Project “musicEmotion” 2019

Visiting the University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town

Read about the activities during our stay from 22 – 29th April 2019: Tuesday, 23 April Directly from Cape Town Airport we (Rupert Fankhauser and myself, Philipp Sageder) were fetched by Mrs. Felicia Lesch and taken to Steenberg High School, to work with the High School Band.…

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Between pop music and opera

A coming-of-age story of classical music about mdw graduate Organ Prawang and her home country Thailand

I arrived in Vienna in 2012 with a scholarship of the Österreichischer Austauschdienst ÖAD (Austrian Student Exchange Office). Initially I was prepared to study in Vienna for nine months as an exchange student. Well, I have been living here for four years by now, so you could say that I really love this city but let’s start at the very beginning.…

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Zwischen Saudade und Samba

Extreme eines Auslandssemesters in Rio de Janeiro

2011/2012 hatte ich die Möglichkeit, ein Auslandssemester an der UNIRIO in Rio de Janeiro zu machen. Es folgt ein kleiner Einblick in meine Zeit in der Stadt des Zuckerhuts, oder wie die Cariocas (Bewohner von Rio de Janeiro) sie nennen, “a cidade maravilhosa” (die zauberhafte Stadt).…

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