its spotlight on performances by Austrian composers, with a highly anticipated opening concert by the … read more »
After last year’s successful installment of the Austrian World Music Awards, the new bestowal of the significant award for the Austrian world music scene will take place once again at the end of this year. The recent call for applications was well received: organizers counted more … read more »
To become a second Tchaikovsky, to hear people whistling his melodies in the street, that’s what ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG dreamt of once upon a time. It doesn’t look as if the wish of this polarising composer, who led the way from atonality to … read more »
HCMF – Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival Huddersfield, UK November 20 – 29, 2015 Austrian composers feature strongly in UK’s leading celebration of new music Austrian ‘supergroup’ Klangforum Wien gives the opening concert (Friday, November 20) at Britain’s leading new music festival, Huddersfield Contemporary … read more »
AMSTERDAM DANCE EVENT October 14 – 18, 2015 Amsterdam, NL Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) is the leading electronic music platform and biggest club festival in the world, covering the entire spectrum of electronic sub-genres. The ADE festival features 300 events and 2,000 DJ’s … read more »
The tenth edition (September 23-26, 2015) of the Reeperbahn Festival 2015 brought 3,700 music industry professionals and media representatives from over 40 countries to Hamburg. The Austrian delegation claimed new record figures with an entourage of eleven local bands and 80 industry professionals … read more »
Reeperbahn Festival, Hamburg/DE September 23 – 26, 2015 Going strong for over a decade, the Reeperbahn Festival combines concerts in a variety of pop-cultural genres with an arts program and a platform for professionals in the music and digital industries. It is Germany’s … read more »
There is no doubt about it, Austria’s got talent. Our mountainous country has secretly blossomed into a superb reservoir of refreshing and talented musical acts that are becoming more and more recognized on the global music map. Now adding to the list … read more »
OSTRAVA DAYS 2015, Ostrava/CZ August 10 – 29, 2015 Ostrava Days 2015 presents: compositions for three orchestras – world premieres of contemporary classical music – contemporary opera – marathon of electronic music – night solos and experimental performances – works of the … read more »