The Music Traveler Blog

Vienna’s Music Shops and Music Spaces

Discover Vienna’s historical music shops and iconic concert halls—from quaint stores to the majestic Musikverein—celebrating a rich musical heritage.

Written by Shekhar Sonbarsa

Versatility, History, and Elegance: Top Venues for March

Explore February’s top venues with Music Traveler! Host in Amsterdam’s versatile Open Space, perform at Montréal’s historic Ludger-Duvernay Theatre, or create music in Tokyo’s elegant Steinway-equipped Music Salon. Discover spaces that inspire creativity!

Written by Shekhar Sonbarsa

Creating the Perfect Music Traveler Space

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She’s Overflowing with Talent: Meet Gile Bae, Our New Music Traveler Ambassador

Discover Gile Bae’s extraordinary journey from a child prodigy in Rotterdam to a globally acclaimed pianist. She’s now joining Music Traveler as our newest ambassador, and we can’t wait to share her story with you!

Written by Shekhar Sonbarsa

January Spotlight: Historic Music Spaces

Start the new year with inspiring venues! Explore Reykjavik's historic Gamla Bío, Edinburgh's creative Sonic Lodge, and Lisbon's renowned Academia de Amadores de Música. Perfect spaces for your next musical venture. Discover more and subscribe for monthly venue picks!

Written by Shekhar Sonbarsa

December Spotlight: High-Tech Luxury To Boost Creativity

Discover December's top music spaces with Music Traveler! From Zurich's high-tech Aura Saal to Macao's luxurious Galaxy Auditorium and Vienna's versatile Mirage Music Venue, find the perfect venue for your creative events. Read more and subscribe for monthly venue highlights!

Written by Shekhar Sonbarsa

November Spotlight: Inspiring Music Spaces

Explore November's top music rental spaces with Music Traveler! From Basel’s historic piano studio to Seoul’s vibrant KOTE Joseon Salon and Copenhagen’s serene Concert Hall Mogens, discover inspiring venues for your next musical project. Read more and subscribe for monthly venue picks!

Written by Shekhar Sonbarsa

October Spotlight: Music Spaces

Discover inspiring music venues this October! From Helsinki's world-class Musiikkitalo concert hall to Amsterdam's cozy MADE Studio, and Reykjavík’s independent Tjarnarbíó Theater.

Written by Shekhar Sonbarsa

September Spotlight: Music Spaces

Check out which music spaces we've highlighted for September

Written by Shekhar Sonbarsa

Top Orchestra Halls - Austria

Whether it's their history, acoustics, or architecture, we’ve picked our top Austria orchestra halls spanning from Vienna to Salzburg.

Written by Emily Hunt

She’s Got A Lot of Talent: Introducing Ekaterina Shelehova, Music Traveler Ambassador

We're thrilled to introduce Ekaterina Shelehova as our newest Music Traveler ambassador. Read on to learn what makes this viral sensation so special.

Written by Emily Hunt

Echo the Von Trapps: Felsenreitschule, Salzburg’s Sound of Music Theater

Experience Felsenreitschule, a famous musical theater tied to the Von Trapp legacy and The Sound of Music in Salzburg, Austria today. Book for performances and events. Explore now.

Written by Emily Hunt

Testimonials

Das Wiener Startup Music Traveler vermittelt als Online-Marktplatz Musikern Musik Venue inklusive Instrumente. Im Interview fragten wir die Co-Founder Julia Rhee und Aleksey Igudesman unter anderem, wieso sie Wien als Standort wählten und wie sie an eine Reihe ausgesprochen prominenter Testimonials gekommen sind.

Written by Dominik Perlaki

Top Concert Halls in Vienna (3 Favorites)

For music lovers and performers, particularly, Vienna can be overwhelming. To help you navigate the city, check out our top Vienna concert halls

Written by Emily Hunt

Digital Pianos Revolutionizing Europe (& How to Find Them)

The piano landscape in Europe has undergone significant transformation, and digital pianos are at the cutting-edge. Read on to learn about the latest pianos and how to access them with Music Traveler.

