Juri Giannini, Andreas Holzer, Stefan Jena, and Jürgen Polak (eds.): Lothar Knessl. Vermittler neuer Musik, Autor, Komponist, Kurator. Hollitzer Verlag, 2018.

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

2 × 7 Metaphorical Cutaway Views Concerning the Situation of (not just) Contemporary Music. A Monologic Dialogue.

Over the past ten years, contemporary music has come to occupy an important position at the mdw.

To this day, the ways in which innovation in music is dealt with are complex. And for this reason, our Special section in this issue is devoted to contemporary music. Or as it is also known: new music, music of the present, avant-garde music, music of the 20th and 21st centuries.

The 30-year jubilee of Wien Modern is reason enough to invite students and instructors of the mdw to mount three central projects.