Mozarteum University Salzburg (

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: ''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.

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 architect

Richard Berndl 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 Moz ...

(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

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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, 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

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

Barbara Bonney Barbara Bonney (born April 14, 1956) is an American soprano. She is associated with lyric soprano roles in operas by Mozart and Richard Strauss as well as lieder performances. Early life Bonney was born in Montclair, New Jersey. As a child she pr ...

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Marios Joannou Elia Marios Joannou Elia (born 19 June 1978), is a Cypriot composer and artistic director. He was the youngest director in the history of the European Capital of Culture (2013–15). He is ambassador in tourism of the Republic of Cyprus. Since 201 ...

(composer and artistic director) * David Frühwirth (violinist) * Ingrid Haebler (pianist) * Leopold Hager (conductor) * Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo soprano) * Herbert von Karajan (conductor) * Christiane Karg (soprano) *

Genia Kühmeier Genia Kühmeier (born 1975) is an Austrian operatic soprano who has appeared internationally in opera and concert. She made her debut at the Vienna State Opera as Pamina in Mozart's ''The Magic Flute, Die Zauberflöte'' in 2003, and sang the role ...

(soprano) * Marjon Lambriks (soprano) * Giorgi Latso (pianist) * Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) * Igor Levit (pianist) *

Kerstin Meyer Kerstin Margareta Meyer, CBE (3 April 1928 – 14 April 2020) was a Swedish mezzo-soprano who enjoyed an international career in opera and concert. A long-time member of the Royal Swedish Opera and Hamburg State Opera, she appeared regular ...

(mezzo-soprano) *

Nils Mönkemeyer Nils Mönkemeyer (born 1978) is a German violist and academic teacher. He has recorded several CDs, of viola literature and arrangements for the viola, making it a respected solo instrument. He has been awarded several international prizes. Car ...

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Pier Giorgio Morandi Pier Giorgio Morandi (born 1958) is an Italian oboist and conductor, especially of Italian opera of the 19th and early 20th century, who has worked internationally. After having played as principal oboe at La Scala in Milan, he turned to conducti ...

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Alexander Mullenbach Alexander Mullenbach (born 1949) is a Luxembourg pianist, composer and conductor. Since 2002, he has been director of the International Summer Academy at the Mozarteum in Salzburg."Mullenbach, Alexander", ''Luxemburger Lexikon'', Editions Guy Binsf ...

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Camilla Nylund Camilla Nylund (born 11 June 1968) is a Finnish operatic soprano. She appears internationally in lyric-dramatic roles such as Beethoven's Leonore, Verdi's Elisabetta, and Wagner's Elisabeth and Sieglinde. She is especially known for portrayin ...

(soprano) * Karola Obermueller (composer) * Carl Orff (composer) *

Wolfgang Rennert Wolfgang Rennert (1 April 1922 – 24 March 2012) was a German conductor. He focused on opera, at the Oper Frankfurt, Staatsoper Berlin, Mannheim National Theatre and the Semperoper, among others. He premiered operas, such as Louise Talma's '' D ...

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Alice Sara Ott is a German classical pianist. Early life and education Alice was born in Munich, Germany, in 1988. Her Japanese mother had studied piano in Tokyo; her father was a German civil engineer. She says she realised as a child that "music was the la ...

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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 *

Rosl Schwaiger Rosl Schwaiger (5 September 1918 – 19 April 1970) was an Austrian operatic coloratura soprano. She was a member of the Vienna State Opera and the Bayerische Staatsoper, known for singing Mozart roles such as Blonde, Susanna and Zerlina. S ...

(1918–1970), coloratura soprano *

Sarah Traubel Sarah Traubel (born 12 July 1986) is a German soprano in opera and concert who has performed leading roles at major opera houses and festivals. While focused on Mozart's operas, she has also performed in contemporary opera, such as Inanna in J� ...

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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 * Herbert Willi (born 1956), composer * Tabea Zimmermann (violist) *

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(pianist,arranger)

Notable teachers

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Reinhard Febel Reinhard Febel (born 3 July 1952) is a German composer, notable for his operas. He is also a music theorist and a university professor at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover and the Mozarteum. Career Febel was born in Metzinge ...

(composition) * Eliot Fisk (guitar) * Vittorio Ghielmi (viola da gamba) * Michael Gielen (conducting) *

Pavel Gililov Pavel Lvovich Gililov (russian: Павел Львович Гилилов; born 23 June 1950) is a Russian classical pianist who has held German citizenship since 2003. Life Born in Donezk, Gililov's musical talent was discovered by the Russi ...

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Reinhard Goebel Reinhard Goebel (; born 31 July 1952 in Siegen, West Germany) is a German Conducting, conductor and baroque violin, violinist specialising in early music on Historically informed performance, authentic instruments and professor for historical perf ...

(barock violin, conducting) *

Veronika Hagen Veronika Hagen (born 5 May 1963, in Salzburg) is an Austrian Viola, violist. Born in Salzburg, Hagen began to learn music at the age of six with her father, who was at that time concertmaster of the Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg. She then contin ...

-Di Ronza (viola) * Leopold Hager (conducting) *

Sheila Jones Harms Sheila Harms (29 May 1931 – 12 December 2004) was a soprano in Germany and Austria. She specialized in the vocal interpretation of lieder, oratorio, and opera, which she combined with her musicianship at the piano. Biography Born in Carlisle, ...

(voice) *

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) * Adriana Hölszky (composition) *

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) * Johannes Kalitzke (conducting of contemporary music) *

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 performer ...

(piano) * Angelika Kirchschlager (voice) *

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) * Tristan Murail (composition) * Felix Petyrek (composition) * Ildikó Raimondi (voice) * Ruggiero Ricci (violin) *

Gerhard Röthler Gerhard Röthler (29 October 1920 – 18 October 1999) was a professor at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg. Röthler was born in Breslau (Wrocław) in the Prussian Province of Lower Silesia. He was given piano lessons from Professor H ...

(harpsichord) * Jacques Rouvier (piano) * Heinrich Schiff (cello) * Otmar Suitner (conducting) *

Laurence Traiger Laurence Traiger (born October 16, 1956) is an American composer. Originally from Bellmore, Long Island, New York, he has studied and worked in Europe since 1976. At age 11 he composed duos for violin; at age 14 he took lessons in harmony, count ...

(composition) * Bruno Weil (conducting) *

Gerhard Wimberger Gerhard Wimberger (30 August 1923 – 12 October 2016) was an Austrian composer and conductor. Career Wimberger studied at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. His teachers were Cesar Bresgen and Johann Nepomuk David for composition, and Clemens Krau ...

(conducting, composition) * Duo Tal & Groethuysen (piano)

References

External links

Official site

Mozarteum Precollege Program (German)

International Mozarteum Foundation website

Institute for historical and modern-day Mozart Opera Interpretation
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