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Musicologica Austriaca – Call for Entries for the Best Paper Award 2026

The Austrian Musicological Society (Österreichische Gesellschaft für Musikwissenschaft) is awarding a prize for the best academic paper on the broad topic of music and musical culture in or from Austria. Researchers from all musicological fields and related disciplines are encouraged to participate. We welcome all methodological perspectives on music, musicians, and musical culture associated with Austria in a broad sense.

100 Years of Performing Arts in Düsseldorf

A series of events marking the 100th anniversary of the Class of Stage Arts at the Düsseldorf Art Academy, founded under the direction of Walter Kaesbach.

Music as a Meaningful Art

16th International Congress of Musicology (ICMS 16) at the Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki, 2–6 June 2026

The greatest thing humanity has ever produced

Matinee featuring a reading and panel discussion to mark the 100th anniversary of Ingeborg Bachmann’s birth

Florence in the spring of 2026: A research stay at the Medici Archive Project

In the spring of 2026, she spent three months in Florence, devoting all her time and attention to research for her dissertation. This was made possible by a fellowship from the Medici Archive Project, an independent research institute dedicated to preserving and valorising archival materials on early modern Florence and Tuscany. Between February and May, Clara Nicolay, who is university assistant in art history, spent the majority of her time in the study rooms of the Archivio di Stato di Firenze.

Two of the Deparment’s research projects to be presented at the “Musik_Familie” symposium

Ingeborg Zechner, Jakob Leitner, and Nora Eder will speak at the symposium “Musik_Familie. Cultural Studies Perspectives,” taking place in Vienna from May 27–30, 2026

Julian Blunk at a symposium in Paris

This is organized by ENSA Paris Val-de-Seine und ENSA Paris-Malaquais with the title "Spectres de l’architecture. Les voix négatives du projet Journées d’étude", 20.05.-21.05.2026

Eurovision Song Contest: United by Music – Divided by Politics?

The biggest political protest in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest. Saskia Jaszoltowski joins Ann-Maren Hoolt on the SZ Podcast to analyse what this means for the contest.

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International Student Symposium in Graz

This year’s annual musicology exchange for students from several universities took place in Graz

From Paisiello’s Theatre to Henze’s Piazza

Elena Minetti spoke at the Paul Sacher Foundation about Don Chisciotte della Mancia (1769 / 1976)

ESC – Between Anticipation and Uncertainty

Saskia Jaszoltowski on Ö1’s "Journal Panorama"

You are the Sound // A Workshop on Listening and Mimesis

Susanne Kogler and Nicolas Müller-Lorenz at a conference in Vienna

21.-24.05.2026: Tenor Vienna 2026, International Conference on Technologies for…

Robert Felfe gives a lecture at the Yale University

Robert Felfe has accepted an invitation from the Department of the History of Art at Yale University to participate in the Annual Symposium and…

Towards a Shared Digital Infrastructure for Adriatic Opera

Keynote address by Cristina Scuderi, “Towards a shared digital infrastructure for Adriatic opera: mobility, networks and the methodological approaches…

Opera for everyone – Everyone for opera

Discussion event on the framework conditions, opportunities and challenges of inclusive musical theatre with Ingeborg Zechner

70 Years of the Song Contest – Points Are Relative

To mark this year’s 70th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, ORF Steiermark is producing its own podcast – packed with insights, but also plenty of…