mdw great talent award 2024 – Zacharías Galaviz-Guerra
Recording with the winner of the mdw great talent award 2024 powered by Christian Zeller.
Recorded in February 2025 in the Concert Hall of the Future Art Lab, mdw – University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna.
Programme
Rebecca Clarke
Down by the Sally Garden
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen (aus: Die tote Stadt)
Liza Lehmann
If I built a wold for you
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Es ist genug (aus: Elias)
Arnold Schönberg
Das schöne Beet betracht ich mir im Harren
Arnold Schönberg
Schenk mir deinen goldenen Kamm
Franz Schubert
An den Mond in einer Herbstnacht
Franz Schubert
Der Einsame
Franz Schubert
Du bist die Ruh
Franz Schubert
Erlkönig
Franz Schubert
Fischerweise
Richard Strauss
Lieben, Hassen, Hoffen, Zagen (aus: Ariadne auf Naxos)
Richard Wagner
O du mein holder Abendstern (aus: Tannhäuser)
Maude Valerie White
How do I love thee
Hugo Wolf
Der Tambour
Hugo Wolf
Nach dem Abschiede
Hugo Wolf
Nachtzauber
Hugo Wolf
Wo wird einst
Participants
Zacharías Galaviz-Guerra (Voice, Baritone)
Sawaka Kawasaki (Piano)
Audio engineer: Benedikt Roß
Zacharías Galaviz-Guerra
The US-American baritone has been studying Voice (Music Education) at the mdw since 2021 with Martina Steffl-Holzbauer. As a vocal soloist, he has appeared on stage in song repertoire by Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Alma Mahler and many other composers as well as in operatic roles such as Rigoletto, La Traviata and Candide. In 2023, Galaviz-Guerra was a finalist in the International Helmut Deutsch Lied Competition and in 2024 won 1st prize and the audience prize at the German Liedkunst competition in the castle outside Husum. He attends masterclasses with Ulf Bästlein and Charles Spencer.
mdw great talent award
The mdw great talent award, established by Christian Zeller, was first awarded in autumn 2020 and in keeping with its motto “We offer support today to the stars of tomorrow” is devoted exclusively to students at the mdw in the areas of keyboard instruments, bowed and other stringed instruments, wind and percussion instruments, chamber music and special ensembles, voice and music theatre, and popular music. Performing experience and professionalism are fundamental requirements. The founder and benefactor Christian Zeller emphasises the importance of excellence and sustainability, which are the focal points of the activities of the Christian Zeller Privatstiftung, particularly for arts and culture: “When one thinks of excellence in the area of culture, one can’t help but think of Austria—and the mdw plays a crucial role in this regard.”
More Information
Press release about the mdw great talent award 2024 (in German).
Video recording of the final of the mdw great talent award 2024 in the mdwMediathek.