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Welcome to summer semester 2026
The Department of Composition Studies and Music Production wishes all staff and students a good start to the semester.
AMADEUS 2026 - Tonstudiopreis BEST SOUND
Mischa JANISCH wins AMADEUS Award for the album Petrichor by Klangkarussell together with Nikodem MILEWSKI. Milewski was responsible for mixing and mastering for stereo, Janisch for mixing and mastering for immersive audio / Dolby Atmos. The BEST SOUND award has been presented at the Austrian Music Awards since 2013. Janisch wins it for the fifth time this year; he was also nominated for Anna Buchegger's album Soiz. The award is hosted by the Professional Association of the Film and Music Industry (FAMA), the industry representative for recording studios.
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Alumni produces Austria's ESC-Song 2026
Elias STEJSKAL (Nono Punch) produced “Tanzschein” by COSMÓ, the winner of the Austrian pre-selection “Vienna Calling” and thus Austria’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna. He also produced the entry by Bamlak Werner, which placed third in the pre-selection.
Drawing on his classical music training, he combines elements of classical sound design with contemporary pop production. His work spans studio work, songwriting, production, and arrangement.
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WELLE: JENSEITS DES UNENDLICHEN KÖRPERS
// exhibition Korean Cultural Center
@Korean Cultural Center
(20.02. – 10.04.)
Artists:
Jiyeon CHOE
Eunsoo HUR
June HWAJUNG
Seung-yeon JUNG
David MARESCH
So Young PARK
Michael J. RICHTER
Yousin SONG
Émile WENDT
Project lead:
TRIangle
Sunggu HONG
Seoyoon JANG
Yeji LIM
Performance:
20. February 2026, 5 pm & 10. April 6 pm
Registration required. Admission free.
LUXA M. SCHÜTTLER
// artist talk
@Vortragssaal
(23.03., 17h30)
Luxa M. SCHÜTTLER works as a composer, performer, and media artist, with an aesthetic focus on recontextualizing the social, media-related, performative, biographical, or physical aspects of music. To this end, Luxa deliberately employs a disparate soundscape, structural imbalances, and sonic diversity, often interwoven with references to pop culture.
MASTERCLASS: JEFF BEAL
// workshop
@Klangtheater
(13.04., 13h30)
Five-time EMMY® Award winner Jeff BEAL, with his improvisational skills, keen sense of timing, and sophistication, is a favorite of directors such as Ed Harris (Pollock and Appaloosa), David Fincher (House of Cards), Oliver Stone (JFK Revisited, The Putin Interviews), Lauren Greenfeld (The Queen of Versailles, Generation Wealth), and Rob Reiner (Shock and Awe). His work on the documentaries Blackfish, The Biggest Little Farm, Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Sequel, Athlete A, Frank Marshall’s Rather, and his dramatic soundtracks for HBO’s Rome, Carnivàle, The Newsroom, USA’s Monk, Netflix’s House of Cards, and Apple TV+’s Raymond & Ray have made him one of the most distinctive and well-known composers of our time. His film music, as well as the new song “We Believe in Hope” for Angel Studios’ Rule Breakers—which he co-wrote with Joan Beal and Aryana Sayeed—was honored by the United Nations on July 12, 2025, on the International Day of Hope, and received the High Note Global Prize.
Passive participation is possible.
A piano concert will follow in the evening (7:00 p.m.).
IKT // NEW SOUNDS'26
// inaugural lecture Mischa JANISCH
@Arthouse-Kino
(16.04., 14h)
Inaugural lecture of the Chair of Music Production Popular Music.
Topic:
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IKT // NEW SOUNDS'26
// inaugural lecture Manuel GRANDPIERRE
@Arthouse-Kino
(16.04., 15h30)
Inaugural lecture of the Chair of Film Sound.
Topic:
The Power of Film Sound – Manipulation, Responsibility, and the Politics of Listening
IKT // NEW SOUNDS'26
// roundtable
@Klangtheater
(16.04., 17h30)
Guests:
Manuel GRANDPIERRE, Pauline HEISTER, Clara HOLLOMEY, Mischa JANISCH (a.o.)
Topic:
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IKT // NEW SOUNDS'26
// inaugural concert
@Klangtheater
(16.04., 15h30)
works by:
Oscar BIANCHI, Samu GRYLLUS, Katharina KLEMENT, Nadja ODESIUK, Jorge SÁNCHEZ-CHIONG & Ricardo TOVAR MATEUS
With the ARGO-Kollektiv.
Special guest: Katalin KOLTAI
study concert: composition 1
// students of Julia PURGINA & Gerald RESCH
@Fanny-Hensel-Saal
(28.04., 19h)
works by:
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study concert: composition
// students of Periklis LIAKAKIS & Wolfgang SUPPAN
@Fanny-Hensel-Saal
(07.05., 19h)
works by:
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study concert: composition
// students of Michael JARRELL
@Joseph-Haydn-Saal
(18.05., 19h)
works by:
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study concert: composition
// students of Oscar BIANCHI
@Klangtheater
(29.05., 19h)
works by:
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with: Argo Kollektiv
MODULOMETER 2026
// study concert electroacoustic composition undergraduates
@Echoraum
(03.06., tba)
Studio Flink presents world premieres from courses with Peter PLESSAS by:
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study concert: composition 2
// students of Julia PURGINA & Gerald RESCH
@Joseph-Haydn-Saal
(15.06., 19h)
works by:
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study concert: electroacoustic composition
// students of Jorge SÁNCHEZ-CHIONG
@Klangtheater
(20.06., 19h)
works by:
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film screening: media composition
// students of Judit VARGA
@Arthouse-Kino
(22.06., 18h)
works by:
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study concert: piano
// students of Atousa SALEHI
@Karl-Öhlberger-Studio
(23.06., 18h30)
Students of Atousa SALEHI present their new programme.