Just where the term comes from etymologically, how artists deal with criticism, and why music criticism often devolves into mere music journalism.
Special: Criticism
Posted on 28. February 2018
Of Music-Making Parrots and Silent Sounds
The symposium "Knowing in Performing" aimed to shed light on the broad field that is artistic research.
“I Believe in Young Singers”
This summer semester, world-class tenor Michael Schade is an mdw Artist in Residence.
A Day at the Max Reinhardt Seminar
Shortly before Christmas, third-year student Maren-Sophia Streich gave us some insight into an acting student’s typical day.
Dealing with Criticism
Nestroy Award winner Felix Hafner, the author Marie Luise Lehner and Stefan Mendl, two-time Echo Klassik Award winner, talk about the significance of criticism for society.
Music
Wide-Open Doors
The mdw's Youth Master Classes for the Next Generation of Musicians
Mysterious but Clear – Remembering Debussy 100 Years After his Death
On 25 March, it will have been 100 years since Claude Debussy’s passing—reason enough to give some extra thought to his music.
Jürg Jecklin – The Inventive Tonmeister
Jürg Jecklin worked in radio for 30 years as a recording engineer and producer before he joined the teaching staff at the mdw.
“Breathing in this Inspiring Atmosphere”
Portrait for the 40th Birthday of mdw Alumnus and Conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada.
Drama
A body is a brain, boom tschak! Remix the brain, boom tschak!
Bodywork, which consists of basic training, performance techniques, dance, and more, is an important part of Max Reinhardt Seminar students’ training.
Between the Collective and Solitude
Students and graduates of the Max Reinhardt Seminar's stage directing programme joined mdw Magazine to talk about their experiences, current projects, and wishes for the future
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.
“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.
Film
Nice-Looking Shots Aren’t Enough
Being in their early 30s—and though they’re students at Film Academy Vienna, they’re also already in demand as camera operators.
Film Festival Experiences
The search for actors, locations, and appropriate costumes is nerve-racking, waiting for funding requests to be approved or rejected wears you down, and filming itself is an ordeal.
“We’re pretty romantic about it all.”
Since 2016, Sebastian Höglinger and Peter Schernhuber have headed Diagonale—Festival of Austrian Film.
A Story Told in Pictures
Kitty Kino, one of the first women to graduate from the directing programme of Film Academy Vienna, looks back on a long and multifaceted career.
Research
Cinematographia Musicae Popularis – Folk Music in Film
A New Event Series of the mdw’s Department of Folk Music Research and Ethnomusicology (IVE).
Researching Music’s Healing Power
In January 2018, the Music Therapy Research Centre Vienna entered into a cooperative arrangement with the mdw and the Medical University of Vienna.
Save our Data! On (Research) Data and How to Deal with It.
How do we ensure that data can be reproduced and perhaps shared with other researchers for a long time to come?
How the Internet and smartphones have changed the way we listen to music
The results of research into how the digital media revolution has changed the way people in Austria access and use music.
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