Stefan David Hummel

Stefan David Hummel was born as the fifth son of the composer Bertold Hummel in. [1] As a child he received extensive musical training: violin, viola, piano and organ as well as composition lessons from his father, from Claus Kühnl and Zsolt Gárdonyi . After graduating from high school in 1988 at the Musisches Gymnasium in Würzburg, he moved to Salzburg to study music at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg (viola with Peter Langgartner ) [1] with additional studies in Luxembourg ( composition with Alexander Müllenbach ) [1] and in Cologne( Chamber music with the Amadeus Quartet ). This was followed by intensive concert activities (including Corona Quartet Salzburg , Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg ) and conducting lessons with Karl-Heinz Bloemeke and Constantin Alex. From 1992 onwards, Hummel gained experience as a cultural manager at Pro Musica Salzburg , the Austrian Ensemble for New Music and the Festival Aspects Salzburg . In 1995 he graduated from the Mozarteum with a diploma in viola. Since 2000 he has been President of the IG Composers Salzburg . [1] In 2001, he founded the Salzburg Regional Section of the International Society for Contemporary Music in Austria and has since become its chairman. In 2002 and 2005 he acted - together with Klemens Vereno - as artistic director of the Salzburg Music Festival . [2] Hummel was a board member of the Salzburg Biennale from 2008 to 2015 . Since 2006, