Outstanding young wind musicians from all over Austria, Liechtenstein and South Tyrol will be invited to Salzburg to perform opera melodies and symphonic repertory as well as traditional polkas and marches, under the baton of Lars Michael Stransky. This thriving collaboration between the Salzburg Festival, the Vienna Philharmonic, the Salzburg State Association of Wind Bands and the Austrian Wind Music Youth Organization is now in its 19th season.