An impression of the mdw’s diversity and selected bicentennial projects.
200 Years of the mdw
Posted on 4. May 2017
Interview with Mel Churcher
About the significance of film and on-camera training, the transformed world in which actors now work, and what she thinks of Austrian film.
The Full-Spectrum
15 June will witness mdw’s Aufspiel event. All evening long, the mdw will be showing off its many and diverse artistic facets.
mdw – then and now
mdw Magazine has brought together some old and new photographs of mdw buildings.
“Changing mdw” – Sound-Worlds and their Construction
A Scholarly Contribution to mdw200.
Music
Pianistic Traditions
The first instalment of the series featuring lectures, workshops, masterclasses, panel discussions and concerts took place in May of 2006.
Alumni in Focus – Khatia Buniatishvili
On 6 June, the Georgian pianist will perform live at the mdw’s bicentennial ceremony in the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein.
Auditioning Orchestral Life
The mdw recently brought to life its own Webern Kammerphilharmonie, a permanent university ensemble for future orchestral musicians looking to start their careers.
“Music Has always Been a Business”
At age 29 she made her debut at the Vienna State Opera as Aida – Hilde Zadek will be celebrating her 100th birthday on 15 December 2016.
Drama
“Not dissimulation is the actor’s task but revelation.”
This statement is every bit as valid now as it was back when Max Reinhardt first made it.
This world surely won’t be around for long…
Plays with songs in them have a long tradition, especially in Vienna. Today’s theatrical world is demanding better and better singing skills from actors.
Drama on the Air: The Radio Play
In the course entitled Audio Drama, acting and directing students of the Max Reinhardt Seminar learn how mount such a production together.
Dimensions of Dramaturgy
Volkstheater head dramaturge Heike Müller-Merten and dramaturgy instructor Peter Roessler talk with the mdw Magazine
Film
Austria, Your Heart Is Vienna
An archival project devotes to the origins and development of Film Academy Vienna.
Roll Out the Red Carpet for Film Academy Vienna! 65 Years of Film Training in Austria
To this day, Film Academy Vienna is Austria’s only university-level institution for the training of film professionals.
For the Love of Cinema
Sabine Derflinger is the recipient of numerous honours such as the Grimme Award. Film Academy student Jannis Lenz, on the other hand, can likewiselook back on several awards.
That “We-Feeling”
mdw graduate Lixi Frank about the fascination of film production, teamwork, the production environment, and cinema in general.
Research
This was EPARM 2017
A report of the EPARM conference at the Royal Conservatoire in Antwerp
Classical Musicians as Professional Emotion Managers
How do professors at the mdw assess the musical performances of students? This question has been examined in the qualitative study Quality of Arts.
Upholding the Memory of a Generation
It was ten years ago that exil.arte began documenting and studying the estates of emigrated Jewish musicians.
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