Austria has a great and worldwide known cultural and musical tradition. This country has emerged well-known composers, which affected European music history in myriad ways. Austria, which is often called the “Land of Music”, has many famous festivals and magnificent historic places which can give you the inspiration for the interpretation and understanding of his music. Many Austrian landscapes are so scenic that you can feel every single tune.
We invite students and music lovers to take the opportunity to get experience and knowledge about Austrian Music and Culture by showing this in a personal performance at our Austrian Music Education. Studying Austrian music and culture should be intercultural learning, which considers the engagement with the own culture, traditions and actual habits. In this way, this kind of education should be open to an international exchange between different cultures, especially between East Asia and Europe. Learning and teaching should happen in an ambience of mutual respect so cultural awareness can arise and grow. Intercultural music teaching as an aspect should teach young people respect and tolerance when approaching other cultures. Apart from that, it should evoke curiosity and thus add new elements of the initially unfamiliar to the personal understanding of life. By emphasising the close connections between artistic ways of expression and living music teaching anybody can grow the fascination for music from former times as well as new music.
