Stefan Vladar

As the youngest participant in the International Beethoven Piano Competition in Vienna, Stefan Vladar looks back on a decades-long career as a pianist and conductor that has taken him to all the major music centers of the world. He works with some of the greatest conductors and musicians of his time, including Simon Rattle and Claudio Abado, the Vienna Philharmonic and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Stefan Vladar is currently General Music and Opera Director at the Theater Lübeck, Artistic Director of the Neuberger Kulturtage and Professor of Piano at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna.