DANIEL GUTMANN, Baritone
ILDIKÓ RAIMONDI, Sopranistin
MYRA MAUD, Soul Singer
The Neapolitan tenor Stefano Sorrentino graduated from the "San Pietro a Majella" Conservatory in Naples, where he studied with teachers Passaro, Ratta, Gagiotti, and Praticò. He is currently studying with M° Luca Canonici and M° Simonetta Tancredi. He attended the Opera Studio of the Santa Cecilia Academy in Rome under M° Renata Scotto. He has performed in important operas such as "L'italiana in Algeri," "Il barbiere di Siviglia," "L'elisir d'amore," "La Bohème," "Tosca," "La traviata," "Pagliacci," "Rigoletto," and "Carmen." As a winner of national and international competitions, he maintains an intensive concert schedule and collaborates with various orchestras in Italy and abroad.
The Austrian soprano of Hungarian origin was an ensemble member of the Vienna State Opera from 1991 to 2020, where she played over 50 roles - from Pamina and Mimì to Susanna and Rosalinde. Guest appearances have taken her to important houses around the world, including the Bavarian State Opera, the Bolshoi Theater and the Semper Opera, as well as to festivals such as the Salzburg Festival and the Edinburgh Festival. She is particularly interested in contemporary music, which she has helped shape in numerous premieres. Ildikó Raimondi has been a professor at the Mozarteum Salzburg since 2015 and artistic director of the Schubertiade Atzenbrugg since 2025. With the association she founded, “Amicitia,” she supports young talent. She holds the title of Austrian Chamber Singer and has been awarded, among other things, awarded the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art.
Multi-Award Winning Singer | Songwriter | Producer | Vocal Coach
Myra Maud is an internationally acclaimed performing artist, songwriter, producer, and vocal coach. With a remarkable presence on stages around the world, Myra is celebrated for her dynamic performances and creative leadership. She has captivated audiences as a soloist with prestigious orchestras including the
Claude Bolling Jazz Big Band, Orchestre National Symphonique de France, Nashville Symphony, and Las Vegas Philharmonic and more. Her collaborations span legendary figures such as Celine Dion, Marius-Müller Westernhagen, and Enrique Iglesias, and she was honored with a special performance for Quincy
Jones in Davos, Switzerland. Myra is renowned for her ability to create transformative musical experiences that resonate deeply with both audiences and collaborators.
International Soloist Performances (Not all listed)
· PROHIBITION – North America Tour: Lead Vocalist for a tribute to Édith Piaf, Josephine Baker, Marlene
Dietrich, and Billie Holiday, featuring prestigious symphonic orchestras (USA & Canada) | 2019–2024
· Duke Ladies Album Release – Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris, FRANCE) | 2022
· Joja Wendt Concert – Elbphilharmonie (GERMANY) | 2020–2021
· Tribute to Marlene Dietrich – Elbphilhilharmonie (GERMANY) | 2019
· Broadway Musicals Tribute Concerts – Leipzig Philharmonic (GERMANY) | 2019
· Music Director and Soloist, French Evangelical Presbyterian Church of NYC – NYC (USA) | 2019
· Guest Music Instructor and Soloist, Garden State Youth Correctional Facility – NJ (USA) | 2010–2019
· Whitney Houston Tribute Concerts – Leipzig Philharmonic (GERMANY) | 2018
· Headliner and Soloist, Eleuthera Jazz Festival (BAHAMAS) | 2017–2018
· MS Europa Cruise Concerts (AUSTRALIA – ASIA – CARIBBEAN) | 2017
· Concerts featuring original music & band ‘SALT’ (GERMANY – AUSTRIA – SWISS) | 2014–2016
· Duke Orchestra Concert Tour – Beijing Opera House (CHINA) | 2013
· Duke Orchestra Concert Tour – Shanghai Grand Theatre (CHINA) | 2013
· Afri-Frans Tours (Traditional South African Songs in French) (SOUTH AFRICA) | 2010–2013
· FIFA Soccer World Cup Ceremony (GERMANY) | 2011
· Gala in honor of His Highness Prince of Abu Dhabi (ABU DHABI) | 2009
· Bal de la Rose for Prince Albert – Sporting Club (MONACO) | 2003
· Orchestre National Symphonique de France (Paris, FRANCE) | 2000
· Nala in "The Lion King" (Broadway Hamburg, Germany) | 2001–2002
JAXX DEAN, Guitarist
JULIE HERBER, Harfe
He is currently working as musical director for Anna-Sophie and works with artists such as Boris Bukowski, Cesár Sampson and NIKOTIN. Together with Florentin Pinter he runs the “Townhouse” – a creative hub and production location for studio, live and artist projects. Musically, Jaxx moves between modern pop, rock and soul. In addition to his live work, he produces and develops artists and show concepts in the studio and live areas.
