Here is a rendition of the SCL Festival Anthem, Music by Michael Rüggeberg; Words by Gero Friedrich, at the Summa Cum Laude International Youth Music Festival 2023 in Vienna at the Wiener Konzerthaus. The ensemble is conducted by our Artistic Director Saul Zaks.
Each year one ensemble and different choir members are chosen to perform and sing the Anthem together with all festival participants.
The Summa Cum Laude Festival in Vienna is Europe’s premier youth music festival for choirs, bands and orchestras. Since its beginning the festival has been under the auspices of UNESCO and the Austrian Federal President. The festival is held annually in July in the two most important concert halls of Vienna, the Golden Hall of the Musikverein and the Great Hall of the Konzerthaus, it offers an international environment where almost two thousand young musicians enjoy musical and intercultural exchanges. Ensembles may participate either in the Competition or in the Celebration (non-competitive). International and renowned professionals conductors and musicians form the jury in the competition and teach our Academy program at the University of Music and Performing Arts.
Other concerts and events will be held in such famous venues as Palace Estherhazy (Haydn Saal), the MuTh (home of the Wiener Sängerknaben), Casino Zögernitz (House of Strauss), the St. Stephen‘s Cathedral and the City Hall in Vienna - and many more.
The true focus of the Festival is to create an environment where young musicians from all over the world can interact on an international level and build bridges amongst themselves - bridges spanning over continents by music.
For more details about the Festival and how to participate visit our festival at: www.sclfestival.org
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