Young Singers Project

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. Public master classes, the participation in Festival productions of the 2013 season and the performance of a final concert make the Young Singers Project a young artist program considered an international benchmark.

The YOUNG SINGERS PROJECT 2013 is complete. The top 21 talents have been chosen from more than 400 young singers.

Director of YSP
Toni Gradsack
t.gradsack@salzburgfestival.at

Members of the YSP

Soprano:
Theresa Dittmar (Austria)
Kiandra Howard (Australia)
Estelle Poscio (Switzerland)
Chiara Skerath (Switzerland)
Siobhan Stagg (Australia)

Mezzo-soprano:
Sofiya Almazova (Russia)
Benedetta Mazzucato (Italy)
Sophie Rennert (Austria)

Tenor:
Aco Aleksander Bišćević (Slovenia)
Johannes Dunz (Germany)
Gitai Fisher (Israel)
Martin Piskorski (Austria)
Aaron Sheppard (Canada)

Baritone:
Domen Krizaj (Slovenia)
Iain MacNeil (Canada)
Iurii Samoilov (Ukraine)
Philippe Spiegel (Austria)

Bass:
Antonio Di Matteo (Italy)
Peter Kellner (Slovakia)
Roberto Lorenzi (Italy)
Christoph Seidl (Austria)

Open Masterclasses with KS Christa Ludwig, Thomas Hampson and Helmut Deutsch

July 30, 2013, 02:00 pm: Christa Ludwig – Große Universitätsaula
August 09, 2013, 11:00 am: Thomas Hampson – Große Universitätsaula
August 27, 2013, 11:00 am: Helmuth Deutsch – Große Universitätsaula

LECTURER
Prof. Jane Thorner Mengedoht, Vocal Coach

CONDUCTORS
Ben Gernon (Winner of the Young Conductors Award of the Salzburg Festival 2013)
Kai Röhrig

DIRECTOR OF STUDIES
Gaiva Bandzinaite

MUSICAL COACHING
Luca De Marchi
Kai Röhrig

Final Concert

Friday, August 23, 9:00 p.m.,
Residenzhof

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

For more details please follow this link.

Tickets for the Final Concert may be booked at the ticket office.

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.