In January 2020, I was able to spend six days in Tallin as part of the Modernizing European Higher Music Education through Improvisation project. I had the pleasure of being there as a student representative of the mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna along with the teachers Manon Winter and Burkhart Stangl. […]
At the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre Read More »
In November 2019, three conducting students from the mdw (Carlo Benedetto-Cimento, Alexey Mikhaylenko, and I) had the honour of being invited to participate in the “1st International Conducting Masterclass of the CCOM – Central Conservatory of Music Beijing and the mdw – University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna” in Beijing, China. This invitation was
My last Erasmus experience was quite a while ago: in 1997, I came from the University of Pavia (Italy) to Vienna for two semesters and ended up staying. But that is a separate chapter of my life… Twenty-two years later: I now research and teach in the mdw’s Department of Musicology and Performance Studies and
Two Winters in Two Hemispheres – My 2019 Erasmus Year Read More »
At the end of March/beginning of April, 2019, I was given an unusual, multifaceted task as part of the Erasmus Teaching Mobility programme: Maja Sipola, the Vice Rector for International Affairs at the Latvian Academy of Music in Riga and thus also responsible for the Erasmus programmes, had contacted me in January via our Office of International Affairs
Our trip to India coming all the way from the “famous European culture” but also as a human being was definitely a life-changing experience! And exactly that was supposed to be the goal of this wonderful project by Marialena Fernandes. The motto is “QUEST FOR PASSION”: We’ve been searching for the goal of playing music,
The Quest for Passion Read More »
Erasmus+ projects in Russia have until now been less frequent than in other countries, which makes it particularly pleasant to look back on the successful new joint project by the mdw and the St. Petersburg State Conservatory. Why Russia? Is it because of the language or the writing system that mobility to Russia has been
Blazing New Paths on the Neva Read More »
We (Naomi Luther, flute, and Martin Zayranov, violin) were selected to fly to Hiroshima to play the series of concerts held there every year to commemorate the atomic bomb attack on that city in the Second World War. This project is organised by the University of Hiroshima, from which a group of students also joined
Concert in Hiroshima Read More »
I would like to dedicate my essay to all those who are considering studying in Italy or are about to do it. A few words about me: My name is Gregor Eisenhut. I’m 22 years old and study voice in the mdw’s bachelor of arts programme. I thought for a long time about whether it
Life in the Italian Capital Read More »
Three cities (Bangalore, Mangalore, and Goa) that through 400 years of Portuguese influence are relatively familiar with European music. The people who live there attempt to come to terms with the thousand-year-old culture, interrupted by 450 years of European culture, and they are highly musical and are willing and able to take any melody and sing it back.
Performing, travelling and teaching in India Read More »
Directly from Cape Town Airport we (Rupert Fankhauser and myself, Philipp Sageder) were fetched by Felicia Lesch and taken to Steenberg High School, to work with the High School Band. There were about 50 kids / teenagers in the age between 14 and 16 (winds, brass, percussion, drums and bass).
Project “musicEmotion” 2019 Read More »
