Mozarteum University Salzburg

This article is about the University in Salzburg. For the institution for the study of the life and work of Mozart, see International Mozarteum Foundation. For the orchestra, see Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg.
Mozarteum University Salzburg
Universität Mozarteum Salzburg
Main building
TypePublic art school
Established1841; 185 years ago (1841)
Vice-ChancellorElisabeth Gutjahr
Location
Salzburg municipality
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Salzburg State
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Austria
Websitemoz.ac.at
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Mozarteum University Salzburg (German: Universität Mozarteum Salzburg), commonly known as the Mozarteum, is a university in Salzburg, Austria specialising in music, drama and directing, music and dance pedagogy, and art education. The term Mozarteum also refers to its predecessor institutions, which existed from 1841 onwards.

It is one of three affiliated but separate entities under the "Mozarteum" name in Salzburg; the others are the International Mozarteum Foundation and its concert hall, and the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg. The International Mozarteum Foundation is not part of the University but an independent association that, among other things, organises concerts, archives Mozart autographs, and maintains Mozart museums in Salzburg.

Like its affiliates the University was established in honour of Salzburg-born musician Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

History

On 22 April 1841, the "Dommusikverein und Mozarteum" (Cathedral Music Society and Mozarteum) was founded in Salzburg as a conservatory [1] and for the collection of old Mozart documents.[2] In 1880, the initially simple school evolved into the more ambitious Public Music School Mozarteum, the forerunner of today's University. In 1914, the music school was recognised as the "Mozarteum" Conservatory with public rights. Subsequently, after the annexation of Austria in 1939, the conservatory was called the Reich University Mozarteum, and from 1945, the University of Music and Performing Arts.

In 1953, the institution became the Academy of Music and Performing Arts "Mozarteum" in Salzburg. In 1970, the academy was renamed a university again, this time the University of Music and Performing Arts "Mozarteum" in Salzburg. Since 1998, the institution has been known as the Mozarteum University Salzburg. The more recently rebuilt university[3] main building is at Mirabellplatz 1.

Training programmes

The Mozarteum University offers instruction in playing musical instruments (string, plucked, wind, percussion, and keyboard), voice, Catholic and Protestant church music, conducting, composition, and music theory, each within the fields of performance and music education (teacher training). The teacher training programme includes music education (instrumental/vocal pedagogy studies), as well as music and movement education, art education, crafts, and textile design. Furthermore, there are training programmes in acting, directing, and stage design.

The Mozarteum University has the right to award doctoral degrees (Doctor of Philosophy, PhD). The corresponding doctoral programme is located in the departments of Musicology and Music Education (in Salzburg and Innsbruck).

Buildings

The University's main building is the New Mozarteum at Mirabellplatz 1 in the right half of Salzburg's Old Town (Altstadt). The Mirabell Gardens are directly adjacent. The first New Mozarteum was built in 1978 by adapting Paris von Lodron's Primogeniturpalast and constructing a new building. Due to suspected carcinogenic pollutants, the building was closed in 1998. Extensive renovations began in 2004. The New Mozarteum was reopened in a completely new form in September 2006.

Frohnburg Castle [de] houses a student residence and the Orff Institute for Orff Schulwerk. A branch office with the Department of Music Education has been located in Innsbruck in the House of Music [de] since 2018.

In October 2025, the building in Salzburg's spa gardens [de] next to the Paracelsus Baths (Mozarteum University at the Spa Gardens, UMAK) was opened. Of the total costs of nearly €23 million, more than half came from the federal government.[4]

University orchestra

In the Mozarteum University Symphony Orchestra, students experience renowned conductors, including in the past Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Michael Gielen, Peter Schneider, André Previn, and Cornelius Meister. Since October 2015, Bruno Weil, Reinhard Goebel, and Johannes Kalitzke have led the orchestra and are responsible for conducting students' training.[5]

The current university orchestra should not be confused with the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, the symphony orchestra of the city and state of Salzburg. The latter was originally the orchestra of students from the music school and later the Mozarteum Academy. In 1939, it became an independent orchestra of professional musicians.

Notable alumni

Notable teachers

References

  1. ^ "Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung" [General Musical Newspaper]. ANNO Historische Zeitungen und Zeitschriften (in German). Vol. 40. Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. Austrian Newspaper Online. 5 October 1842. p. 788. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  2. ^ Beethoven-Haus Bonn: Salzburger Sommer at the Wayback Machine (archived 2015-09-23)
  3. ^ "Universität Mozarteum".
  4. ^ "Uni Mozarteum ist im Kurgarten eingezogen" [The Mozarteum University has moved into the spa gardens.]. Salzburg zur ORF.at (in German). ORF. 10 October 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  5. ^ "Klangkörper & Ensembles - Universität Mozarteum" [Musical groups and ensembles] (in German). Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  6. ^ Institute, The Fryderyk Chopin. "Fryderyk Chopin – Information Centre – Pavel Gililov – Biography". en.chopin.nifc.pl. Retrieved 7 April 2018.

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