{"id":492,"date":"2016-12-29T21:50:15","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T21:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartcampus.net\/acpaf.at\/events\/competition_photo\/?page_id=492"},"modified":"2026-07-29T17:40:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T17:40:39","slug":"committee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/acpaf.eu\/de\/committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Komitee"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Diese Information kann nur auf Englisch<\/span><\/span> angezeigt werden.)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Organizing Committee members comprise:<\/p>\n

ARAUJO, Fernando<\/span><\/strong> \"Fernando<\/p>\n

Baritone Fernando Araujo was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where he began studying piano at the age of seven and composition at eleven. At the age of twelve he sang the role of the Third Spirit in a production of Mozart\u00b4s The Magic Flute in his native city. He studied Piano and Voice at Indiana University, Bloomington, and began his professional career as a vocal accompanist.<\/p>\n

Since recent years he develops a career as an opera and concert singer, and his repertoire already encompasses many of the leading roles for the baritone voice, such as: Papageno at the Munich Philharmonie, Escamillo at the Lithuanian National Opera, Rigoletto at the Festival Winds of Baikal in Russia, Marcello in the production of Anton Juan at the Samsung Hall in Manila, and Mozart\u00b4s Figaro in the production of Eike Gramss and Josef Wallnig with the Mozart Opern- Institut , Salzburg. He attended the Opera Studios of the Verbier Festival and the Pacific Music Festival in Japan and had the honor to sing under the baton of renowned conductors such as Dennis Russell Davies, Fabio Luisi, Ilmar Lapinsch and Hans Graf. At the Audit\u00f3rio Nacional de M\u00fasica in Madrid he sang in a benefit concert together together Ruggero Raimondi. In the Grandi Voci International Singing Competition under the patronage of Grace Bumbry he won both the Audience Award and the Verdi Award. Upcoming engagements include the roles of Germont in Verdi\u00b4s La Traviata and Amonasro in Aida at the Opernfestspiele Schloss Amerang in Germany, Figaro in Rossini\u00b4s Il Barbiere di Siviglia and the title role in the world-premiere of Hamlet by Ingo Kolonerics and Jeppe Jacobsen at the Skive Opera Festival in Denmark. In January 2019 Fernando will sing the baritone solo in Carl Orff\u00b4s Carmina Burana with the Philharmonie Salzburg at the Felsenreitschule. He is a soloist of the Salzburger Konzertgesellschaft, of the Kinderfestspiele and of the Oper im Berg Festival, and teaches in the Opera Dept. of the Mozarteum University, Salzburg.<\/p>\n

Prof. FERNANDES, Marialena<\/span><\/strong> \"Prof.<\/p>\n

Born in Mumbai, Marialena Fernandes has been since several years a recognized artist on the international scene. <\/p>\n

After acquiring her Licentiate Diploma of the Royal Schools of Music (LRSM), Fernandes completed her education from the Mumbai University in Psychology.<\/p>\n

Winner of the All India Beethoven Piano Competition, Fernandes was awarded a scholarship to the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, where she received her Diploma in Piano and Chamber Music Performance with unanimous distinctions.
\nHer Professors were Walter Panhofer, Bruno Seidlhofer, Tamas Vasary, Stanislav Neuhaus, Wilhelm Kempf.<\/p>\n

Solo, Chamber Music and Orchestra concerts in most European capitals followed, but also in USA, Australia, Africa and Asia. Annual TV and Radio broadcasts, CD recordings.<\/p>\n

1988-2006 Professor for Piano and Chamber Music at the Joseph Haydn Conservatory in Eisenstadt.<\/p>\n

Since 1991 Professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. Workshops, Masterclasses around the globe, Jury member at International Competitions. <\/p>\n

Artistic Director and International Program Curator in Crossover projects, in which Fernandes incorporates classical, jazz and world music fusions with an emphasis on Improvistion. Intercultural exchange between Students, Teachers and Audiences. <\/p>\n

Since 2007 Series Cycle \u201eUno, Due, Tre\u201c in the prestigious Musikverein in Vienna.
\nMusical Dialog between Educators, Students as well as Audience participation.<\/p>\n

Fernandes has initiated several Projects with Women Composers and Gender themes. <\/p>\n

In 2008 Marialena received the MIA Award for Woman with international background in the field of Art and Culture from the Austrian Ministry for Education and Culture.<\/p>\n

