Newsletter May 2008
Eight years of Haus der Musik
Eight years of Haus der Musik. The museum of sound and music, which is unique in Europe, opened its doors in June 2000. Since then, more than one million people have visited us, and over the last three years the trend has been strongly upwards. With around 16,000, March 2008, for example, was the busiest month in the museum's history. The number of international visitors has risen, as have the crowds of young music enthusiasts and their families visiting us. Our beefed-up live music programme and expanded programme of guided tours for schools and children have no doubt contributed to this success.
Our motto to mark the occasion is: "Visit Haus der Musik for 8 Euros in its 8th year". We will be celebrating with a concert by the shooting star of the Irish music scene, JAPE, on 31 May and a children's concert by Marko Simsa on 6 June. Those attending a concert will also receive a free ticket for the museum.
And there's good news on this front too: the Vienna Sound Museum's glass-roofed courtyard has been given a new designer interior that makes it almost impossible for visitors not to linger in the café.
A little while ago a combined ticket was launched for the four museums belonging to the Haus der Musik's parent company Wien Holding, the other three being: Mozarthaus Vienna (for which a combined ticket has been available for some time), KunstHausWien incorporating the Hundertwasser Museum and the Jewish Museum Vienna, the only museum of its kind anywhere in the world.
Our current programme has something for everyone: a small but beautifully formed exhibition focusing on national anthems to celebrate the Euro 2008 football tournament, appearances by Novi Sad and H3M, and last but not least the children's concert by Marko Simsa.
 | Celebrate with Haus der Musik Highlight of the month JAPE - tickets 8 Euros including museum visit.
The Sound Museum is celebrating its eighth birthday. For 8 Euros, not only visitors can attend a concert by Jape or Marko Samsa, they will also receive a free ticket to visit the Haus der Musik museum. |
 | 16 national anthems National anthems for Euro 2008
The starting whistle for this small but beautifully formed exhibition in the foyer of Haus der Musik will be blown on 10 May. The exhibition presents the national anthems of all the 16 countries participating in Euro 2008 in sound, song and image. In cooperation with Austrian national broadcasting corporation (ORF), a film medley will be shown featuring each of the national teams. |
 | Live on Stage programme - highlights from May to August Novi Sad, Agnes Milewksi, Netnakisum and Garish
Haus der Musik is offering its fans some real rarities in the "Live on Stage" live concert series in the Sound Museum over the coming months. |
 | "Wann i amoi stirb" - or death is a Viennese master H3M will be making a guest appearance at Haus der Musik on 17.05.2008
"Wann i amoi stirb" ("If I should die one day...") is the deliberately ironic title of the new show by H3M, which turns its back on tradition and sets sail for new musical shores. |
 | Philip the Frog The theme of Marko Simsa's children's concert on 1 June is "Philip the Frog and the Secret of Water"
Since birth, Philip the Frog has grown up with water and with all its noises and variety: the babbling brook, the rhythmic drumming of raindrops, the stillness of the spring and the splash he makes when he jumps into the pond to cool down. |
 | Vienna Museum Melange The new combined ticket for the museums in the Wien Holding Group
"The 'Vienna Museum Melange' is a service that is of equal interest to the travel industry and the population of Vienna", declared finance and economics councillor and deputy mayor Renate Brauner on the new ticket offer. |