Artistic Direction

Prof. Jürgen Geise (* Feb 2, 1935 – † Jan 9, 2011)

In 2003, Jürgen Geise, together with Thomas Breitsameter—the director of the Mühldorf music school—founded the “Mühldorf Summer Academy” (Mühldorfer Sommerakademie), a program offering masterclasses. The two musicians shared a decades-long friendship, which began through the “Weyeriade” chamber music course and continued during Thomas Breitsameter’s subsequent professional concert studies at the Mozarteum University Salzburg. From 2003 until his passing in January 2011, Jürgen Geise served as the artistic director of the Mühldorf Summer Academy.

 

Prof. Roland Baldini (born 1946 in Vienna)

At the request of the academy’s founder, Jürgen Geise, Roland Baldini assumed the role of artistic director of the Mühldorf Summer Academy in 2011. He was also instrumental in establishing the non-profit association “Mühldorf Summer Academy” (Mühldorfer Sommerakademie e. V.), where he served as vice-chairman. Following the 14th Mühldorf Summer Academy in 2016, he stepped down from his position as vice-chairman and handed over both that role and the artistic directorship to Prof. Frithjof-Martin Grabner.

 

Prof. Frithjof-Martin Grabner (* Oct 28, 1962)

Since the 15th Mühldorf Summer Academy in 2017, Frithjof-Martin Grabner has served as artistic director; he has also held the position of vice-chairman within the associated non-profit organization since 2017.