Born in 1950 is Salzburg, he has lived in Hallstatt since 1994, studied at the Mozarteum University of Music and Performing Arts, assistant to Prof Günther Schneider Siemssen. Director, stage designer, lighting, projection and costume designer at major national and international opera houses such as the Salzburg festival theatre, the Seattle opera, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Monte Carlo, etc. Organisation and overall artistic direction of events such as Placido Domingo’s Sonadores de Espana,
Expo 92, Klangwellen Wörthersee and Bonn, “Hallmania” Hallstatt, and many more. In 1994, he was appointed professor of lighting design at the university of Helsinki. Master classes in Austria, Germany, Spain, Finland, USA and Korea.
Peter WesenAuer
Born 1966 in Bad Aussee; lives in Hallstatt; studied composition and conducting in Salzburg, Vienna and Munich, under Boguslav Schäffer, Luther Henderson, Ennio Morricone, Hans Graf, Salvatore Mas Conte and Michael Gielen, among others. He was director of the RUBATO ensemble from 1991 until 2000 (ensemble for contemporary music). Since 2002 he has been artistic director of the “Sinfonietta da Camera Salzburg”. Peter WesenAuer has been a freelance composer and conductor since 1996 and is known for his expressive interpretations of a wide-ranging repertoire, as well as for his creative programming.
Dir. Peter Brugger
Born 1960 in Bad Ischl, studied music at the Bruckner Conservatory in Linz under Wilhelm Trübler, at the Mozarteum in Salzburg under Alfons Kontarsky and under Claude Helffer in Paris. Since 1992 he has been the director of the regional music college in Bad Goisern and initiator of the master classes, which have brought thousands of students from the entire world to the Salzkammergut. His daring for unusualness, and his preference to re-experience music by means of opening up to other artistic directions have marked his
successful performances from East Asia to Brazil.
