The 2025 AAF/Seebacher Fine Arts Prize Winners
We are delighted to announce the five winners of this year’s AAF/Seebacher Prize for Fine Arts: Molly BURT-WESTVIG, MFA 2025, Tyler School of Art, Temple University Séan HARRISON, MFA 2025, Columbia University Emily HARTER, MFA 2025, Stanford University Abdul MUSAVIR MIR, MFA 2025, Ohio University Selina WAGNER, MFA 2025, University of Texas Our winners will […]
Introducing the 2025 AAF/Faber Young Conductors
We are delighted to announce the two winners of this year’s AAF/Faber Young Conductors Fellowship: Kyrian Friedenberg, MM Orchestral Conducting ‘24, Conservatoire de Paris Christian Olson, MM Orchestral Conducting ‘20, Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University Kyrian and Christian will travel to Salzburg in July for a truly unique experience, where they will sit in […]
Michelle Di Russo Appointed Music Director of the Delaware Symphony Orchestra
Michelle Di Russo, who received the AAF/Faber Young Conductors Fellowship in 2020, has been appointed music director of the Delaware Symphony Orchestra, the first woman to hold the position. She will begin her tenure at the Wilmington-based orchestra in the 2025-2026 season. She is currently in her second season as associate conductor of the Fort […]
Save the Date for the 2025 Music for Medicine Benefit
This year’s Music for Medicine Benefit will take place on Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at the Metropolitan Club in New York City. Join us for a concert with members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra followed by a dinner and auction benefiting the Salzburg Weill Cornell Seminars of the Open Medical Institute. For more information, please […]
The 2025 AAF/Seebacher Fine Arts Prize – Apply Now!
Each year, the AAF/Seebacher Prize for Fine Arts provides fine arts graduate students studying at American universities, or those who have completed their graduate studies within the past two years, fellowships to participate in the Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Austria. Fellows learn from well-known and highly respected artists, curators, and art […]
Leonard Weiss to conduct Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Leonard Weiss, who received the AAF/Faber Young Conductors Fellowship and spent one month at the Salzburg Festival in 2023, was selected as 2025 Tanglewood Conducting Fellow. As one of only two selected conducting fellows, Leonard Weiss will conduct numerous performances with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra under the mentorship of Andris Nelsons, followed by a […]
Apply Now! 2025 AAF/Faber Fellowship for Young Conductors
Each year, the AAF/Faber Young Conductors Fellowship provides promising young conductors (age 30 or younger) from the United States the opportunity to spend up to four weeks at the Salzburg Festival observing the world’s leading conductors and artists at work during rehearsals and performances. Qualified young conductors who have recently finished their academic studies or […]
Music for Medicine Benefit 2024
The American Austrian Foundation’s annual Music for Medicine Benefit took place on December 2, 2024, at the splendid Metropolitan Club in New York City. Dr. Wolfgang Aulitzky, CEO of the Open Medical Institute, was joined by Pablo Legorreta, who sits on the boards of both the AAF and OMI, to share updates from the OMI headquarters […]
Join us at the 2024 Music for Medicine Benefit!
Please join us for the annual Music for Medicine Benefit, which will take place on Monday, December 2nd, at the Metropolitan Club in New York City. This special evening will feature a world-class concert from members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, in addition to dinner and live and silent auctions. For more information, please contact […]
Fine Arts Students Have an Inspiring Summer in Salzburg
Each year, through the generosity of AAF Board Member Gerhard Seebacher and his wife Angelica, the American Austrian Foundation awards scholarships graduates in fine arts from American universities to attend the Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Austria. This year’s AAF/Seebacher Prize for Fine Arts winners Julia Helen Murray and Ariel Wills (both from Rhode […]
