The Salzburg Festival has announced the three finalists for the Herbert von Karajan Young Conductors Award 2023. Chaired by Manfred Honeck, Music Director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the jury chose eight candidates (two female, six male) in February as semi-finalists for the eleventh edition of the renowned competition, which takes place every two years. This year, there were 323 {…}

The Salzburg Festival has released a statement denying the allegations that workers were unpaid for their work. The Festival said, “the Salzburg Festival denies the accusations levied by Mr. Ablinger-Sperrhacke, among others, in the press release dated November 11, 2022. The facts are as follows: the Salzburg Festival was the only major festival in the world to take place in {…}