New Classical Society

Founded in Salzburg in 2025 by Paula Heise and Erik Aren Schroeder, the New Classical Society's concerts and events showcase music, old and new, that takes inspiration from past eras and the European classical tradition. From Mozart's reworkings of Handel to the neoclassical works of Stravinsky and new music grounded in historical styles, the New Classical Society aims to bridge the past and present and sustain a living, (neo)classical tradition.

In borrowing a form already established and consecrated, the creative artist is not in the least restricting the manifestation of his personality. On the contrary, it is more detached and stands out better when it moves within the definite limits of convention. Igor Stravinsky

Does it betoken an impoverishment of our resources that we must have recourse to the past? On the contrary, it reaffirms our links with the past, our traditions and roots. Leonard Bernstein