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Mozart's „Le nozze di Figaro“ will celebrate its premiere on 18 June in the Max Schlereth Saal at Mozarteum University. The director of the production, Alexander von Pfeil, and set designer Thorben Schumüller talk about the creation process, inspirations and the opera's major themes: hierarchies, power relations, gender roles...

After their first concert at the end of May, musical director Kai Röhrig and flautist Leona Rajakowitsch, founding members of the newly formed ensemble for contemporary music at the Mozarteum University, and composer Anna Skladannaya reflect on the potential and significance of new music - with a view to more to come.

The student of the Thomas Bernhard Institute of the Mozarteum University Giulia Giammona won the prize of the 20th Festival Körber Studio Junge Regie with her production "Penelope" yesterday on 9 June 2024. We congratulate her warmly!

The Institute for Open Arts at the Mozarteum University recently moved into premises at Franz-Josef-Straße 18 that were once occupied by the Austrian National Bank. An interview with Prof. Claudia Lehmann, who has headed the institute since 2023.

First Mozarteum Rapid Chess Tournament: On 7 June 2024, instead of music, singing, exhibitions, speech, performance and other art, the foyer of the Mozarteum University was filled for the first time with a total of 10 chess boards and many concentrated chess enthusiasts.

The Applied Theatre Master's programme at Mozarteum University celebrates its 5th birthday. A look back and ahead with Prof. Ulrike Hatzer, who has headed the programme since 2019.

The silent girl is an allegory and direct reference to the German right-wing extremist and member of the NSU terrorist group: Beate Zschäpe. The National Socialist Underground (NSU) was a right-wing extremist and right-wing terrorist group that existed between 1998 and 2011. Between 2000 and 2007, the NSU systematically murdered ten entrepreneurs living in Germany - mainly with Greek and Turkish immigrant backgrounds.

Students of the sculpture class of the Department of Fine Arts & Design take a contemporary look at objects from the collection in a co-operation with the Salzburg Museum on the occasion of the anniversary "100 Years of the Folklore Museum in the Monatsschlössl".

Nikita Buldyrski, actor and graduate of the Thomas Bernhard Institute, is honoured with the prestigious Alfred Kerr Actor Award. The prize is awarded annually for an outstanding performance by a young actor in one of the ten productions at the Berlin Theatre Meeting. It is endowed with 5,000 euros in prize money and is awarded by the Alfred Kerr Foundation with the support of the Berliner Festspiele.

On 24 May, "Doppler 15" will be the first concert by the newly formed ensemble for new music at Solitär. Kai Röhrig, the ensemble's musical director, flautist Leona Rajakowitsch and composer Anna Skladannaya (both students and founding members of the ensemble) talk about the genesis, current projects, challenges and the hunt for new, unheard-of soundscapes.

The Mozarteum University once again cordially invites its alumnae and alumni as well as emeritus and emeriti to a drink followed by a performance of W. A. Mozart's "Le nozze di Figaro"! Rector Elisabeth Gutjahr will give you a warm welcome.

Sir John Falstaff is a natural phenomenon: his appearance is imposing, his demeanour commanding, his manner possessive. And most fascinating of all: the event does not care about rules, conventions or decorum, it simply exists for its own sake, in a sense for nothing but its belly.