The University of Mozarteum has a new rector. In April 2026, Constanze Wimmer recorded her office. It was chosen from a triple proposal by the University Council of the Salzburg Music and Art University.
The university professor of Constanze Wimmer will be the new rector at the University of Mozarteum Salzburg. The University Council has chosen it from a proposal of three ways of the Senate for the April 2026 to March 2030. Wimmer is following Elisabeth Gutjahr, the university with its around 2,000 students since 2018. A total of four candidates were invited to the hearing.
Wimmer is currently a professor of music and art education and since 2020 vice-permission for education, international, sustainability, gender and diversity at the University of Music and Performing Art Graz. She studied musicology, journalism and cultural management, obtained her PhD in music education at the University of Music and played Art Vienna and worked in concert and cultural education for many years.
Wimmer is satisfied in a first statement about the confidence that is shown to her: “The University of Mozarteum has carried out an impressive opening in recent years. In addition to a broad portfolio of study areas, the brave and innovative spaces of the experiment has opened,” says the prospective Principal.
Source: Krone
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