Written by Emily Hunt

On Our Radar: Unique Music Halls in Vienna

Vienna definitely has no shortage of music halls, but, here are some that stood out to us for their historical significance, grandeur, and story

Written by Emily Hunt

Music Space

The capital of music has become a home from home for Music Traveler’s founders, Aleksey Igudesman and Julia Rhee

Written by Vienna Info

Five Music Spaces You’ll Love in Milan

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Picking up a new instrument

The Truth About Technology: Sometimes It's Better To Play Smarter, Not Harder!

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Discover Vienna's Top 5 Independent Music Hotspots

Vienna isn't just about classical music -- which we love -- but, read on for insider tips to conquer Vienna's independent music scene.

Written by Music Traveler

Music Traveler arbeitet mit Tonebase zusammen!

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Ready to learn from the best? Music Traveler teams up with Tonebase!

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Attention GEMA Members!

Written by Music Traveler X Gema

Congratulations Hans Zimmer, Best Original Score 2022 for the Academy

"Let me say this, had it not been for you and most of these people in this room, this would never have happened. Had it not been for all the musicians in this band, all the musicians in my life, who have given me the confidence to go and do these things."

Written by Music Traveler

Young Musicians for Peace with Igudesman & Joo

"We want to set an example and appear together as millennials to show that we stick together across borders," says violinist Gabriel Karger. As the initiator of an overwhelming musical message of peace for Ukraine, in cooperation with Jeunesse, he brings together young students and graduates from the music universities in Vienna.

Written by Music Traveler

Solidarity concert for Ukraine by Music Traveler Ambassador, Kirill Gerstein

Music has always been a bridge across cultures, bringing people closer together. It will no doubt continue to bring us together as a community across the globe, across ideologies, across borders. Some of Music Traveler’s wonderful ambassadors are extremely proactive in their help. If you are in Berlin, Germany, on the 15th of March, please support-

Written by Music Traveler

Ten Adem: The Wild Ones!

Sometimes, listening to music is a reflective and solitary activity that takes you into the simplest places within. At other times, the experience of listening to music is a wild party peopled by legends from the past and present whose unlikely mingling creates outrageous and beautiful music where you would least have expected to find it.

Written by Music Traveler

Von Fehlern und Erfolgen - Igudesman & Joo präsentieren neue Show auf Music Traveler.TV

Erlebe Igudesman & Joo hautnah in ihrer neuen Online-show!

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Notenloft, Zurich!

It’s been a trying time for musicians, but one thing is for sure, Switzerland, with its wealth of concert halls, festivals, residencies and finely curated studio spaces, remains as much ever, an energetic hub for classical, jazz and many other musical genres.

Written by Music Traveler

Make Music New York 2021 @World Trade Center Oculus, New York City!

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MusicTraveler.TV Streaming Artist: BOWRAIN

Composer Tine Grgurevič drifts effortlessly between avant garde jazz, pop and electronic music with a keen sense for minimalism and clarity that distinguishes his style across genres.

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MusicTraveler.TV Streaming Artists: Aino Peltomaa & Ensemble Gamut!

Finnish singer Aino Peltomaa’s pure and contemplative voice is at the center of a number of exciting choir projects that reimagine modern audiences’ interaction with medieval, renaissance, and devotional music.

Written by Music Traveler

MusicTraveler.TV Streaming Artist: Sun Hee You

Multiple award-winning pianist Sun Hee You, is one of the most exciting talents of her generation. Her world has revolved around classical music from a very young age, yet she’s often compared to a jazz performer for her malleable and bold style. The longtime resident of Italy, is equally at home wowing audiences of the Rome Symphony, numerous jazz

Written by Music Traveler

MusicTraveler.TV Streaming Artist: Ian Fisher

Ian Fisher’s prolific songwriting, described as “half Americana and half Abbey Road-worthy pop” by Rolling Stone, carries the hallmarks of a critical thinker, a 70's music aficionado and most of all a veteran entertainer. Versatile but consistent in his influences, Fisher stands apart as hauntingly genuine.