2010 took the artist for a Sabbatical as scholar as well as faculty to the USA at the University of Urbana Champaign in Illinois.<\/p>\n

2012 she was invited to participate at M.I.T Boston University in a Symposium on \u201eReconstructing Beethoven as Improvisor\u201c.<\/p>\n

2013 Fernandes attained the PhD degree from the University of Music and performing Arts Vienna. <\/p>\n

Since 2015 Fernandes has initiated a project called \u201eThe Quest for Passion\u201c which takes place annually in India, in which she incorporates musicians from Europe and India in dialog with each other; but also involving talented youth discussing diverse artistic themes.<\/p>\n

Maestro HAL\u00c1SZ, Michael<\/span><\/strong> \"Maestro<\/p>\n

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Prof. LESKOWITZ, Luz<\/span><\/strong> \"Prof.<\/p>\n

Prof. Luz Leskowitz was born in Salzburg and started to play violin at the age of six. At the age of thirteen, he was admitted to the Music-Academy in Vienna where he studied with Vasa Prihoda and later with Riccardo Odnoposoff. At the Mozarteum in Salzburg, he studied viola and violin with Ernst Wallfisch. After that he studied with Ernst Wallfisch in Lucerne and with Yehudi Menuhin in London. Luz started a successful career with concerts in Europe, the Far and the Middle East, Africa, the USA (New York – Carnegie recital-hall, Alice Tully hall in Lincoln Centre and New York Town Hall), Brasilia, Russia, Korea and Japan.<\/p>\n

Luz’s chamber music partners in the past and at present include Stefan Askenase, Paul Badura-Skoda, Wilhelm Kempff, Ingrid Haebler, J\u00f6rg Demus, Detlef Kraus, Jeremy Menuhin, Igor Oistrach, Alberto Lysy, Mstislav Rostropovitsch, David Geringas, Heinrich Schiff, Elly Ameling, Karl Leister, Hermann Baumann, Michala Petri, the Bart\u00f3k-Quartet, Voces-Quartet, Members of the Amadeus Quartet and many, many others.<\/p>\n

Inspired by the Menuhin Festival in Gstaad, Luz Leskowitz founded his first Chamber Music Festival in Germany, the Harzburger Musiktage in 1970. Motivated by the enormous success of his festival, he then founded 11 other International Chamber Music Festivals and Competitions in Austria, in Russia, in Korea, in Romania and all over Germany. Luz was the first and only one who started together with Hermann Baumann the \u201cFirst International Hand-Horn Competition\u201d. In 1979, he formed his own ensemble, the Salzburger Solisten. Since its formation, the ensemble performs regularly all over the world (Vienna-Musikverein, Amsterdam-Concertgebouw, London-Wigmore Hall, Milano \u2013 Verdi-Hall, Moscow \/ Conservatory etc.).<\/p>\n

Luz was invited to serve as jury in many competition, including the first Brahms-Competition in Hamburg, the \u201cInternational David Oistrakh Competition\u201d etc. and started the \u201cIntern. Salzburg-Mozart Chamber Music Competition\u201d in Tokyo. Luz had also taught in various master classes especially on classic and romantic chamber music repertoire, in different countries like Japan, Korea and Russia.<\/p>\n

Luz received from the Russian Government the \u201cLomonossov-Medaille\u201d for cultural engagement in and outside Russia, and from the President of the Republic of Austria the title \u201cProfessor\u201d for cultural engagement worldwide.<\/p>\n

Luz Leskowitz is playing on the Stradivari Violin \u201cEx Prihoda\u201d from 1707.<\/p>\n

Maestro PAP\u00d3CSI, R\u00f3bert<\/span><\/strong> \"Fernando<\/p>\n

Robert Papocsi wurde in Ungarn geboren, besuchte das Musikgymnasium in V\u00e1c und studierte anschlie\u00dfend Horn und Musikp\u00e4dagogik an der Hochschule in P\u00e9cs (Ungarn), wo er 1997 sein Diplom am Horn und 2003 mit Dirigieren (Hochschule in P\u00e9cs bei Karoly Neumayer) machte.
\nZuerst war er Musiklehrer, Lehrer f\u00fcr Blechblasinstrumente und Chorleiter an diversen Schulen und Musikschulen in Ungarn, sowie Leiter einiger Blaskapellen, mit denen er diverse Preise bei Wettbewerben gewann.<\/p>\n

