Special: Criticism
Just where the term comes from etymologically, how artists deal with criticism, and why music criticism often devolves into mere music journalism.
Posts By Astrid Meixner
Rehearsal Stage Dedicated to Anny Felbermayer
In December 2017, a concert of scholarship recipients at the mdw’s Penzing location saw the rehearsal stage [Probebühne] renamed “Anny Felbermayer Probebühne”.
Special: Love
It’s sometimes all so simple, and then it seems horribly complicated. Sometimes it seems overemphasised, and then it seems like it’s the very point of everything.
Steeped in Music
Portrait of a Musician-Couple
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.
mdw200 Impressions
In this photo series, we show you some highlights of the bicentennial celebrations that took place during the first half of 2017.
Stories Told in Sound
In films, we often hear sounds that we perceive barely or not at all in real life.
Honorary mdw Membership for Kammersängerin Hilde Zadek
With this act, the university expressed its appreciation for Zadek’s achievements both as a singer and as a singing teacher and supporter of young talents.
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