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Alumni in Focus Special: Gisela Zdenek

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On 9 July 2020, former mdw student Gisela Zdenek will be turning 100. Research in the run-up to her birthday celebration led members of her family to the mdw Archive, which in turn drew our attention to this strong-willed woman’s life history—which has always been accompanied by music. We had a birthday conversation with Zdenek about her time at the “Academy”.

Alumni in Focus: Avedis Kouyoumdjian

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This year will see the International Beethoven Piano Competition Vienna held for the 16th time. Its sixth edition, which took place around 40 years ago, was won by an exceptional young musician who can now look back upon an outstanding career as a concert pianist, chamber musician, and university professor: we’re talking about the mdw’s own Avedis Kouyoumdjian.

Mulier fortis: The Revival of a Baroque-Era Jesuit Drama

In 2019, we celebrated 150 years of diplomatic relations between Japan and Austria, and thus one and a half centuries of eventful history that have witnessed the complete transformation of the notion of an Austrian state as well as Japan’s transformation from a “developing country” into a leading industrial power.

Alumni in Focus: Alessandro Baticci

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Next year, Alessandro Baticci will be returning to what's now his alma mater with a project of his own: DigitAize – Digitised String Instruments.
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