Young Singers Project

Young Singers Project – a cultural engagement of Credit Suisse

With the Young Singers Project, the Salzburg Festival has created a high-carat platform to support rising young singers in 2008. Young singers are selected through international auditions for the Young Singers Project and work with Festival artists as part of their scholarship in Salzburg. Tuition includes not only musical aspects, but also scenic rehearsals, diction coaching and repertoire expansion. These encounters and the practical application within the framework of the Festival make the YSP an education programme that serves as an international model. 

The members of the Young Singers Project will perform as part of Opera viva and of Die Zauberflöte für Kinder (The Magic Flute for Children) and also appear in productions of the 2012 Festival Season.   

Four master classes led by major Festival artists are open to the public. In a final concert at the Mozarteum, the young singers present themselves to their audience.

Director
Toni Gradsack
t.gradsack@salzburgfestival.at

Participants 2012
Maria Celeng, Soprano (Slovakia)
Anat Edri, Soprano (Israel)
Olag Pudova, Soprano (Russia)
Valda Wilson, Soprano (Australia)
Adriana di Paola, Mezzo-soprano (Italy)
Hagar Sharvit, Mezzo-soprano (Israel)
Andreas Früh, Tenor (Switzerland)
Manuel Günther, Tenor (Germany)
Clemens Kerschbaumer, Tenor (Austria)
Mauro Peter, Tenor (Switzerland)
Paul Schweinester, Tenor (Austria)
Philippe Sly, Baritone (Canada)
Philippe Spiegel, Baritone (Austria)
Zoltan Nagy, Bass-baritone (Hungary)
Jan Stava, Bass (Czech Republic)
David Steffens, Bass (Germany)

Open Masterclasses

with Thomas Hampson, Christa Ludwig, Michael Schade and Helmut Deutsch;
Prof. Jane Thorner Mengedoht, Vocal Coach

Dates and venues will be announced later. 
Admission tickets are available in the Box Office of the Salzburg Festival.

Final Concert

Sunday, August 19, 6:00 p.m.,
Stiftung Mozarteum – Großer Saal

Final Concert of the Young Singers Project
Participants of the Young Singers Project
Theodor Guschlbauer, Conductor
Camerata Salzburg

Tickets for the Final Concert may be booked here.

From 2008 on, working for and with the younger generation is one of the focal points of the Salzburg Festival program. Everybody complains that parents and schools are failing to educate children and teenagers about and for art. Many lament that the “event” is the only thing that counts these days. Others despair because the so-called “high culture” seems to be aging with its audiences. The Festival, however, will take action. On the one hand, we will actively promote young artists – our most spectacular project is the Young Singers Project. On the other hand, we want to cultivate a new audience. Youth camps, affordable youth tickets, student projects and accompanying events specifically aimed at younger audiences are meant to inspire and develop their joy and understanding of music.