Music

Echoes of Romanticism featuring the Nash Ensemble

25 September – 13 March 2012 | Wigmore Hall

The Romantic period in German and Austrian music is usually defined as the later nineteenth century. But the formal freedom of Romanticism, its love of nature, its indebtedness to literature, and above all its emphasis ...

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Sound Park Austria X – Music to Picture

9 February 2012, 7.30pm | The Forge

The tradition of bringing music together with the moving image goes back to the era of silent movies, when scores would be improvised in realtime by pianists in the playhouse. Over the past hundred years ...

In Portrait: Olga Neuwirth

11 February 2012, 7.30pm | Southbank Centre

The London Sinfonietta presents a portrait of Olga Neuwirth, the Austrian composer who came to prominence in the UK with her operatic adaptation of David Lynch’s Lost Highway produced by the ENO and the ...

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Schubert's Winterreise. Retold

17 February 2012, 7.30pm

Gazelleship presents a unique retelling of Franz Schubert's epic song cycle Winterreise, in which a young man bids his beloved goodnight before embarking on a journey through a harsh winter landscape that brings him ...

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Vienna Piano Trio. Haydn, Schoenberg/Steuermann and Beethoven

10 March 2012, 7.30pm | Wigmore Hall

Repertoire rediscovery belongs to the Vienna Piano Trio's long list of cardinal virtues. The ensemble introduced Wigmore Hall audiences to the teenage Leonard Bernstein’s Piano Trio at the end of last season. It ...

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Quatuor Mosaïques UK Tour

12 – 16 March 2012 | Various venues, UK

Considered one of the best period instrument quartets, the Quatuor Mosaïques travel to the UK for a tour that will feature concerts in London, Malvern and Leeds. Monday 12 March - London Thames Concerts, All ...

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News

Friedrich Cerha wins Siemens Music Prize

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.

Theater an der Wien announces the creation of a 'Junges Ensemble' for singers of exceptional talent

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.

Austrian Music Export has a new website!

Visit www.musicexport.at to find out about new musicians and events happening in the Austrian music scene!

Federal hymn: Austria also sings the praises of its daughters

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".