The award, worth € 10,000, went this year to the young saxophonist Marko Dzomba.

Since 2010, the mdw has been conferring its Best Publication Award on young researchers every three years to recognise outstanding dissertations written at the university.

On 22 November 2016, a new hall at the mdw named in honour of Maestro Zubin Mehta was dedicated.

The violist and mdw alumna is a passionate teacher and conductor – and a member of the Vienna Philharmonic.

The history of the mdw actually embodies two centuries of Austrian cultural history, all of whom have one thing in common: their ascent to the world stage.