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.

Concerts, panel discussions, ceremonies, and opera performances: more and more mdw events can now be streamed live as well as watched after the fact via the mdwMediathek.

In May 2019, a very special transformational concert set an entire school building resonating and reverberating.

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

Even in music, the gender gap is finally beginning to close … at least here and there.

A New Collaborative Project Between the mdw’s Career Center and the Department of Cultural Management and Gender Studies,

Conceiving, arranging, producing, and performing with guidance from the internationally renowned artist Steve Sidwell.

This year, the Webern Ensemble Wien—under the artistic direction of Jean-Bernard Matter—turns to the doyen of Austrian composing: Friedrich Cerha.

The exceptional violinist Giulia Brinckmeier discovered her talent for working as a concertmistress more or less by chance.