Historical Performance Practice
Master’s Degree Programme
Entrance examination for winter semester 2026/27: 17.06.2026
Registration period for Entrance examination: 04.03.26 bis 20.05.26
Overview
- Degree programme type: Master programme
- Duration: 4 semesters
- Graduation as a: Master of Arts (MA)
- Prerequisite:successful entrance exam; prior completion of a thematically related bachelor’s degree or diploma programme; documentation of German skills (please see “Information on Entrance Examinations”)
The Master’s degree program HPP at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna serves to deepen and supplement the scientific and artistic vocational training on the basis of technical bachelor studies or other equivalent preliminary studies.
The HPP master’s program is aimed at instrumentalists and singers who specialize in music from the 17th to the 19th century and who want to use “historical” instruments or singing techniques belonging to these periods. The central content is the acquisition of practical-technical skills, artistic and interpretive skills and historical and scientific knowledge in a closely related, integrated way.
Central artistic subjects
- Singing: Giulia Semenzato, Michael Schade
- Violin: Eva Saladin
- Cello: Dorothea Schönwiese
- Viola da gamba: Christoph Urbanetz
- Baroque guitar & vihuela: Pierre Pitzl
- Transverse flute: Gertraud Wimmer
- Recorder: Carsten Eckert, Rahel Stoellger
- Oboe: Emma Black
- Historical clarinet instruments: Ernst Schlader
- Trombone: Bernhard Rainer
- Harpsichord & basso continuo: Magdalena Hasibeder, Erich Traxler
- Hammerklavier: Carlos Goikoetxea
- Salterio: Franziska Fleischanderl