Julie Herber, born in Karlsruhe in 2007, started playing the harp, cello and piano at an early age and has been performing voluntarily in senior citizens' facilities and clinics since 2015. Since 2023 she has been attending the music high school and precollege at BORG Innsbruck, where she received a scholarship from the Tyrolean State Conservatory and has since been supported by Live Music Now Tirol. At the state competition Jugend Musiziert 2023 she achieved 22 out of 24 points. In 2026 she became the Carinthian state winner at Prima la Musica and a finalist at the Golden Note. Her musical training on the harp took her, among other things, to Prof. Barbara Pöschl-Edrich, Prof. Magdalena Hoffmann and Prof. Ronith Mues as well as to the master class of Prof. Elisabeth Plank in Althofen.
SONA TAMURA, Piano
MARIA BENDEL, Cello
Winner of the ORF young talent competition "die goldene Note" by Leona König. Sona was born in 2011 in Kagoshima, Japan. She has lived in Vienna since she was almost three years old. At the age of seven, Sona began taking piano lessons with Dr. Mag. Gabriele Teufert at the Josef Matthias Hauer Music School in Wiener Neustadt. From the winter semester 2021/2022 she will be the gifted students course at the University of Music and Performing Arts. For a look at her work click here.
The twelve-year-old cellist has received numerous international awards: at “Jugend musiziert” (Germany), the International Heran Cello Competition (Czech Republic), the XVII. International competition “Giovani Musicisti – Città di Treviso” (Italy) and the International Cello Competition in Prague (Czech Republic). In 2026 she is a finalist for Leona König’s “Golden Note”. Maria not only inspires as a soloist, but also loves chamber music - the joy of playing together is a defining part of her artistic personality.
ADAM BENOLD, Flute
CATALIN ADVAHOV, Violine
YUKA TAMURA,Pianist
Adam Benold from Vienna, born in 2009, picked up the recorder at the age of six and the clarinet at the age of eight - and has since taken up the piano and the historical Zink. He studies recorder with Prof. Thomas List at the MUK Vienna and clarinet with Prof. Martin Reiner at the mdw. He was awarded several first prizes at “prima la musica”; In 2026 he won the Golden Note and became the overall winner of the chamber music competition of the Vienna Brass Music Association with his wind quintet “Quintetto di Legno”. He was on stage, among other things: with members of the Haydn Symphony Orchestra Eisenstadt and the baroque ensemble of the Academic Orchestra Association Vienna.
Cătălin Advahov, born in the Republic of Moldova, studies at the Music and Art Private University of the City of Vienna with Prof. Lidia Baich. He has won prizes in numerous international competitions, including 3rd prize in the “Victoria BCN” violin competition in Barcelona, prizes in the “Andrea Postacchini” competition in Fermo, the “Grumiaux” competition in Brussels and the “Ysaÿe” competition in Liège, as well as the special Golden Note prize 2023. In December 2025 he gave a concert together with Anneleen Lenaerts, solo harpist of the Viennese Philharmonic Orchestra. He was on stage, among other things: in the Great Festival Hall of the Vienna City Hall, in the Geneva Conservatory and in the MuTh Vienna and as a soloist with the Chișinău Philharmonic, the Brașov Philharmonic and the Craiova Philharmonic Orchestra.
Yuka Tamura was born in Kagoshima, Japan. In Japan she performed as a soloist and accompanist and taught piano and won prizes in various competitions. She has lived in Vienna since 2014.
As a soloist, chamber musician and accompanist she has participated in numerous concerts and recordings in Austria.
Today she gives numerous concerts with her husband Akihito Tamura, a violinist, and her daughter Sona Tamura, a pianist who attends the highly gifted course at the mdw.