Piano*Fest*Austria welcomes pianists of all ages to Austria for a very special experience that you will never forget!  Each of you will have the opportunity, unique among Europe's summer music festivals, to study and perform Piano Concerti by Mozart, Haydn, or Beethoven with a professional chamber orchestra in historic settings much as the composers themselves experienced.

 

Austria!  Vienna!  Salzburg!  These names are synonymous with classical music and conjure up images unlike anywhere else in the world.  Not surprisingly, musical study in this environment, steeped in the tradition and culture of the great masters, brings a level of inspiration and insight unequaled.  In fact, we've frequently heard the phrase "life-altering experience" as our participants depart.   

 

 

No doubt you have already experienced that, at most of the world's piano competitions and festivals, only the winner gets to play with orchestra, often after only a couple of brief rehearsals.  Piano*Fest*Austria has designed a program to fill that unfortunate gap in a pianist's artistic training. Through a series of rehearsals with a professional chamber orchestra all our pianists will learn how to perform with a chamber orchestra and through this process develop an authentic interpretation which brings out the character of these extraordinary works.