Rector Ulrike Sych and Vice Rector Johannes Meissl provide insights into the future of this new building from the Rectorate’s perspective, outlining the overall backstory, expectations, and possibilities.

The teachers at the mdw’s newly founded Department of Early Music, all of them experienced professionals with many years’ worth of expertise in their field, provided mdw Magazine with diverse insights into their relationships with early music.

The mdw’s 16th International Beethoven Piano Competition – just in time for the composer’s 250th birthday.

A unique institution of Austrian musical life does a bit of looking back and a whole lot of looking forward.

In Memory of mdw Professor Gottfried von Einem (1918–1996)

As part of the upcoming session of the European Chamber Music Academy, selected string quartets and piano trios will develop their interpretations of chamber music works.

Portrait for the 40th Birthday of mdw Alumnus and Conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada.

Bass instruments evoke a unique fascination—they’re large and heavy, some of them could be described as unwieldy, and playing such instruments requires a lot of breath and strength.