The Reeperbahn Festival is Europe’s premiere platform for pop culture and international musical talent. It’s happening this year from September 18 – 21, and a phalanx of Austrian artists will be making their way to Hamburg to take part. For details, read on… The heartbeat of austrian Pop One highlight of the Reeperbahn Festival is ... Read more The post Austria at the Reeperbahn Festival 2024 appeared first on Austrian Music Export ..read more

Radio FM4, Austrian Music Export, and Waves Vienna are proud to announce the nominees for this year’s XA Export Award. Since 2017, Radio FM4, Austrian Music Export, and the Waves Vienna festival put their heads together before to nominate up-and-coming Austrian acts for the XA Export Award, with the aim of supporting Austrian artists in ... Read more The post Waves 2024: XA Export Award Nominees Announced appeared first on Austrian Music Export ..read more

Do you live in Austria and make music theatre? If so, your best chance to get your work seen and mix it up with other people in your branch is coming around again: the Austrian Music Theatre Day, happening on September 27 – 28, is now accepting applications to pitch new work! The Austrian Music Theatre Day, part of the annual Musiktheatertage Wien, was initiated in 2015; mica – music austria and Austrian Music Export have been co-organizers since 2018. The event offers Austria-based producers and artists the chance to network and pitch new works to event promoters from Austria and abroad. The ..read more

Graz is an international center for contemporary and experimental music, and every two years, the picturesque city on the Mur plays host to an array of international coaches and participants: the impuls Academy. The next edition will take place from February 17 – 28, 2025, and applications are now open! Founded by Beat Furrer and Ernst Kovacic, the impuls Academy – now in its 14th edition – quickly developed into an internationally renowned event in the world of contemporary music. The academy, coupled with the impuls Festival, is based at the University for Music and Performing Arts in Graz a ..read more

We’re doing it again! In the run-up to the 2024 edition of the Waves Vienna conference & festival, Austrian Music Export and Waves invite studios, producers, and songwriters to apply for the 2nd Waves Heartbeats Songwriting Camp, happening from September 2-4! Applications are open from now until July 24th. The purpose of the camp, organized by Austrian Music Export in cooperation with Waves Vienna, is to foster international networking, particularly with artists from this year’s partner countries – Colombia, Germany, and the Czech Republic.The three-day event will also showcase Vienna as a ..read more

Braga is a smallish city in Portugal, a little inland and just north of Porto, and it has been named the Portuguese cultural capital in 2025. In celebration, the city is launching the SQUARE festival – and they’re looking for artists to fill out the program. Got space in your calendar from January 29 – February 1, 2025? Apply now! SQUARE, a new showcase festival, will take place from January 29 to February 1, 2025, in and around Braga, Portugal. The festival promises a diverse and representative line-up, bringing together local scenes with artists and industry professionals spanning the contin ..read more

From Charli XCX to Nirvana, from guitar to AI: Kässy‘s glitch-pop is the musical reflection of the social media age – and it’s made the Austrian artist our Soundpark Act of the Month for July. What does it take to break into a globalized “market” flooded (by TikTok and friends) with indie productions and attention-grabbing musical short cuts? Individualism, a knack for addressing current issues without being annoying about it, and a substantial helping of courage. Kässy’s got all of that. Her first single, “Skirt On Pants”, already had listeners asking themselves what’s going on in the gui ..read more

Huzzah! Popfest Wien – Vienna’s annual, extravagant pop-music Song Of Myself – has released its program of artists and side events for 2024. And not a moment too soon! The festival is taking place from July 25 – 28. Read on for a sampling of the wonders they have in store… The Venues Popfest Seebühne (c) Eva Manhart/APA Popfest Wien, the city of Vienna’s (entirely justified) celebration of its home-grown pop scene – takes place every year on and around Vienna’s Karlsplatz. The big stage – the Seebühne – is, true to its name, placed smack in the middle of the reflecting pool in front of the Kar ..read more

The long wait is over: the Austrian Foreign Ministry has announced the acts selected to represent the country as part of the NASOM program in 2025 – 2026. NASOM – The New Austrian Sound of Music is a support program for Austrian music conducted by the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs (BMEIA) in cooperation with mica – music austria. Begun in 2002, the program has developed into a successful trademark, presenting the lively, current, and diverse Austrian music scene to the rest of the world. Every two years, expert juries choose five highly original and exceptional musici ..read more

The 2025 edition of TMW – Tallinn Music Week will take place from April 3 – 5, 2025. Applications are open until November 6th, 2024 to artists of all genres to play at this unique showcase festival. TMW is a multi-genre festival attracting unique talent from across Europe and beyond. Attended by 20,000 music fans and 1,000 industry professionals, it is also the key networking event for musicians and music industry professionals of the Nordic and Baltic region and throughout Europe, with a track record of helping emerging acts break into the international scene. The music festival features arou ..read more