Written by Music Traveler

Musictraveler.TV Streaming Artists: The Twiolins

Based on the refreshing premise that sibling rivalry is overrated, Marie-Luise and Christoph Dingler’s duo The Twiolins is an emotionally nuanced and energetic project at the peak of today’s progressive classic music scene.

Written by Music Traveler

Open letter from the Music Traveler Team

From the beginning, we at Music Traveler have worked hard to break barriers in the music industry and have been proactive in our belief that being paid for performances should not be an afterthought. As such, today we are proud to introduce MusicTraveler.TV.

Written by Music Traveler

Interview w/JACOB BUNTON

As a singer and guitarist debuting onto the 2000’s hard rock scene, it goes without saying that Jacob Bunton looked up to 80’s and 90’sheavy metal acts like Guns ‘N Roses and Mötley Crüe. That’s one cliché to which the Emmy-Award-winning composer adheres. Besides that, Bunton’s penchant for dismantling stereotypes is, if nothing else, uncanny.

Written by Music Traveler

MusicTraveler.TV Streaming Artist: KATJA ŠULC

Her otherworldly voice is filled with a warmth and power that has distinguished her as one of Slovenia’s foremost talents on the Pop and World Music stage.

Written by Music Traveler

Interview w/Demian Licht

Demian Licht is a Mexican sound designer whose ambiental techcho EP trilogy Female Criminals has caught the attention of the underground, gaining a favorable review from Resident Advisor as a bold and energetic exploration of womanhood and the Berlin-based producer’s “dark impulses”.

Written by Music Traveler

MT User Stories: AILSA AND THE SEAHORSES

Mix a hint of scotish melancholy with the spiritual optimism it takes to succeed as a busker, add in a touch of Sharon Van Etten and 70s nostalgia for good measure and you get Ailsa and the Seahorses, the indie folk project project of Edinburgh native Ailsa McEwan.

Written by Music Traveler

MT User Stories: CISCO PEMA

No stranger to the music industry, Buenos Aires-native Cisco Pema 's approach as a vocalist, bass player and composer lends itself well to virant live acoustic performance and studio sessions that are well worth diving into to boost your mood with some positive vibes.

Written by Music Traveler

Interview w/Wolfgang Muthspiel

Called “a shining light” among jazz guitarists by the New Yorker, and one of the top ten guitarists in the world according to Musicians Magazine, Muthspiel is known for his intuitive, probing style and penchant for improvisation that has made him one of the most influential jazz guitarists of our time.

Written by Music Traveler

Interview w/HILLARY KLUG

A cross between a mischievous character from Mark Twain’s America and a young Dolly Parton, Music Traveler ambassador Hillary Klug earned her chops on the fiddle as a full-time busker on her path to becoming an internationally renowned recording artist, the all-American buck dancing champion, and a YouTube star.

Written by Music Traveler

MT User Stories: DANAE

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Interview w/ALISA WEILERSTEIN

At age 29, cellist Alisa Weilerstein was awarded a MacArthur Foundation “genius grant” to take cello music to new heights. Although the award came to her as a surprise, Weilerstein, was well deserving of the accolade. Her phenomenal talent for interpreting compositions from the sixteenth century to modern times...

Written by Music Traveler

Give it up for Wolfgang Muthspiel, Music Traveler Ambassador!

