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Axel Hiller becomes Diector of Concert and Media at the Salzburg Festival

On May 1, 2025, Axel Hiller (bass in the Vienna Singverein) will take over the management of the “Concert and Media” department at the Salzburg Festival.

Axel Hiller has been Head of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra's Artistic Operations Office since 2020. Further professional stations brought the trained business economist and musicologist to the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra and the Austrian Cultural Forum Washington DC, among others. 

Our warmest congratulations!

 

Agnes Schnabl wins Choral conducting competition

Agnes Schnabl, formerly member of Wiener Singverein and a graduate of Johannes Prinz´s choral conducting class at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, won the first prize at the internationally acclaimed competition for choral conductors "London International Choral Conducting Competition". 
We congratulate her warmly!

Gustav Mahler´s 8th Symphony in Vienna Konzerthaus

This week, one of the biggest choral works will be performed in Vienna Konzerthaus.  

On November 7th, 9th and 10th, the Vienna Singverein will perform Gustav Mahler´s 8th Symphony "Symphonie der Tausend" together with the Vienna Boy´s Choir (Director: Erasmus Baumgartner), Vienna Singakademie (Director: Heinz Ferlesch), eight soloists and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. The musicians share the stage with their former Chief conductor Philippe Jordan. 

Schicksalslied and Lobgesang to Re-listen

The celebratory concert for Arnold Schönberg's 150th birthday on September 13, 2024 was broadcast by ORF III and is available at the following link:

Gurre-Lieder auf ORF III

Fairness for all voices

from "Musikfreund, March 2024":

"Away from the heavy choir, towards the lighter, transparent sound that is in demand internationally today" - this is the motto of the success story of the Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna under the direction of Johannes Prinz. On March 10, there will be a reunion in the large Musikvereinssaal under his baton.

To the Musikfreund article