Aida Akhmetova,

pianist, winner of International and National piano competitions. She has performed on the big stages of Carnegie Hall (New York), the Astana Opera, and the central concert-hall “Kazakhstan”(Kazakhstan), Ehrbar Hall and Koncerthaus (Vienna, Austria) Concert-hall of the Moscow State Conservatory (Russia) and others. Among Ms. Akhmetova’s professional awards are the top prizes at the International competitions “Astana-Merey”(Kazakhstan), “West-Siberia-East” (Russia), “Giavani talenti” (Italy), “IV Rosario Marciano Competition” (Austria), “Debut at Carnegie” (New York, USA).

Since 2001 plays regularly as a soloist with state Symphonic Orchestra of Astana, with the Chamber orchestra "Academy of Soloists" and with Symphonic orchestras of Kazakhstan. Also she is performing frequently in Europe, USA and Kazakhstan in duo with her sister violinist  Leila Akhmetova.  Recently she is studying the Master Diplom at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (Austria).

Aida is a founder and executive director of the “Aida Art Tours” Company. The company organizes international music tours and competitions in Austria.

Leila Akhmetova (Violin)

Leila Akhmetova began to study the violin at the age of eight. Leila attended the National Kazakh Music Academy in Astana and the Hanns Eisler School of music in Berlin. Recently she is continuing her studies at the Music and Art University of the city of Vienna.

Amongst her professional awards are top prizes at the international “Giovani Talenti” Competition (Italy), International Demidov Competition (Russia), International “Astana-Violin” Competition (Kazakhstan) and several others.

Leila has been a member of the Berlin Residence orchestra since  2015.

She is an artistic director of the "Aida Art Tours" since 2017.

 

Michael Feigl studied as a bariton at the University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Professor Maria Bayer. During his time as a Student he already performed in many different concerts and opera productions.

 

In 2015/16 he studied at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music with Professor Chen Qilian. Special moments during this time were his apperance as a soloist for concerts at the Shanghai Music Hall and the Shanghai Symphony Hall. Additionally he sang the role of Dulcamara for a conservatory production of the famous  Donizetti opera “L’elisir d’amore”.

 

Since 2013 Michael Feigl sang in the choir of the Volksoper Vienna and gives regular concerts. In 2014 he  became a member of the ensemble Oper@Tee, for which he sang many operetta productions and concerts.

 

He became part of the singer ensemble at the Burgtheater Vienna (Imperial Court Theater) in 2015 for the production of “Antigone”. In autumn 2016 he showed his talents during the festival “Gegen den Strom” in Bad Ems (Germany), where he performed in Offenbach’s “Les Berges”, in a production of the Offenbach Society. In 2017 he was again invited by the Offenbach Society for the Operetta “Un Marie à la Porte”.

 

He has a bachelor degree in musicology from the University of Vienna, with a focus on music history and musical analysis.

 

2017 he graduated from the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with honours and will continue his studies with a master at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.