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Music Traveler nominated for ArtTech Prize at the ArtTech Forum 2020

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Interview w/COTA BIGGBANG

For many of us Fukishima, like Chernobyl for a previous generation, sparked a call for action and a deep reflection on environmental issues. For German Chancellor Angela Merkel, it meant a moratorium on nuclear energy, for Cota Biggbang it meant composing HumanERROR, a career-defining album that spoke out against the Japanese government’s shortsigh

Written by Music Traveler

8 Iconic Berlin Venues Keeping the Music Alive!

It’s no secret that Berlin’s vibrant music scene is a huge part of what keeps the German capital at the top of the world’s “hippest city” lists.

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Interview w/EDOARDO LONGO CALGARI

Edoardo Longo Calgari’s beautiful Lichtenberg-based Soundrays Studio is the meeting point between his achievements as a music producer and co-founder of Berlin-based Cashmere Radio and his reputation for exciting mixing and recordings

Written by Music Traveler

Berlin's Legendary Music Shops

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Interview w/ MARCOS STEINEL

When Argentine-born producer Marcos Steinel first heard minimal techno, he dropped his life as an Ibiza-based DJ and moved to Berlin.

Band headquarters in Lichtenberg, Berlin

Looking for headquarters for you and your folks in Berlin? Check these amazing spaces we selected for you!

Written by Music Traveler

Amuse News is coming to your home!

The pilot episode of Amuse News goes live with the one and only Aleksey Igudesman.

Written by Music Traveler

Give it up for Yoojung Kim, Music Traveler Ambassador

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Marciano's v-log: drums recording pt. 2

Let's explore with Matteo Marciano, Music Technology Ambassador here at Music Traveler, the basics on how to record a full drumset.

Written by Music Traveler

A Saturday playlist to boost your weekend

Time to get down! Some of the most popular and hottest hip-hop party tracks.

Written by Giulio Falla

Marciano's v-log: drums recording pt. 1

Let's explore with Matteo Marciano, Music Technology Ambassador here at Music Traveler, the basics on how to record a full drumset.

Written by Giulio Falla

Matteo Marciano: Music Technology Ambassador

Music travelers from all over the world! We are glad to introduce to you Matteo Marciano, Music Technology Ambassador here at Music Traveler.

Written by Giulio Falla

Get Your Groove On

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Discover the City: Vienna

We love this city also for its many museums and monuments and of course iconic music venues such as the Musikverein and the Vienna State Opera. Viennese coffee houses are abundant and buzzing with creatives and tourists alike...just walking around gets us inspired to create music.

Written by Music Traveler

The Countdown to Re-opening Begins

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Staying Sane as a Musician in Lockdown

Music from Home

Revamping and Updating Your Host Listing

I'm a Music Traveler!

An interview with Co-Founder Aleksey Igudesman on Music Traveler

An Interview with Co-Founder, Julia Rhee: Viennese Startup revolutionizing the world

Written by Music Traveler

16 pro compositional tips that will 100% solve all your life problems

By Alex Tay, composer who has his life sorted out 100%

Build Performing Arts Communities

Innovation in Classical Music

Wiener Startup Music Traveler will die Musikwelt revolutionieren, Julia Rhee, Aleksey Igudesman

Wiener Startup Music Traveler will die Musikwelt revolutionieren, Julia Rhee, Aleksey Igudesman

Written by Barbara Duras

Host Spotlight: Meserole Sound

Marketing without money for musicians

The best music streaming services now

Practice Music Like A Pro

How to market yourself as a musician

Busking 101 - A No-nonsense Guide on How to Profit from your Skills

Reflecting on Life Balance

The Secret to Music Competition Preparation

How to Reduce Performance Anxiety

Day in the life of a Guildhall Student

Music Journalism

The Business Behind Classical Music

Host Spotlight: 244 Rehearsal Studios x Music Traveler

Announcing New Ambassador Clara Jumi Kang

Announcing New Ambassador Soyoung Yoon

Open Rehearsals

HOST SPOTLIGHT: CHANTAL BALESTRI

Meet our New Ambassador: Graham Gouldman

Host Spotlight: RedBird Studio