The exhibition continues until Friday 23 March, ACF London
This is the first major retrospective exhibition in the UK of the Viennese-born artist Ernst Eisenmayer (born 1920), recipient of the Medal of Honour from the City of Vienna in recognition ...
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Friedrich Cerha has been awarded the international Ernst von Siemens Music Prize 2012. The Austrian composer, born in 1926, will be awarded the prize, valued at €200,000, for his life's work. In addition Soundings composer Luke Bedford was awarded the Composers' Prize.
The city of Graz awards the "Writer of the City of Graz" scholarship each year and includes the provision of an apartment for free in Cerrini-Schloessl on the Schlossberg, from 1 September 2012 until 31 August 2013. A monthly stipend of EURO 1,100 is paid.
Application deadline is 31 March 2012. E kulturamt@stadt.graz.at for more information.
Junges Ensemble seeks to develop new talent and allow them to gain valuable experience working as part of Theater an der Wien! Openings for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone / bass-baritone and bass are available for periods from 2-7 years. Email: jungesensemble@theater-wien.at for further information.
IUGTE and ArtUniverse have announced scholarships for the February event 2012 - International Physical Theatre Laboratory! The scholarship amount is 300 EUR and covers part of the participation fee. To apply for the scholarship, please send your CV/resume with photo and a brief cover letter to iugte.projects@gmail.com. Performers of different genres and techniques - dancers, choreographers, actors and directors are welcome to apply for participation.
The festival which aims to maximise the impact of social-issue documentary takes pleace in London on 25 June 2012. Call for entries is now open and closes on Wednesday 1 February. For more information and to submit visit www.britdoc.org/goodpitch
Visit www.musicexport.at to find out about new musicians and events happening in the Austrian music scene!
Guy Dammann gives Soundings VII a four star review in the Guardian on 7 December. Read all about it here
The coalition parties – Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) and People’s Party (ÖVP) – and the Greens presented a joint motion to change the lyrics of Austria's national anthom. Austria is now "home to great daughters and sons" (previously only sons) and in the third stanza "choirs of brothers" will be replaced by "joyous choirs".
British composer Emily Howard has been celebrated in the Austrian and UK press for her piece Solar and the Wien Modern commissioned Calculus of the Nervous System, performed by the ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra. Howard has taken part in the ACF's Soundings platform and first travelled to Vienna in 2009 for a special Soundings concert at the Alte Schmiede. Read Micheal White's review in the Telegraph and an interview in the Austrian magazine Terz (in English).
Ironbridge Gorge Museums Trust said the work, entitled Core, would be displayed at the Enginuity museum from March until autumn 2012. The installation will feature computer-generated video projection, set to a soundtrack and a series of screens will double as "windows into a weightless world, populated by groups of humanoid figures". Mr Hentschlager said the figures would "interact like a school of fish... and at other times like intricately choreographed modern ballet dancers". For further information please visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-15002550
www.grants.at, Austria's most comprehensive database for scholarships and research grants in German and English language now features grants and scholarships for the academic year 2012/2013 as well as summer 2012.
austrians.org is a community platform and a global network for Austrians and friends of Austria abroad. The website provides an opportunity to create international contacts, exchange information and suggestions as well as informing the rest of the world about Austria.
A new Egon Schiele Documentation Centre has been set up in Leopold Museum at Museum's Quartier in Vienna. It combines documentation, provenance research and library facilities accessible to researchers and students. For more information visit http://www.egonschiele.at
De Novo Arts has produced an online short film about this year's Soundings platform entitled 'Inspired by Mahler'. You can view it here.
