Culture favorite Michael Schade: Melk becomes a baroque stronghold!

Culture favorite Michael Schade: Melk becomes a baroque stronghold!

Michael Schade, the celebrated tenor, will be the director of the international baroque days in the Melk Abbey by 2030, an important cultural highlight of Lower Austria. "We have a lot plans," emphasizes Schade, who sees himself as a "cultural-talking" and attaches great importance to the detailed work behind the scenes. Its responsibility also includes the selection of the festival wine and communication with the support association, which he attached great importance to. Too bad will continue to work with the renowned Concertus Musicus, an orchestra in Residence, which was founded by Nikolaus Harnoncourt. It should occur not only during the festival, which takes place from June 6th to 9th

The baroque days that are under the motto "Maria moves ..." are a platform for outstanding musical achievements. Too bad, the premiere of the reverse of the "Melker Marienlied" by Johannes Schachtner emphasizes. The program design also offers an exciting mix-from prominent artists such as Pablo Heras-Casado and the young singer Shira Patchornik to new discoveries such as Anita Monserrat from the Vienna State Opera Opera Studio. "One highlight after another" awaits the audience, and Schade is looking forward to the upcoming appearances and the discussions according to the concerts that contribute to an engagement between artists and the audience, “as reports [SN.AT].

artistic vision and commitment

Schade, who also has a deep sense of the training of young talents, continues to work for innovative projects. Among other things, he launched a competition that offers the youngsters better chances, with prize money of 5,000 euros for the winner of the Heinrich Schmelzer competition. The international importance of the festival is said to be characterized by an artistic direction that not only offers traditional performances. He promises to be "loud and cheeky", and thus deviates from the usual festival design to make the cultural event more exciting, as he underlined in an interview that [wienerzeitung.at] also cited.

With a European tour that "Carmina Burana" will present in cities such as Lucerne and Cologne, it shows that his passion for music and commitment to culture are unbroken. Melk, a place for the tenor, where he feels at home, will continue to play a central role in his artistic career, which ensures the future of baroque days under his direction.