Als Hornist war er zuerst im Budapester Operetten Theater, bei der Pannon Philharmonie P\u00e9cs und ab 2007 im Cairo Symphony Orchestra engagiert.<\/p>\n

Er nahm an einigen Dirigiermeisterkursen teil, unter anderem bei Bert Alders (Niederlande), Ronald Johnson und Lawrence Dale Harper (USA), sowie L\u00e1szlo Dohos (Ungarn).
\nSeit 2011 lebt Robert Pap\u00f3csi in Wien, wo er beim namhaften Dirigenten Michael Hal\u00e1sz (Wiener Staatsoper) weiter studierte und sein Dirigierstudium mit dem Masterstudium bei Christian Schulz am Richard Wagner Konservatorium abschloss. Neben 3 Blaskapellen, die er leitet, ist er bei diversen Orchestern t\u00e4tig.<\/p>\n

2016 engagierte Christian Schulz ihn als Assistent f\u00fcr die Oper “Baruch\u00b4s Schweigen” (komponiert von Ella Milch-Sheriff), die in Wien im Semperdepot uraufgef\u00fchrt wurde. Im Juni <\/p>\n

2017 dirigierte Robert Papocsi im Zuge des Vienna Summer Music Festivals die Oper “Suor Angelica” von G. Puccini.<\/p>\n

2017 dirigierte er das Symphonieorchester Nagykanizsa in Ungarn bei ihrem Neujahrskonzert mit gro\u00dfem Erfolg und wurde dort Chefdirigent.<\/p>\n

Im Dezember 2017 folgte dort ein weiters Konzert mit Kod\u00e1ly Werken (symphonische und chorische).<\/p>\n

Im Mai 2018 dirigierte Robert Papocsi sein Masterpr\u00fcfungskonzert im Palais Auersperg in Wien, wo die ganze “Fledermaus” von J. Strau\u00df aufgef\u00fchrt wurde.<\/p>\n

Im Juni war er wieder Teil des Vienna Summer Music Festivals, wo er die Assistenz bei der “Zauberfl\u00f6te” \u00fcbernahm.<\/p>\n

Mag. MAYER, Phoebe<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Managing Director, Salzburg College<\/p>\n

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Bgm. Ing. SABBATA-VALTEINER, Thomas<\/span><\/strong> \"Fernando<\/p>\n

Ing. Thomas Sabbata-Valteiner (born in 1974) has been Mayor of the market town of Pottendorf since 2005. Since his in charge of the office, many cultural activities like the New Year\u2019s Concert taking place annually with the Strauss-Festival-Orchestra Vienna are held in Pottendorf. The local muisc school has also been expanded to accommodate more than 250 students.<\/p>\n

Pottendorf is rich in history. The castle with a beautiful landscape garden, the first cotton mill on mainland Europe in 1802, the Rother Hof Museum, the 300 years old church (inaugurated in 1718) and the historic school building from 1929 are part of this great history of our community. History and culture is a mirror of our community and society which we look upon heavily.<\/p>\n

As Mayor, I am pleased that there is now the corporation between OCFMK and the market town Pottendorf with this year\u2019s activities held on 20 and 21 July 2018 in the ballroom of the market town Pottendorf, Alte Spinnerei 1.<\/p>\n

We look forward to the cooperation and the opportunity, especially of the youth, in facilitating the cultural exchange between our two nations! It is a unique opportunity we want to take together to develop mutual respect for culture and music!<\/p>\n

