OUR MISSION
Karwendel Music Festival aims to encourage and guide young musicians in discovering their creativity and individuality. Through its innovative educational program, students will re-examine their knowledge of instruments and techniques to establish their own musical identities. The Karwendel Artists Program is specifically designed for aspiring musicians seeking guidance in their career development. It offers them the chance to collaborate and perform with renowned artists, providing them with the support they need to become inspiring figures in the 21st-century Classical music community.
co-Founders
XI WANG
General Director
A visionary and a spirited entrepreneur for the arts, violinist Xi Wang advocates originality with bold creativity and a thoughtful mind.
Recognized for her charismatic and insightful performances, Ms. Xi Wang conveys musical ideas with dazzling virtuosity and vivid sense of colors. As a child prodigy, she performed frequently as soloist with orchestras in prestigious concert halls such as the Forbidden City Concert Hall, Poly Theater and Beijing Concert Hall. She was featured in major musical publications in China such as Music Weekly and the Young Performers Magazine, and gained exposure on the prominent People’s Daily. At age seventeen, she was invited by the United Nations Children’s Fund and Culture to Culture USA to tour with the Beijing Sun Youth Symphony Orchestra, performing Mendelssohn’s violin concerto for the United Nations in New York, in Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Los Angeles, San Diego and Las Vegas.
SVEN STUCKE
Artistic Director
An active concertizing violinist, Sven Stucke has appeared with orchestras and chamber ensembles throughout Europe, United States and Asia. Winner of the Louise-Henriette International Violin Competition and the Queen Sophie Charlotte International Violin Competition, Mr. Stucke has made CD and radio recordings for RBB, WDR, MDR and SWR. He has collaborated in chamber music with worldwide renowned artists including Pinchas Zukerman, Vadim Gluzman, Rainer Honeck and Augustin Dumay. Highlights of the 2016-2017 season include his German tour of Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 with the Klassiche Philharmonie Bonn at Konzerthaus Berlin Grosser Saal, Grosser Sendesaal NDR, "Die Glocke” Das Bremer Konzerthaus, Rudolf Oetker Halle, Steigenberger Kurhaus-Saal, as well as solo and chamber music appearances at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and with the Forte New York Chamber Music Concert Series.
