Triple music triumph from Staatz inspires Vienna!

Triple music triumph from Staatz inspires Vienna!

Mistelbach, Österreich - in Vienna is the national competition "Prima La Musica" in full swing. The city is the host of this important competition from May 28th to June 9, 2025, which takes place for the 30th time this year. This event is considered Austria's largest youth music competition for classical music, in which talented young musicians from all over Austria, South Tyrol and Liechtenstein meet. At this anniversary event, around 900 young talents qualified that represent the musical level of the next generation.

What services can be achieved? Pupils from the Staatz Music School triumphed three times in this competition. Stephanie Gahr (Horn, Stützenhofen) was awarded 88.25 points with a silver medal. Jonas Schmid (Oboe, Wildendürnbach) followed him with 89.20 points and also received a silver medal. However, the highlight for the music school came with Carolin Winkler (Oboe, Ottenthal), who won the gold medal with 91.40 points. Music school director Peter Hofmann was proud of the achievements of his protégés and thanked the teacher team for the excellent preparation.

a platform for talents

"Prima la Musica" not only sees itself as a competition. The event offers young musicians the opportunity to present themselves in a professional environment and gain important experiences for their musical career. The opening concert in the Schönbrunn castle theater received special attention, in which award winners have also appeared in recent years. For many, this platform is an important station on the way to a possible career in music.

The music schools in Austria, like those in Staatz, are central players in musical training. They are not legally defined as a school type, but act as important educational institutions for highly gifted and music -interested children and adolescents. Around 370 music schools across Austria form an important basis for cultural education with an average number of students of 190,000. Various instruments are taught and the students are given the opportunity to prepare for the music studies, which is supported by numerous concerts and performance options.

With a colorful program and a variety of competitive formats, "Prima La Musica" remains a fixed point in the Austrian cultural calendar. In the current year, the scoring games, which could be publicly accessible and persecuted in the livestream, were noticed. Daily award ceremonies in the Haydnsaal of the MDW chose the performance of the artists.

Another step to secure the cultural promotion of young people in Austria is the upcoming tender for 2026, which will be published in September. Registrations for interested parties are possible from November to December 15th, which should motivate numerous young musicians to demonstrate their skills. Your achievements and successes are not only signs of individual talent, but also an expression of the excellent work that is done at the music schools.

Overall, this event shows how important music formation is for personal development and cultural encounter. The performance of the talented students from Staatz give the competition an additional highlight and demonstrate that the future is in the best hands.

For more information about "Prima La Musica" and the musical training in Austria, visit the reporting of meinbezirk.at and press.wien.gv.at . Also on Musicaustria.at you will find exciting insights into the music school landscape and its offers.