ABOUT VSMF
The Vienna Summer Music Festival aims to provide its participants with the highest quality of instruction taught by renowned faculty from such institutions as the Vienna State Opera, Vienna Philharmonic, and Vienna Symphony. Festival participants will engage in performances, coachings, master classes, academic classes, and lessons. The Vienna Summer Music Festival is an experience that will expose participants to an entirely new level of professionalism, and will prepare students for a career in classical music.
THE FESTIVAL
The Vienna Summer Music Festival is a unique, once in a lifetime opportunity to explore the musical culture and heritage of Vienna while honing your craft and furthering your classical music education! The Vienna Summer Music Festival offers music students from a variety of performance and academic backgrounds an exclusive experience in a breathtaking and historic setting.
Live in the cities that brought us the effervescent music of Mozart, and the transcendent works of Beethoven. Live where the legends lived, and learn from the best! Students at the Vienna Summer Music Festival will receive coachings, master classes, classroom instruction, and private lessons from leading professionals and members of the finest music institutions including the Vienna State Opera, Vienna Philharmonic, and the Vienna Symphony. To further supplement their education, students have the additional opportunity to engage in lectures from distinguished guest artists on a variety of engaging topics.
We all know how important it is to invest in our education as classical musicians. The Vienna Summer Musical Festival provides top notch training and education, and the once in a lifetime opportunity to come face to face with classical music’s inspiring heritage in one of Europe’s of the most culturally dazzling cities.
Ehrbar saal
PERFORMANCE SPACE
Mühlgasse 28, 1040 Wien, Austria
Located within the Palais Ehrbar, this 19th Century concert hall has played host to some of the most influential names in music, including Johannes Brahms, Arnold Schoenberg and Gustav Mahler. Originally built for a piano manufacturer, the building became home to a music conservatory in 1911. The Ehrbar Saal is exquisitely decorated in the Italian Renaissance style and possesses a beautiful acoustic. It played a significant role in the musical world of Vienna at the end of the 19th and early 20th Centuries, an era of great cultural sophistication, and premiered works by some of the leading musicians of the day.
MUSIK QUARTIER
REHEARSAL SPACE
Mariahilfer Str. 51, 1060 Wien, Austria
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For the first two weeks of the festival, all rehearsals and activities will take place at the Musik Quartier. This wonderful facility includes three large staging spaces, many practice rooms, and a community kitchen where our participants can store food. Our lessons, lectures, and rehearsals will take place here. It located on one of the main shopping districts in Vienna.
The
Social Hub
FESTIVAL HOUSING
Nordbahnstraße 47, 1020 Wien, Austria
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The Social Hub has many locations throughout Europe. As a festival we have been using this facility since 2022. It is centrally located in the second district of Vienna and about a seven minute commute to St. Stephen's Cathedral, where Mozart was married. You can a take a train directly from the airport (VIE) and arrive at Praterstern which is about a five min walk to The Social Hub. The hotel also features a restaurant, free laundry facilities, a gym, study spaces, bike rentals, and a coffee. Single units are available with a private bathroom and shower. Group units are also available up to four people per room and also feature a private bathroom and shower.
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