Conference:
Voices of Influence: Female Patronage and Agency in Music

“The ladies do everything in Paris…” Leopold Mozart wrote to his son on February 16th, 1778: As a great music organizer he knew exactly whom to contact to get on in the musical world. From aristocratic patronage to bourgeois salons, women's contributions to the musical world were often powerful, yet have been inadequately recognized. The conference aims at exploring the multifaceted roles women have played in shaping musical culture as patrons, commissioners, curators, cultural gatekeepers etc. The conference focuses on female agency and patronage in various contexts, examining how women exercised authority and influence within—and beyond—traditional structures of musical production.

Contributions by: Melanie Unseld (keynote), Silke Berdux, Karl Böhmer, Anja Bunzel, Martin Eybl, Elke Hager, Sarah Haslinger, Katarzyna Hatalak, Julia Hinterberger, Adrienne Bernadette Illes, Mateusz Kawa, Mary Kirchdorfer, Ulrich Leisinger, Eva Neumayr, Juliane Oberegger, John Rice, Erik Aren Schroeder und Irene Suchy. 

Languages: German, English

Information and Registration: Mag. Dr. Eva Neumayr, eva.neumayr@mozarteum.at 

International Mozarteum Foundation in Cooperation with Archiv der Erzdiözese Salzburg und der Maria-Anna-Mozart-Society Salzburg,