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In the subject Design: Technology.Textiles, especially in the field of technology, there was no dust- and noise-free place to teach, to discuss, to learn, to reflect, to take a break and to cook and eat, apart from the fantastic workshops until 2019.

The project includes four focal scientific considerations of university vocal training or the underlying vocal pedagogical frameworks.

The 1st prize in the piano division (Bösendorfer Prize), the "Audiodata Audience Award" and the special prize for the best interpretation of a work by Wolfgang A. Mozart went to the Austrian Elisabeth Waglechner, who studies with Stefan Vladar at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, where she was accepted into the highly gifted course with Alma Sauer at the age of 12 and studied with Christopher Hinterhuber.

In particular, the project addresses students, young adults, and career changers for whom access to knowledge about artistic professions and study opportunities is difficult due to their social and local conditions.

Approximately 800 of the 1800 Mozarteum students receive pedagogical training. Accordingly, synergies between the departments involved are important, as they were created in 2012 by the School of Music and Arts Education (SOMA).

For his artistic-music pedagogical project "voice & piano" Reinhard Blum, lecturer at the Department of Music Education Innsbruck, was nominated together with Christian Kraler (University of Innsbruck) for the shortlist of the Ars Docendi State Award for Excellent Teaching 2019 in the category "Research-related or art-guided teaching".

On November 25, Hildegard Fraueneder was awarded the Salzburg Prize of the Kulturfonds for her special achievements and commitment.

Based on designs and fashion objects by fashion designer Roberto Capucci, students from the Design: Technology.Textiles program, together with students from the Department of Stage and Costume Design, Film and Exhibition Architecture, explored relevant questions of inspiration and its transformation.

In the form of two workshop days, students, teachers and external project participants met at the Blaa Alm in March and October 2019 and developed initial ideas for Spot On MozART in a creative process.