November 13 – 16, 2025 | Musikverein Wien, Golden Hall
One of the most impressive concert halls in the world
For our international premiere, we discover compositions in the environment in which they were created. In each setting, we are inspired by the atmosphere of the city. The series begins with a sensation: in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein Wien.
Franz Schubert composed his great Mass in E-flat major in Vienna. Under the direction of the renowned conductor Heinz Ferlesch, our international singers meet in the Vienna Musikverein to create a unique musical experience.
This international community of choirs, ensembles and singers from all over the world is much more than a musical event, it is also a source of inspiration that encourages people to share their passion for music and connect across cultural boundaries.
Welcome to Vienna
Would you like to perform with us?
The project is open to singers who register individually as well as to choirs and ensembles that can participate as a complete ensemble or as part of an ensemble.
Registrations are now open.
Read more and join us today!
What do we sing?
Franz Schubert’s last great mass, the Mass in E flat D 950
A work full of dramatic and confessional expression.
The mass was written in June and July a few months before Schubert’s death. The premiere took place on October 4, 1829 in the Pfarrkirche „Heilige Dreifaltigkeit“ in Wien-Alsergrund.
Who will lead the project?
Heinz Ferlesch, the artistic director of the Wiener Singakademie.
Mr. Ferlesch led an impressive project with CHORALSPACE in Berlin in October 2023 with Mozart’s Requiem. We are very much looking forward to this new collaboration in Vienna.
Where will rehearsals and concert take place?
All rehearsals and the concert will take place in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein Wien.
The fringe program of the event will include additional choir performances in the Votivkirche and in the St. Elisabeth Church.
What costs are involved?
The participation fee for the festival for all registrations received until January 15, 2025 is EUR 98.00 per participant. The participation fee for the registrations received from January 16, 2025 is EUR 110.00 per participant.
Non-performing accompanying persons are offered a reduced participation fee of EUR 55.00 per person that includes access to all workshops, rehearsals and a concert tickets in the best category.
Accompanying persons, friends and fans that wish to attend only the concert can purchase concert tickets in our ticket website.
Schubert in Vienna
CHORALSPACE’s International Premiere
Will you join us?
The schedule of the project
November 13, 2025
Choir and Piano Rehearsal 1
10:00 – 13:00 Musikverein Wien
Choir and Piano Rehearsal 2
14:30 – 17:30 Musikverein Wien
Welcome Concert
20:00 tbd
Choirs and Ensembles involved in the project will present solo showcases
November 14, 2025
Dress Rehearsal
14:30 – 17:30 Musikverein Wien
Concert “Night of Choirs”
20:00 St. Elisabeth Kirche
Choirs and Ensembles involved in the project will present solo showcases
November 15, 2025
Warm-up and Acoustic Check
14:30 Musikverein Wien
Concert
15:30 – 17:30 Musikverein Wien
Solo showcases of selected choirs
Intermission
Franz Schubert Mass in E flat major
Get Together
From 18:30
In various restaurants in Vienna
November 16, 2025
Singing in Churches
11:30 Votivkirche
Selected ensembles will sing in the Sunday mass
More places to sing to follow in the registration proces
Conductor, Soloists, Ensembles
Heinz Ferlesch
In 1998, Heinz Ferlesch took over the position of the artistic director of the Wiener Singakademie. As one of its longest serving directors, he has shaped the style of the choir and has helped to build up a program to support and sponsor young artists. This includes not only the development and further training of the choir members, but also the inclusion of young, gifted soloists and ensembles in the concert programs.
Ensemble Crescere
Ensemble Crescere is CHORALSPACE’s own orchestra for choral-symphonic projects. The young ensemble made its debut at the Philharmonie Berlin in March 2022 with the Coronation Anthems under the direction of Simon Carrington. This was followed by performances at Choral Celebrations 2022 under the direction of Elena Sharkova, at the CHORALSPACE Summer Festival under the direction of Simon Halsey and at Choral Celebrations 2023 under the direction of Heinz Ferlesch.
The ensemble is led by Donka Miteva.
Donka Miteva
Donka Miteva is Artistic Director and Conductor of Collegium Musicum Berlin where she works with the four classical ensembles at the Free and Technical Universities Berlin. She is the winner for numerous awards with her Collegium Musicum Berlin Chamber Choir and Symphony Orchestra at prestigious competitions in Germany and over the world. She works with numerous ensembles in Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Portugal, South Africa, Panama, China a.o. and teaches Conducting since 2019 at the University of Arts in Berlin.
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