Thursday, 9 February 2012, 13.00-17.00h

The Johannesburg International Mozart Festival is delighted and honoured to yet again join forces with the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival (SHMF) in Germany for a programme, which provides support for young South African vocal talents. This collaboration started exactly two year ago when Rolf Beck, internationally renowned choir director and Intendant of the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, and his colleagues flew to South Africa to audition young singers for the prestigious SHMF Choir Academy. Seven promising talents were chosen and invited to spend the summer of 2010 at the Festival in Germany, joining about 60 other young colleagues from 21 different nations.

In 2011 the opening concert of the Johannesburg International Mozart Festival featured members of the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Choir, among them the seven South African participants.

Both festivals are committed to their continued support for young South African singers and are glad to announce the auditions for the 2012 Schleswig-Holstein Festival Choir. These will be held at the University of the Witwatersrand (Derrick Lewis Room, Education Campus) between 13.00h - 17.00h on Thursday, 9 February 2012.