Information on the Master Classes Winter 2025

Participation Terms and Conditions on the Winter Master Classes of Wiener MusikSeminar

 

Our Offer for face-to-face and online Master Classes

  • We guarantee to every active participant at least 4 hours à 60 min. lessons

  • Accompanying during the instrumental- and singing lessons is free of charge (Online Master Classes: accompanists will not be provided).

  • Listeners / passive participants can apply in consultation with the organiser.

  • Participants can listen to other participants’ lessons with approval of the professor.

  • Interpreters (Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Russian) and visa applications can be booked for an additional fee (see „Fees“).

  • Course location: University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna

  • Practice rooms: By availability, practice rooms will be provided for piano students free of charge (approx. 1 hour per day; practice rooms are located  at Mynext Hotel Rudy ; reservation for the practice rooms can be made at Mynext Hotel Rudy. Other students are allowed to practice in their hotel rooms at Mynext Hotel Rudy. For additional practice rooms we recommend booking rooms at Klaviergalerie at the participant’s own expense.

  • Concerts: Wiener MusikSeminar organises three concerts: two Class Concerts and the Final Concert. All concerts take place at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Only students recommended by the professor can perform at the concerts. All concerts of Wiener Musikseminar are public and free of charge.

  • Diploma: All active participants get a diploma. Listeners / passive participants receive a letter of confirmation if asked for.

General Conditions

  • Participants, who want to take the course of a particular professor, will be required to register on time. The applications are considered on a first come first serve basis.

  • A change of course afterwards is only possible in consultation with the organiser and if free places are still available.

  • Every student should prepare at least 3 pieces from different composers (excluding singing master classes, where a sufficient number of pieces should be prepared).

  • The lesson hours will be arranged with the professor on the first course day.

  • Concerning the course start: All participants meet at the "Orientation" on 19th Feb 2025 at 9.00 a.m. at Mynext Hotel Rudy (address: 1040 Wien, Schelleingasse 36 / Schönburgstrasse 29).  Afterwards we go to the University of Music and Performing Arts where we will where the lesson rooms are located. Most of the professors will start their master classes on the first day, 19th Feb 2025.

  • Highly talented adolescents and children are welcome to participate. The participation of children below a certain age limit is only possible with adult supervision.

  • Concerning the coronavirus: Please inform yourself about travel restrictions, preferably by contacting the Austrian embassy in your country. Please note that their information is also constantly changing. We ask for your understanding.

  • Wiener MusikSeminar is entitled to use photos and videos taken during the master classes for their own marketing purposes (e.g. facebook, Instagram, YouTube, X, website). If there are any objections, we would kindly ask you to contact us.

  • We only process your personal details (e.g. name, address, email address, telephone number) in accordance with the regulations of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679, and only use the personal details provided by you to carry out your requests. We do not pass your details on to third parties. If you have any questions or require further information, please feel free to contact us per email ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ).

Fees

  • Each participant pays a registration fee (€ 195,-), which is valid for all master classes of the Winter Course 2025.

  • For each master class the participant pays a course fee according to the course rates (€ 598,-).

  • Interpreters (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian) and visa applications can be booked for an additional fee:

    • Fees for interpreters are € 180,- per course.

    • Those participants who require the travel visa to attend the master class pay a visa application fee (€ 95,-).

Refund of Fees

Paid course fees (and possible interpreter fees) can be refunded in the following cases (the registration fee will only be refunded in case 2. and 3.):

  1. by prevention of force majeur

  2. when a course is cancelled by the management

  3. no more available places in the course

  4. if participants cancel their registration by no later than 5 weeks before course start, 100% of the course fee (and possible accommodation or interpreter fee) will be refunded - if they cancel by no later than 3 weeks before course start, 50% of the course fee (and possible accommodation or interpreter fee) will be refunded - cancellations within the last 3 weeks before course start are non-refundable.

Registration

  • For registration please apply online.

  • Registration is possible until 05.01.2025.

  • The transfer of the registration fee (€ 195,-) must be made immediately together with the registration.

Online Master Classes

We offer our master classes of the International Master Classes Winter 2025 ONLINE - parallel to our master classes at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna from19th to 28th February 2025! (If you are interested in dates other than 19th to 28th February 2025, please contact us per email at  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .)

  •  4 hours à 60 min. lessons per Zoom (09:00-17:00 Austria’s time zone; we will show consideration for the participant's time zone)

  • Accompanists will not be provided.

  • At the beginning of the winter master classes, a separate "Orientation"-event will be held for online master class participants (with detailed information and explanation for the online master classes). 

  • The diploma will be sent per mail after the attended master class. 

  • For better sound quality, we recommend using a microphone and laptop - if possible.

  • The lessons will be held using Zoom: https://zoom.us 

 If interested, please contact us per email at  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. !

Payment and Bank Account

  • We cannot confirm the registration fee separately - only after receiving all of the fees  (registration fee, course fee and possible additional fees for interpreters and visa application), the participants will get a confirmation via email.

  • All payments have to be made in € / EURO with the note “free of charge for the recipient” prior to the beginning of the master class. If there are transfers to the debit of Wiener MusikSeminar (e.g. transfer fees charged by the bank), they have to be paid on the participant’s first course day at the "Orientation".

  • We do not accept credit cards or personal cheques.

  • All payments have to be transferred to the following bank account:
 

Bank Austria UniCredit Group

Account holder: Wiener Musikseminar

IBAN: AT05 1100 0016 4320 0700

BIC: BKAUATWW

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