New Music Festivals as Agorai–Their Formation and Impact on Warsaw Autumn, Festival d’Automne in Paris, and Wien Modern Since 1980

This study claims to be the first in Musicology to pursue the topic using a methodically complex and multidimensional approach. It captures the International––especially the European––scene of new (art-)music for the first time transnationally and mediates, starting from Austria, between national cultures of music research and its neighboring disciplines. The large audience survey from 2014 is a central part of this project. The research team developed a set of ca. 35 questions and conducted the survey at 14 events in Paris, Vienna, and Warsaw.