A week of chamber music for young musicians aged 8 to 18 at Zell an der Pram Castle in Upper Austria. The course accepts only ensembles formed before registration, from duos upward: string trios and quartets, duos, trios and quartets with piano, and groups with flute. There are no individual registrations, and groups are not formed on site.
Each ensemble has a daily lesson of at least 40 minutes, depending on the instrumentation. The week includes a workshop concert and the public final concert in the castle’s fresco hall.
The teachers select who performs. Supervisors look after the students from morning to bedtime and run the leisure program. Faculty: Eberhard Staiger and Heidi Eidenberger (violin), Raphael Brunner, Mirjam Brüllmann and Isabel Schneider (violin and viola), Verena Breitfuß and Marlene Duschlbauer (cello), Elisabeth Eschwe, Gerhard Hofer, Cornelia Steinschaden-Wögerer, Stephanie Timoschek-Gumpinger, Markus Urbas and Felix Urthaler (piano), Andrea Mairhofer (flute).
Course fee from €390, plus a €140 administration fee. Accommodation at the castle from €407. External participants are accepted in exceptional cases.