Saskia Vallazza
PUPPETEER
Saskia Vallazza, born in Bolzano and living in Thuringia, is a renowned puppeteer and theater educator. After studying painting and graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart, she dedicated herself to puppet and children’s theater. Additionally, she trained as a clown and stage clown in Darmstadt under Ann Dargies. She is a co-founder of the puppet theater “Il segreto di Pulcinella.”
Viktor Hartobanu
HARP
Winner of the Grand Prix at the International hHarp Competition “Félix Godefroid” in Namur, Belgium; second prize winner at the Reinl Foundation Competition in Vienna; and finalist at the USAIHC Composition Competition with his work “Chants.” Viktor Hartobanu comes from a Romanian family of musicians and was born in Germany in 1990. He received his first harp and piano lessons from his mother. At the age of nine, he joined the youth program of the Leipzig Conservatory of Music, where he was taught harp by Prof. Max Koch and piano by Prof. Hanns-Martin Schreiber and Oriol Plans-Casal.
In 2008, he began his diploma studies in Leipzig, which he completed after just four semesters. This was followed by master’s studies in Geneva with Prof. Florence Sitruk and in Brussels with Prof. Jana Bouskova. From 2013 to 2015, Viktor was a member of the orchestra academy of the Staatskapelle Berlin, performing under the direction of GMD Daniel Barenboim as well as Zubin Mehta, Sir Simon Rattle, Gustavo Dudamel, and others in opera, ballet, and concert productions. Invitations to concerts and masterclasses have already taken him to many countries in Europe and Asia.
Petra Lindner-Schöch
VOICE
Petra Lindner-Schöch is a singer born in Feldkirch. After completing her studies at the State Conservatory in Feldkirch, she studied for four years as a scholarship holder in Israel at Tel Aviv University’s Rubin Academy under Prof. Tamar Rachum. During this time, she gained stage experience at the Tel Aviv Opera. She further developed her skills through various masterclasses, including with Kammersängerin Hilde Zadek, Kurt Widmer, Susanne Skov, and Gundula Janowitz.
In her home country, she is now mainly active in chamber music, often combining literature and music in her performances as a singer.
