Austrian Society for Contemporary Music
| Austrian Society for Contemporary Music (ÖGZM) |
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|---|---|
| purpose | Performing company |
| Chair: | Morgana Petrik (President) |
| Establishment date: | 1949 |
| Number of members: | 185 |
| Seat : | Vienna |
| Website: | www.oegzm.at |
The Austrian Society for Contemporary Music defines itself as a performance society .
history
The founding meeting of the Austrian Society for Contemporary Music took place on February 4, 1949 in the Chamber Hall of the Musikverein building in Vienna. The proponents were u. a. Theodor Berger , Armin Kaufmann , Joseph Marx , Fritz Racek, Marcel Rubin , Alfred Uhl and Raimund Weissensteiner . The opening concert took place on March 19, 1949 in the Brahms Hall of the Vienna Musikverein.
activity
Since its inception, the ÖGZM has dedicated itself to the dissemination of contemporary music, which falls under the concept of serious music , in around 900 events . Among other things, it performs the following tasks:
- Advocating the interests of contemporary musicians, in particular through stimulating and mediating as well as performing their works.
- Cooperation in the national and international music sector
- Exchange of information on practical and scientific issues in the field of contemporary music.
- Organization of projects that serve the stated purpose of the association.
President
- 1949–1954 Alfred Uhl
- 1956–1966 Leopold Matthias Walzel
- 1966–1972? Karl Franz Müller
- 1973–1984 Heinrich Gattermeyer
- 1984–1991 Karl Peter Pietsch
- 1991-2001 Peter Roczek
- 2001–2008 Werner Hackl
- 2008–2011 Christian Heindl
- Since 2011 Morgana Petrik
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ Short bio on Werner Hackl (born 1942)
- ^ Christian Heindl in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna