Program
Each year 2-3 workshops are provided to the artists and ensembles. You will find more information about the facilitators by clicking HERE
Besides the actual workshops the Career Advancement Program will offer some additional aspects, such as:
- financial support for individual projects in 2026 (for 2-4 participants/groups)
- meeting conductors, presenters and other people from the industry
- individual career counseling throughout the year
2024
Workshop Summer 2024, Zurich
Personal Branding, Media Relations, Content Creation | Simone Dollmann
Artist Branding, Artist Profiles and Artist Materials | Andreas Vierziger
Time Management and Productivity | Andreas Vierziger
Contracts I (concert sector incl. agency, management, label) | Knut Eigler
Contracts II (incl. collecting societies, publishers) | Knut Eigler
Individual consulting sessions | Simone Dollmann
Individual consulting sessions | Thomas Pfiffner and Andreas Vierziger
2024
Workshop Winter 2024, Vienna
Welcome Address and Career Advancement Program Overview | Thomas Pfiffner
Perception, decision making, strengths, soft skills, personality & selling & branding - I | Patrick Magyar
Concert at Vienna Musikverein | Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Yuja Wang
Perception, decision making, strengths, soft skills, personality & selling & branding - II | Patrick Magyar
Music Management – Introduction I | Andreas Vierziger
Music Management – Introduction II | Andreas Vierziger
Individual consulting sessions | Thomas Pfiffner, Patrick Magyar, Andreas Vierziger
2023
Individual Projects
2022
Workshop Autumn 2022, Paris
Identifying Red Flags and Saying No | Andreas Vierziger
Digital Strategies in the Classical Music Industry (individual sessions) | Melanie Lechmann
Individual consulting sessions | Thomas Pfiffner, Andreas Vierziger
Speaking in Public | Tim Carroll
Physical Confidence | Alexis Milligan
Bringing it all together on stage | Tim Carroll & Alexis Milligan
Closing Concert | Participants
2022
Workshop Spring 2022, Vienna
New Concert Formats in Classical Music | Andreas Vierziger
Contracts I (concerts, agencies/management, label) | Knut Eigler
Contracts II (incl. collecting / performing rights societies, publishers) | Knut Eigler
Dealing with the media, journalists, interview techniques | Axel Brüggemann
HPL High Performance Lifestyle | Patrick Magyar
Individual consulting sessions | Thomas Pfiffner, Andreas Vierziger
Concert at Vienna Konzerthaus | Camerata Salzburg, Renaud Capuçon | Meetings with Matthias Naske (Intendant, Konzerthaus Wien) and Andreas Bräunig (Managing Director, Camerata Salzburg)
Concert at Vienna Musikverein | Wiener Philharmoniker, Kiril Gerstein
2015 - 2020
various workshops and individual projects
Take a look at our former participants and our facilitators.
2021
Workshop Autumn 2021, online
Welcome Address | Rudolf Ehrbar, President of Günther Caspar Stiftung
Information on individual projects | Thomas Pfiffner
Artist Branding in the classical music industry | Andreas Vierziger
Branding: your experiences | Patrick Magyar
Artist Material | Andreas Vierziger
Discussion: ”Selling“ and branding on digital media | Patrick Magyar
Individual consulting sessions | Thomas Pfiffner, Andreas Vierziger
2021
Workshop Spring 2021, online
Welcome Address and Career Advancement Program Overview | Thomas Pfiffner
Career Management | Andreas Vierziger
An Introduction to Branding | Patrick Magyar
Individual consulting sessions | Thomas Pfiffner, Andreas Vierziger
Individual consulting sessions: Branding | Patrick Magyar