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The three finalists of the 2023 Herbert von Karajan Young Conductors Award have been chosen
Chaired by Manfred Honeck, Music Director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the jury chose eight candidates (two female, six male) in February as semi-finalists for the eleventh edition of the renowned competition, which takes place every two years. This year, there were 323 applications from 54 nations. Tobias Wögerer (Austria), photos SF/Jan Friese Yesterday, the…
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The Salzburg Festival mourns the death of Jürgen Flimm
“Jürgen Flimm, one of the most important and successful stage and theatre directors in the German-language region, left his mark on the Salzburg Festival in many ways. Directing operas and plays, he enjoyed triumphal success with audience and critics alike. As the Festival’s director of drama, he created highlights such as a new Jedermann and championed young…
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The Salzburg Festival’s Audio-Visual Collection in the National Austrian “Memory of the World”
30 years ago, in 1992, UNESCO founded the programme “Memory of the World”, which aims to support worldwide efforts to preserve documents and accessibility of information. Since 2014 the Austrian UNESCO Commission has maintained the National Austrian Documentary Heritage Registry, which lists documents and collections of documents of outstanding importance for Austrian history. Riccardo Muti,…
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Salzburg Festival Donates 100,000 Euro to Charities
The Salzburg Festival opened the dress rehearsals for Jedermann and Die Zauberflöte to the public this year, donating the proceeds to charity. Left to right: Artistic Director Markus Hinterhäuser, Mag. Johannes Dines (Director, Caritas Salzburg), Festival President Dr. Kristina Hammer, Mag. Stefan Schwabeneder (pro mente Salzburg), Executive Director Mag. Lukas Crepaz, photo SF “The Salzburg Festival wants to…