mdw Rector Ulrike Sych and Harald Huber met with mdw Magazine to discuss educational shortcomings and solutions for the future.

The term "Bildung" is one of those German words that virtually defies translation, since its fundamental meaning can probably only be understood with reference to German intellectual history.

In no case should having the opportunity to take a playful approach to music be left to chance or depend on the musical interest of parents and teachers. And in this spirit, we’ve devoted the following pages to the significance of music education in its infinitely many facets.

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.

Just where the term comes from etymologically, how artists deal with criticism, and why music criticism often devolves into mere music journalism.

May we permit ourselves to reject criticism? And would, absent criticism, the endeavours of art, music, and literature lose their social functions?

Objectivity, Crisis and Ratings, Praise and Derision.

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.

Portrait of a Musician-Couple