Mag. SCH\u00d6RKHUBER, Evelyn<\/span><\/strong> \"Mag.<\/p>\n

Evelyn Sch\u00f6rkhuber was born in Steyr, Austria and received her earliest musical training in Waidhofen\/Ybbs, where she made her very first stage appearance as a 15 year-old high school student, singing the roles of \u2018Papagena\u2019 in Mozart\u2019s \u201cMagic Flute,\u201d \u2018Susanna\u2019 in Mozart\u2019s \u201cMarriage of Figaro,\u201d and \u2018H\u00e4nsel\u2019 in Engelbert Humperdinck\u2019s \u201cH\u00e4nsel and Gretel.\u201dWhile still at the conservatory Johannesgasse in Vienna , Evelyn performed a number of different roles that are still part of her current repertoire in studio productions, including \u2018Frau Fluth\u2019 in the \u201cMerry Wives of Windsor\u201d by Otto Nicolai, \u2018Fiordiligi\u2019 in W. A. Mozart\u2019s \u201cCosi fan Tutte,\u201d \u2018Rosalinde\u2019 in \u201cDie Fledermaus\u201d by Johann Strau\u00df, and \u2018Tessa\u2019 in Gilbert and Sullivan\u2019s \u201cThe Gondoliers.\u201d During this same period, she also toured extensively with the Wiener Kammeroper (Vienna Chamber Opera), and the Seefestspielen M\u00f6rbisch throughout Europe, China and Japan, performing in front of large audiences. In the Kammeroper, she performed the roles of \u2018Ida\u2019 and \u2018Rosalinde\u2019 in \u201cDie Fledermaus\u201d (Conducted by Ernst Theiss, Richard Edlinger, Alexander Drcar, Director: Thomas Mitmann) and \u2018Barbara\u2019 and \u2018Annina\u2019 in \u201cEine Nacht in Venedig\u201d by Johann Strau\u00df (Conducted by: Ernst Theiss, Director: Thomas Mitmann). As an 18-year old student performing with the Seefestspielen M\u00f6rbisch, Evelyn took on the roles of the \u2018Electress\u2019s Maid of Honor\u2019 in \u201cDer Vogelh\u00e4nder by Carl Zeller (Conducted by: Rudolf Bibl, Director: Winfried Bauernfeind), and later, \u2018Annina\u2019 and \u2018Barbara\u2019 in \u201cEine Nacht in Venedig\u201d by Johann Strauss (Conductor: Rudolf Bibl, Richard Edlinger, Bernhard Schneider, Director: Helmuth Lohner.<\/p>\n

After completing her singing studies, Evelyn performed with the N\u00d6 Tonk\u00fcnstler at the Reionsberg Opera Festival, singing the role of the \u2018Erste Dame\u2019 in W.A. Mozart\u2019s \u201cMagic Flute\u201d (Conducted by Martin Sieghart, Director: Paola Viano) and later as \u2018Die K\u00f6nigin der Nacht,\u2019 also in Mozart\u2019s \u201cMagic Flute,\u201d at the Vienna Jugendstil Theater (Conductor: Andres Orozco-Estrada) and on tour through Japan. Another tour followed, singing as \u2018Saffi\u2019 in Johann Strauss\u2019s \u201cThe Gypsy Baron\u201d (\u201cDer Zigeunerbaron\u201d) (Conducted by Florian Samfir).
\nHer extensive concert performances with the Baroque ensemble \u201cTrinito,\u201d the \u201cLichtspiel\u201d duo, and the renowned \u201cVienna String Quartet\u201d (musicians from the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra) also led her to Spain, Japan, Iceland, Egypt, Israel, Hungary and Italy.<\/p>\n

Her professional performance included
\n–\tIn 2009 at the Studio des Teatro Real in Madrid as \u2018Alice Ford\u2019 in \u201cFalstaff\u201d by Giuseppe Verdi; as \u2018Hanna\u2019 in Franz Lehar\u2019s \u201cDie lustige Witwe\u201d (The Merry Widow) (Conducted by Jorge Rugio, director: Giancarlo del Monaco), as \u2018Alice Ford\u2019 in G. Verdi\u2019s \u201cFalstaff\u201d at the Auditorio de Tenerife, and in numerous concerts featuring a Claudio Monteverdi program in cities including Siguenza, Salamanca, Toledo, and Valencia, as a soloist with the \u201cEnsemble Mosaik,\u201d performing a program of arias by Georg Frideric H\u00e4ndel, and as third place winner at the Tournoi International de Musique in Paris, as the \u2018Erste Dame\u2019 in W.A. Mozart\u2019s \u201cThe Magic Flute\u201d on tour through Austria and Germany (Conducted by Pablo Boggiano, director: Robert Simma) etc.<\/p>\n

Mag. THURNHOFER, Hubert<\/span><\/strong> \"Mag.<\/p>\n

Being a professional in arts and culture, Mag. Hubert THURNHOFER was born on 11.3.1963 in M\u00fcrzzuschlag, Austria.<\/p>\n

1982-1987
\nStudy in University Vienna (Philosophie, Russisch)<\/p>\n

1987
\nDiploma, \u201eMusil als Philosoph\u201c<\/p>\n

11\/1989 – 6\/1994
\nLecturer at Deutsch und \u00f6sterreichische Landes- und Kulturkunde an der Linguistik Universit\u00e4t und an der Handels Universit\u00e4t, Moscow<\/p>\n

