08/10/2026
Congratulations to our students, alumni and faculty on their recent achievements! 🎉🙌
Lorena Mantl, a student in the Art and Design Teacher Education program, won the the audience award of the Ö1 Talent Scholarship which secures her free participation in the “Artist Statement” as part of the Parallel Vienna 2027 art fair.
Composer Emma Ebmeyer received the Music Scholarship by Land Salzburg to work on her project which connects electronic music with fencing.
Germán Hernández Tovar, a master's student in wind orchestra conducting, won first prize, the Audience Award, and the Musicians' Award at the 1st WASBE International Conductors Competition in Rio de Janeiro.
Soprano Emma Kindinger won the Musical Advancement Award Youth at DEBUT 2026.
Alexander Umundum, a recorder player in the Pre-College program, won 2nd prize in the 12–16 age group at the Open Recorder Days in Amsterdam. He also won 1st prize with the Pre-College recorder quartet “Pre4Corder.”
Dreier Schieh Duo won the Förderpreis at the Hugo-Wolf-Akademie International Art Song Competition.
Markus Obereder, senior lecturer in conducting, choral conducting, and ensemble conducting, is taking over as artistic director of the Heinrich Schütz Ensemble in Bavaria.
Compositions by our student Dojin Jang won 2nd Prize in the York Impact Accelerator Fund (YIAF) Project Composition Competition and a 1st Prize at the Busan International Music Festival Composition Competition in Korea.
Kinga Tóth, a doctoral candidate at the interuniversity doctoral program „Kulturen im Wandel“ (Wissenschaft & Kunst), was awarded the Kelag Prize at the 50th German-Language Literature Days.
Tin Blümke, Nina Dalbazi, Anastasiia Larina, Sophie León Pellegrin, Salome Roithinger, Alexandra Leonie Kronberger & Rosemary Kilima (current students and graduates of the Master’s program in Applied Theater) were selected for the City of Salzburg’s new ZWISCHENSPIEL program and will be able to use residents’ rooms in the former Hellbrunn senior living facility for artistic projects.