Trip to the opera

Sponsors bring young Salzburgers to the Festival

The sponsors meet their protégés for the first time before the performance, before going into the Festspielhaus together.(Bild: Andreas Tröster)

The Salzburg Festival wants to make classical music appealing to young people. To this end, they provide them with experienced companions in a mentoring program. The "Krone" interviewed two couples about their Festival debut. "The evening opened up a whole new world for me," enthuses Nataliia Danilenko.

Experiencing classical music together. Ursula Gessat, head of the "jung&jede*r" festival program, came up with the idea of festival sponsorships to literally take interested young people by the hand and accompany them to the Festspielhaus. Experienced classical music enthusiasts take on a sponsorship and meet their protégés for the first time before the performance for an exclusive introductory talk before they go into the Festspielhaus together.