The 2022/23 season ushered in the debut of David Holzinger at the Theatre in Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany featuring the Brandenburger Symphony Orchestra. The work conducted was Bataclan, the one act operetta by Jacques Offenbach, staged by Theatre and Stage Director Alexander Busche. The 1855 premiered masterpiece came to quick and wide success because…

After the tragic loss of the conductor and founder of the Beethoven plus Festivals – Karolos Trikolidis – a decision about the new leadership of this cultural heritage needed to be made. For five years Karolos Trikolidis was working on preserving classical music as one of the Salzkammergut regions cultural identity and to also bring…

At the Summer Night’s Gala Concert in St. Pölten the audience experienced a memorable evening on the 3rd of July, with a varied program of drama and joy. Internationally acclaimed soprano Natalia Ushakova and her colleague, mezzosoprano Yulia Savrasova excited the audience with masterpieces by W.A. Mozart, G. Verdi, G. Donizetti, A. Dvorak, T. Ambroise…

Upon invitation David Holzinger will revisit Bulgaria to conduct a Summer Concert with soloists and the Orchestra of the State Opera Rousse on the 29th of June 2022. The program of the concert emphasizes the cultural – cross-country relations between Bulgaria, Romania and Austria. Works for orchestra and voice by renowned composers such as Petko…

The demanding program of the “European Conducting Masterclass” from February 28th until March 4th 2022, presented a particularly professional challenge for the chosen 12 contestants. No less than Béla Bartóks Concerto for Orchestra, Antonín Dvoráks Symphony Nr. 7 and Anton Bruckners Symphony Nr. 4 were rehearsed. The conductors of this, rigidly Covid-regulated, masterclass were accompanied…

Gioachino Rossini’s “Petite Messe solennelle” was one of his last works and was composed long after his most intense creative period. He completed it next to a large variety of pieces – which he himself ironically called “sins of old age” – “… the unfortunately last sin of old age” (Rossini wrote on the inlay…

He is guest conductor and professor of conducting courses all over the world, including Paris, London, Amsterdam, Moscow, New York, Tanglewood, Aspen, Ottawa and Sydney. Jorma Panula has been a teacher and mentor to a strong and successful generation of Finnish conductors such as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Mikko Franck, Sakari Oramo, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Osmo Vänskä and…

After a one year Covid related pause, the “Beethoven plus Festival 2021” made a triumphant return to its audience this summer. Following internationally acclaimed soloists Ariane Haering, Benjamin Schmid and Matthias Bartolomey performing Beethoven’s Triple Concerto the week prior, a rare gem of the Viennese classical period sparked on the 10th of August. Fraternity, Equality,…

The fortress “Baba Vida”, on the shores of the Danube was once the main rampart of Vidin, a city in the high north-west of Bulgaria. On the 9th of July 2021, surrounded by the cooling stones of the castle wall and under a cloudless summer evening sky, a music gala took place. Conducted by David…

The turbulent times of the worldwide pandemic kept quite something unexpected up their sleeve. They brought an unhoped-for debut with the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra. Due to the suddenly prevented Maestro Sascha Götzel – regular guest conductor of Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra – David Holzinger stepped in for the concert performance. Together with members of the Vienna…