Since 1994
\nJournalist, Media Consultant, Communication Consultant in Wien
\nGalerist, Director des Kunstraums in den Ringstrassen Galerien, Wien
\nAuthor<\/p>\n

Books:
\n\u201eMusil als Philosoph\u201c
\n\u201eGanz M\u00fcrzzuschlag\u201c
\n\u201eGlaube Hoffnung Management. Entscheidungsfindung in Unternehmen\u201c
\n\u201eDas Testament des Damien First. Kunstkrimi\u201c
\n\u201eDie Kunstmarkt-Formel\u201c<\/p>\n

Prof. WALLNIG, Josef<\/span><\/strong> \"Prof.<\/p>\n

Josef Wallnig was born in Salzburg, Austria, he studied piano, composition and conducting (Hans Swarowsky) at the Academies of Music in Salzburg, Vienna and Rome.<\/p>\n

He worked as assistant of Karl B\u00f6hm at the Salzburg Festivals, where he later on (in 2006) conducted the early operas of W.A.Mozart (\u201cApollo et Hyacinthus\u201d and \u201cSchuldigkeit des Ersten Gebots\u201d).<\/p>\n

Since 1980 Josef Wallnig is professor for opera interpretation at the University of Music Mozarteum Salzburg; he was Chair of the Opera department as well as Vicerector of the Mozarteum. In 2006 he founded the Mozart Opera Institute MOI, which he developed to an international well known institution. In 2009 he conducted \u201cDon Giovanni\u201d in Peking , and in 2013 \u201cBastien and Bastienne\u201d in Macao.<\/p>\n

Josef Wallnig taught and conducted (masterclasses) in the USA, in Russia (at Bolshoi Theatre 2016), China, Korea, Egypt as well as in many European countries. He gives lectures at the Salzburg Festivals every year.<\/p>\n

In 2008 he received the doctorship of honour of the Academy of Music Vilnius\/Lithuania.<\/p>\n

2010 Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, First Class.<\/p>\n

Prof. WEBER, Andreas<\/span><\/strong> \"Prof.<\/p>\n

Andreas Weber studied piano with Prof. Karin Merle at the Musikhochschule K\u00f6ln\/Germany and Prof. Hans Leygraf\/Mozarteum Salzburg Austria, and further with E. Leonskaja, B.Seidlhofer and V.Margulis.<\/p>\n

Diploma in the international piano competition Tomassoni. He performs as a soloist and chamber musician throughout in Europe and Asia, especially with Trio Cartellieri and as partner with the violinist Albert Fischer. He holds master classes on music in music universities in Cincinnati\/United States, Belgium, Seoul, Gwangju\/Korea,Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Yamaha Center, Tokio, Beijing, Great Wall Academy at the National Academy of Music in Hanoi\/Vietnam and is also jury member in national and international competitions in Germany, Austria, Japan, China and Australia.<\/p>\n

CD productions with the Austrian cellist Hanna Spielb\u00fcchler (Brahms, Schubert, Franck) and Trio Cartellieri (Turina, Takacs, Piazzolla) and with Austrian violinist Albert Fischer (Mozart, Schubert and Brahms).<\/p>\n

Since 2002, Andreas Weber is professor for piano in the university \u201cMozarteum\u201d in Salzburg, Austria. Many of his students won first prizes in the national youth competitions of Germany and Austria and also won many prizes in renowned international piano competitions.<\/p>\n

Since 2005, he is head of the Leopold Mozart Institute, University Mozarteum Salzburg, and the representative for furthers exceptionally talented young musicians in their artistic development especially through international concert engagements.<\/p>\n

Since 2009 he is also professor at the International Summer Academy Mozarteum.<\/p>\n

Mag. ZHAO, Linhong<\/span><\/strong> \"Mag.<\/p>\n

Mag. Zhao Linhong is member of Chinese Artists Association. She studied at the Department of Art of Harbin Normal University where she received his Bachelor Degree. She studied at the Department of Applied Fine Arts, Munich School of Art, Germany From 1990 to 1997 where she received her Master Degree in art.<\/p>\n

In 1984, her work “Northeast girl” participating in the Sixth National Art Exhibition was granted the outstanding works award.<\/p>\n

In 1999, she set up the “Lin Hong Gallery” in Salzburg, and established Salzburg Chinesische Sprachschule and Salzburg Chinesisches Kulturzentrum in 2012.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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