Artist support: Music in the Woods returns to the Waldviertel in 2025!

Artist support: Music in the Woods returns to the Waldviertel in 2025!

Bühnenwirtshaus Juster, 3910 Klein-Höflein, Österreich - The event "Music in the Woods" returns in late summer 2025 and offers up-and-coming artists: inside a platform to develop in the areas of film music, games music and singer-songwriter. From 17. Until September 21, 2025 , this innovative event will take place in the Stagewirtshaus Juster in the Lower Austrian Waldviertel. This initiative is supported by the AKM, the Jam Music Lab private university Vienna and the Austrian Organizer Association and aims to enable young talents to enter the world of media music, regardless of age or level of training.

participants will have the opportunity to train intensively in the areas of songwriting, music production, film scoring and game audio. The lecturer: Inside, well -known experts such as Oliver Schmellenkamp, ​​Michael Klimas and Georg Luksch include. Former participants: inside like Abor and Tynna, who will perform at the Eurovision Song Contest for Germany in 2025, are also part of the program.

Details about the event

Total 30 full scholarships are assigned , which cover the participant: inside the workshop fees, the accommodation in the double room and full catering. Arrival and departure must be organized by the participants themselves, but a shuttle service is made available from the Vienna Westbahnhof. The application period ends on 25. August 2025 ; Interested parties need an artistic curriculum vitae, a letter of motivation and a project description with relevant material.

• dates: 17th to 21st September 2025
• Ort: stage host house Juster, Waldviertel
• lecturers: Oliver Schmellenkamp, ​​Michael Klimas, Paula Haslinger, and more
• application deadline: August 25, 2025

The jury, consisting of experts in the music industry, will be the scholarship holder: Select inside and after the event the three best participants are awarded. The event should not only offer an apprenticeship, but also open up the opportunity to participate in future workshops and working meetings at renowned composers.

success and outlook

"Music in the Woods" celebrated its premiere in 2024 and has since been inspired by many aspiring artists: inspired inside. In addition to Abor and Tynna, who were able to obtain national recognition, Chovo won the Protest Song Contest 2025, which shows how successful the initiative is. This concept will be expanded in 2025 for an additional day for practice -oriented workshops and individual project work in order to meet the needs of the participants:

In addition to the musical support by "Music in the Woods", there are also structural and project funding from the Musikfonds.de that concentrate on rural areas and structurally weak regions. This funding could be of interest for artists: inside and organizers: inside the program, as it supports the development of musical projects in different regions. Applications can be submitted four times a year, the first period for 2025 of the 28. February 2025 is.

The combination of an intensive workshop program and the possibility of financial support from the music fund ensure that "Music in the Woods" is not only understood as an event, but as an important initiative for the promotion of young musicians: inside.