Mozarteum University Salzburg (
German: ''Universität Mozarteum Salzburg'') is one of three affiliated but separate (it is actually a state university) entities under the “Mozarteum” moniker in
Salzburg municipality; the
International Mozarteum Foundation and the
Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg are the other two. It specializes in music, the dramatic arts, and to a lesser degree graphic arts. Like its affiliates it was established in honour of Salzburg-born musician
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...
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History and clarification
In 1841, Mozart's widow
Constanze Weber Mozart founded the first of the “Mozarteum” entities: the “Cathedral Music Association and Mozarteum,” whose mission was the “refinement of musical taste with regard to sacred music and concerts.” The association operated as predecessor to the
Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg through the 19th century and was at the heart of the city’s musical life, offering concerts and related activities. It assumed its present name in 1908.
The
International Mozarteum Foundation came next, toward the end of the 19th century. It built, and to this day maintains, a sizeable elegant office building on Schwarzstraße to which are attached two concert halls. Construction took place between 1910 and 1914 to a design by
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...
architect
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Richard Berndl (1875–1955). The larger of the two halls is itself known as the “Mozarteum” and is world-renowned; its proper name is simply "Großer Saal." The smaller hall is the "Wiener Saal." Besides maintaining this complex, the foundation runs two museums devoted to Mozart (the composer’s birth house, or "Geburtshaus," and his main Salzburg residence, or "Wohnhaus") as well as an annual January music festival devoted to Mozart's music ("
Mozartwoche").
The more recently rebuilt University main building is at Mirabellplatz 1.
Organ of the Großer Saal
The original 100-rank grand concert hall organ was built by the Austrian firm
Rieger in 1914. A completely new organ in neo-Baroque style was installed in 1970 by
E. F. Walcker & Cie. This was dismantled in 2008. In 2010 a new 50-stop tracker action organ was installed by Hermann Eule Orgelbau,
Bautzen
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, and the 1914 façade for the instrument was reconstructed.
Organ of the Wiener Saal
The pipe organ in the "Wiener Saal" small concert hall, invisibly located in an organ chamber above the stage, was built in 1914 by
Rieger with 25 stops and electro-pneumatic action. It was rebuilt in 1941, including a new console and some neobaroque modifications. The organ is in bad condition, but still playable.
Notable alumni
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Barbara Bonney (soprano)
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Marios Joannou Elia (composer and artistic director)
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David Frühwirth (violinist)
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Ingrid Haebler
Ingrid Haebler (born 20 June 1929) is an Austrian pianist. She studied at the Salzburg Mozarteum, Vienna Music Academy, Conservatoire de Musique de Genève and privately in Paris with Marguerite Long. She toured worldwide. She is best known ...
(pianist)
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Leopold Hager (conductor)
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Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo soprano)
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Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
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Christiane Karg (soprano)
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Genia Kühmeier (soprano)
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Marjon Lambriks (soprano)
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Giorgi Latso (pianist)
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Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)
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Igor Levit (pianist)
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Kerstin Meyer (mezzo-soprano)
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Nils Mönkemeyer (violist)
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Pier Giorgio Morandi (conductor)
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Alexander Mullenbach (composer and pianist)
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Camilla Nylund (soprano)
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Karola Obermueller (composer)
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Carl Orff (composer)
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Wolfgang Rennert (opera conductor)
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Alice Sara Ott (pianist)
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Frank Philipp Schlößmann
Frank Philipp Schlößmann (born 1963) is a German scenic designer focused on operas who has worked at major opera houses and festivals internationally. He staged Janáček's ''Jenůfa'' at the Metropolitan Opera, Wagner's ''Der Ring des Nibelung ...
(born 1963), scenic and costume designer
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Rosl Schwaiger (1918–1970), coloratura soprano
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Sarah Traubel (soprano)
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Norma Wendelburg
Norma Ruth Wendelburg (March 26, 1918July 26, 2016) was an American composer, Fulbright scholar, pianist and teacher.
Life
Wendelburg was born in Stafford, Kansas, and won a scholarship to Bethany College (Kansas) where she received a B.M. d ...
(1918–2016), composer, pianist and academic teacher
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Herbert Willi (born 1956), composer
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Tabea Zimmermann (violist)
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Meral Guneyman (pianist,arranger)
Notable teachers
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Barbara Bonney (voice)
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Reinhard Febel (composition)
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Eliot Fisk (guitar)
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Vittorio Ghielmi (viola da gamba)
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Michael Gielen (conducting)
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Pavel Gililov (piano)
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Reinhard Goebel (barock violin, conducting)
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Veronika Hagen-Di Ronza (viola)
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Leopold Hager (conducting)
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Sheila Jones Harms (voice)
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Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Johann Nikolaus Harnoncourt or historically Johann Nikolaus Graf de la Fontaine und d'Harnoncourt-Unverzagt; () (6 December 1929 – 5 March 2016) was an Austrian conductor, particularly known for his historically informed performances of music ...
(conducting)
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Adriana Hölszky (composition)
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Wolfgang Holzmair
Wolfgang Holzmair (born 1952 in Vöcklabruck) is an Austrian baritone.
Holzmair studied at the Vienna Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He won 2nd prize in the baritone class of the 's-Hertogenbosch International Vocal Competition in 1981, an ...
(lied and oratorio)
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Johannes Kalitzke (conducting of contemporary music)
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Karl-Heinz Kämmerling
Karl-Heinz Kämmerling (6 May 1930 – 14 June 2012) was a notable German academic teacher of classical pianists, who trained pianists at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover for careers as performe ...
(piano)
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Angelika Kirchschlager (voice)
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Wilma Lipp
Wilma Lipp (; 26 April 1925 – 26 January 2019) was an Austrian operatic soprano and academic voice teacher. A long-time member of the Vienna State Opera, she was particularly associated with the role of the Queen of the Night in Mozart's ''Die Z ...
(voice)
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Tristan Murail (composition)
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Felix Petyrek (composition)
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Ildikó Raimondi
Ildikó Raimondi (born 11 November 1962) is a Hungarian-Austrian operatic soprano and academic voice teacher. She has been a member of the Vienna State Opera since 1991, and has performed leading roles internationally, especially in Mozart operas ...
(voice)
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Ruggiero Ricci (violin)
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Gerhard Röthler (harpsichord)
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Jacques Rouvier (piano)
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Heinrich Schiff (cello)
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Otmar Suitner (conducting)
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Laurence Traiger (composition)
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Bruno Weil (conducting)
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Gerhard Wimberger (conducting, composition)
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Duo Tal & Groethuysen (piano)
References
External links
Official siteMozarteum Precollege Program (German) International Mozarteum Foundation websiteInstitute for historical and modern-day Mozart Opera Interpretation
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Music schools in Austria
Concert halls in Austria
Universities and colleges in Austria
Educational institutions established in 1841
Buildings and structures in Salzburg
1841 establishments in the Austrian Empire