More hours per week

“Million show” in the local music schools

In Lower Austria, the high art of culture begins with the youngest.

(Bild: Hronek Eveline)

Funding for 125 educational establishments in Lower Austria will be increased by three million euros this year. This will primarily benefit children and young people.

That sounds good: at its first meeting after the Easter vacations, the state government decided on Tuesday to increase funding for music schools. The 125 institutions between Enns and Leitha thus have 40.7 million euros at their disposal in the current budget year. This represents a proud increase of around nine percent.

The increase in music school funding means that more children and young people in the state can take advantage of musical education.

Tamara Ofenauer-Haas, Leiterin Musikschul Management

33,000 hours per week in Lower Austria
The wide province is a national leader in musical education and training: even though there are officially "only" 125 music and art schools in the province, there is a location in 505 of the 573 blue and yellow municipalities. Here, 2,200 teachers teach more than 60,000 pupils - in as many as 33,000 lessons per week!

According to Governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner, the increased budget is intended to underline the importance of the arts in the province. The money will be distributed by the MKM, a subsidiary of the Lower Austrian cultural region.