Our Team!

The importance of an educational institution, apart from outstanding students and the best infrastructural conditions, is primarily defined by the quality of teaching. To this end, the Department of Vocal Studies and Musical Theatere at the mdw - University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna has teachers of outstanding international artistic and pedagogical reputation. In view of a more flexible professional profile with an abundance of highly specialized sub-areas, modern training in the professional fields of singing can only take place as a team. In this respect, all colleagues are committed to participative collaboration and cooperation. The pluralism of opinions and didactic approaches represents a profile strength of the artistic and teaching enterprise, which is supported by the commitment to the free expression of opinion and the freedom of art and teaching.
For organizational support in artistic-pedagogical agendas, the subject areas of Applied Music Theory, Languages and Musicology (Speakter: Jürgen Tauber), Performance (Speaker: Ferdinando Chefalo), Singing (Speaker: Rainer Trost), Repetition (Speaker: Manfred Schiebel) Lied|Oratorio|Concert (Speaker: Justus Zeyen), Music Theater|Music Theater Direction (Speaker: Helen Malkowsky) and Administration (Speaker: Kerstin Pichler).

Karlheinz Hanser, Head and Dean of the Department

Aichner, Nina Violetta - Coaching | Aikin, Laura Leigh, Univ.-Prof.in M.Mus. - Vocie | Baumkirchner, Doris - Library | Bammer, Armin, Dr.iur. - Theater and Stage Law | Bërveniku-Brunner, Mennan, Mag.art. - Studienleitung Opernklasse Meier|Sturminger | Binder, Oliver, Mag.phil. - Dramaturgy | Boesch, Florin, Univ.-Prof. - Lied|Oratorio|Concert | Bonyhadi, Istvan, Mag.art. - Coaching | Bouffa, Joëlle - Coaching | Cavic-Podgornik, Nieves, Mag.phil.Prof.in - Russian phonetics, Russian for Singers | Charpentier-Leroy, Marie Micheline Dany - French phonetics, French for Singers | Chefalo, Ferdinando - Dance and Movement Education | Czernin, Katharina - Breathing Techniques and Body Awareness | Edelmann, Peter, Univ.-Prof. - Voice | Ehrenfried, Manuela - Administration Office | Fally, Daniela, Univ.-Prof.in - Voice | Fröschl, Andreas, Mag.art - Vocal Accompaniment | Früchtl, Andreas - Media Knowlege| Germano, Luisella - Coaching, Recitative | Giordano, Benedetta, Mag.phil. - Italien for Singers | Hammerschmid, Michael, Mag.Mag.phil Dr.phil - Poetics | Gordon, Chihiro, Mag.art, BA MA.MA.MA. - Coaching | Gottfried, Stefan, Univ.-Prof. Mag.Mag.Mag.art. - Practicum Early Music | Hanser, Karlheinz, Univ.-Prof. - Voice | Hanser, Verena - Breathing Techniques and Body Awareness, Diction  | Haselböck-Littasy, Hermine, Univ.-Prof.in - Voice | Helle, Marie - Music Drama Basic Training | Hirano, Sayuri, MA - Coaching | Robertus Holl, em.o.Univ.-Prof. - Lied|Oratorio|Concert | Hygen, Miriam - Make Up | Kachko, Tatiana - Coaching | Keil, Hartmut - Musical Interpretation Bachelor in Voice | em.o.Univ.-Prof.in Margit Klaushofer - Voice | Kobera, Walter - Practicum for Modern Music | Koziel, Marcin, Mag.art. - Coaching | Kupferblum, Markus - Drama, Dramatic Ensemble | Lademann, Stephan-Matthias - ocus Art Song, Basic Training to Art Song and Oratorio | Larina, Elena - Coaching, Slavic Art Song | Lee, Junghyun - Coaching Project | Edith, Lienbacher, Univ.-Prof.in KS - Voice | Linton-France, Daniel - Stage Performance Coaching Project | Malkowsky, Helen, Univ.-Prof.in - Stage Performance | Marschik Peter, Univ.-Prof. - Musical Interpretation | Masutani, Nana, MA - Music Drama Basic Training Coaching Project | Mátyás, István, Mag.art. - Coaching | Meier, Christoph, Ulrich, Univ.-Prof. - Partienstudium | Micheletti, Marco - Survey of Stylistics Periods | Münster, Julia - Introduction to Costumes | Nievelstein, Gero - Drama, Dramatic Ensemble | Olney, Rachel, Mag.phil. MA (Cantab.), BA - German for Singers B1 | Paier, Dieter, Mag.art. - Vocal Accompaniment | Petrovic, Ana - Trainee | Pichler, Chris - Drama, Dramatic Ensemble | Pichler, Kerstin - Administration Office | Pelliccia, Emilia - Wissenschaftliche Praxis/Methodik | Petrescu, Lorelai - Stage Performance Coaching Project | Polychronidis, Pantelis, Dr. -  Musical Theatre Direction Coaching Project | Rehm, Stephan - Diction | Christian Reisinger - Beleuchtung | Riedl-Buschan, Eva Maria, Univ.-Prof.in Mag.a art Mag.a art - Voice | Sandri, Alexander - F.M. Alexander Technique | Scharinger Anton, Univ.-Prof. - Voice, Art Song | Schiebel, Manfred - Coaching | Schmidtmayr, Wolfgang, Mag.art. - Introduction to Music Theory, Musical Forms, Music Theory, Piano | Schuster, Michaela, Univ.-Prof.in - Voice |  Schweifer, Petra, Mag.a - Library| Sedlmayr, Anna, Mag.a - Fundusverwaltung | Simma, Robert - Music Drama Basic Training | Simone, Uta - Diction | Strahlegger, Günther - Diction | Sturminger, Michael, Univ.-Prof. - Stage Performance | Tauber, Jürgen - Interpretation of Musical Entertainment Theatre, Solfège | em.o.Univ.-Prof. Mag.art. Theimer, Thorsten Uwe - Operette WF | Trieblnig-Csakany, Agnes, Mag.art. - Coaching | Tschirk, Zita - Coaching | Vacha, Martin, ao.Univ.-Prof. Bakk.ar. MA. MA. PhD - Voice | Visca, Claudia, em.Univ.-Prof.in - Voice | Vittucci, Sebastian, Univ.-Prof. Mag.art. - Voice | Wenk, Johannes, Mag.art. - Piano | Zeyen, Justus, Univ.-Prof. - Lied|Oratorio|Concert