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.

Early Music in Picture by Theresa Pewal.

This summer, on 29 July 2020, Wolfgang Glüxam passed away following a long and serious illness. We mourn a beloved friend and colleague who was a great artist and an enthusiastic teacher.

This spring, Universities Austria (uniko) launched the online campaign “UNInteressant? – Ideen, die unser Leben verbessern” [UNInteresting? – Ideas that Improve Our Lives].

Since 2005, the Long Night of Research (Lange Nacht der Forschung – LNF) has provided an Austria-wide opportunity to introduce a broad audience of all ages to research fields and institutions while also providing insight into current research projects.

Since its founding in 1963, the mdw’s Certificate Programme in Electroacoustic and Experimental Music (ELAK) has embodied an open, present-oriented, electronic sound-based platform for a wide range of practices in audible art ranging from musical composition to live electronics, sound design, inter-media installations, and performances.

“Mood” is the topic of this year’s Wien Modern festival, set to take place from 29 October to 29 November. And as in past years, several Wien Modern events are to be held in cooperation with the mdw.