The presentation concert of the scholarship holders of the newly created ensemble scholarship A (one-year) Start Up for Ensemble(s) took place in the impressive ambience of Schloss Leopoldskron at the beginning of April. In cooperation with "The International Society of Mozarteum University Salzburg", over 44.000 euros will be made available to students or graduates of the Mozarteum University Salzburg.
Maxim Vengerov becomes holder of the 1st endowed professorship at the Mozarteum University
many major orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic, the London Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, and the Chicago, Montreal, and Toronto Symphony Orchestras. Highlights of the 2018/19 season included the season opening performance of the Filarmonica della Scala Orchestra with Riccardo Chailly, as well as numerous recitals in the United States, China and Europe. He also served as Artist in Residence with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo and at the Paris Philharmonic. The Salzburg Festival presented Maxim Vengerov together with pianist Polina Osetinskaya in a soloist concert at the end of July 2019. Maxim Vengerov is passionate about training and nurturing young talent. He has held a variety of teaching positions worldwide and serves as an ambassador and visiting professor at the International Menuhin Music Academy in Switzerland. In the fall of 2016, he also assumed the Polonsky Visiting Professorship at the Royal College of Music in London. The artistic personality of Maxim Vengerov is illuminated by several documentaries, including "Playing by Heart" for Channel Four, shown at the 1999 Cannes Television Festival, and "Living the Dream," winner of the 2008 Gramophone Award for Best Documentary.