Foyer von Garten bei Nacht
More Space for Mozart
With the new construction of the Main Foyer, the Salzburg Mozarteum Foundation set an important and long-awaited milestone in the 140-year history of the foundation. The redesign of the foyer connects the two parts of the Mozarteum building in a contemporary, airy, light and elegant manner, offering all our guests and artists since October 2022 MORE SPACE FOR MOZART and a carefree visit to our wonderful concert halls.
Find out more about the renovation in the Mozarteum and become part of the project. Support the renovation of our concert halls and receive your own personal memento to this extraordinary project. My Stone for Mozart brings a part of the Mozarteum home to you and immortalises you in the historic concert building. My Seat for Mozart offers you the opportunity to be mentioned by name on an exclusive plaque on the newly renovated seats in the Great Hall.
More informations: friends@mozarteum.at, Tel. +43 – 662 – 889 40 943
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My Seat for Mozart
With your “Seat for Mozart” you are able to express your commitment to the arts, especially to the wonderful Great Hall in the Mozarteum.
The original seating in the halls of the Mozarteum Foundation was made by the renowned companies Thonet and Kohn. During the 1960s, due to damage caused by the war and the occupation, the seating was newly designed. In the meantime only minor improvements were possible.
An extensive evaluation by renowned acousticians and restorers brought the surprising result that restoring the existing seating would guarantee optimum comfort and listening experience, taking account of the size of this special hall. In order to offer our clients greater leg room, the first six rows were planned with more space. This has been made possible by removing one row.
More informations: friends@mozarteum.at, Tel. +43 – 662 – 889 40 943
Seat Patronage
- An engraved name-plate showing your name (forename, surname or company name per row) will be affixed to your seat / your row for three years.
- You receive a personal certificate “My seat for Mozart”.
- If you wish, you will be listed on our website as a seat patron.
- You receive a VIP invitation to an exclusive event organized by the Mozarteum Foundation.
- We will make every effort to be able to confirm “your” seats for select performances of the Mozarteum Foundation if orders are placed in due time.
The Grand Foyer
The design of the Main Foyer impressed not only the jury at the international architectural competition in 2018: “The winning project convinces with a concept that opens up the space between the existing buildings to allow for natural light and scenic views, while atmospherically integrating the historical facades into a new ambience. In addition, all requirements were convincingly met and additional new scenarios for the Mozarteum were created,” said the jury, chaired by architect Marie Therese Harnoncourt-Fuchs, explaining the unanimous vote for the project by the Salzburg team of architects Maria Flöckner and Hermann Schnöll.
The new Main Foyer on the second floor is 170 m² in size, sufficient for a sold-out Great Hall with around 800 concert visitors. From here there is still a connection to the Bastion Garden.
Concept of a connecting space
A house wants be connected in a new way – this is the vision of the architect team Flöckner-Schnöll. They see the new intermediate wing as an instrument for creating this connection:
“Creating a connection through openness is a paradox – the connection of the concert hall with the Mozarteum School, the connection of the city with the Mozarteum. The structural instrument for this, a walk-in spatial structure made of glass and steel that allows light to flood the city – and it opens the space to the city.
The openness of the joint space is preserved by integrating important spaces with various other key points in the historical structure. The ‘walk-in’ instrument can thus become a place of encounter on light-flooded levels, allowing the wandering visitor a perspective of the open structure”.
Barrier-free and connecting
In open connectedness, the Large Foyer creates a usable connection between the two parts of the building, which were previously only connected by the small break foyer. For the first time, direct access from the administration and school wing (Schwarzstrasse 26) to the concert wing (Schwarzstrasse 28) is now possible, thus allowing the Vienna Hall to be used for concert rehearsals and performances without any disturbance.
The installation of an additional elevator enables barrier-free access to the entire building, especially for the first time to the level of the Viennese Hall and the first floor with the rehearsal rooms in the administration and school wing. An innovative energy and air-conditioning concept provides sufficient ventilation in the Grand Foyer and ensures pleasant temperatures in all seasons.
The Bastion Garden
The Bastion Garden will be better integrated into the event schedule through improved access from the Grand Foyer via a glass bridge as well as through the new staircase from the lower foyer. In addition to a more intensive use of the garden for events, the opening and improved connection to the new part of the building also offers the opportunity to integrate the adjacent Heckentheater into the concept with the new infrastructure.
The Magic Flute House has been relocated to the courtyard of the Mozart Residence for optimized accessibility for visitors, also to restore the Heckentheater and to enable a connection with the Bastion Garden.
Renovation of the concert halls
In addition to the unique atmosphere surrounding the events in the Mozarteum, the musical experiences will continue to fascinate visitors in the future. Both the Great Hall and the Viennese Hall used the reconstruction phase to carry out necessary revitalization measures and to get the concert halls ready for the future. This includes in particular: new seating, an optimisation of the lighting situation, cleaning of the Propter Homines Organ and the installation of state-of-the-art technology. With the modernised Mozarteum, Salzburg since autumn 2022 has one of the most modern concert halls in Europe.
Support the renovation of the concert halls and become part of the project. Anyone interested can participate in the renovation project with a € 1,000 building stone from “My stone for Mozart” and thus immortalise themselves in the Mozarteum. There is also the possibility for small donations, which we will gladly honor. You can find more information here:
