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Hildegard Starlinger
Hildegard Starlinger has taught at the Orff Institute since 2014. Her artistic and pedagogical work focuses on the interaction of language, music, movement and expression, with particular emphasis on creativity, interdisciplinary practice and respectful collaboration.
Before studying acting at the Franz Schubert Conservatory, Hildegard Starlinger completed nursing training in Salzburg, as well as earning a diploma in law and communication at the Paris Lodron University Salzburg. Her acting career has taken her to institutions including the Salzburg and Bregenz State Theatres, the Salzburg Festival and the Bregenz Festival, as well as to independent theatres in Austria, Germany and South Tyrol.
Since 2003, Starlinger has developed her own interdisciplinary productions, combining language — including sign language — with music, dance and video. In recognition of this work, she received an award from the Pro Salzburg Landeskulturstiftung in 2017. As a director, she is known for contemporary and socially engaged interpretations of literary and theatrical works, including Chorphantasie by Gert Jonke and wir schlafen nicht by Kathrin Röggla. Among her notable projects are the 2018 film Stille Nacht, created for the Salzburg Museum with a sign-language choir, and the campaign film freiwillig ist anders for the Salzburg Women’s Emergency Hotline.
Alongside her stage and directing work, Starlinger is active as a speaker for ORF, organises literary readings, and gives seminars and lectures on voice, language and expression for educational institutions and professional organisations. From 2008 to 2014, she worked at the Salzburg University of Education as lecturer for voice and language and as cultural officer, where she also began international teaching activities. Since 2012, she has taught speech training for singers at the Tyrolean State Conservatory and, since 2014, acting for singers. In this context, she also teaches vocal pedagogy students at the Mozarteum University Salzburg.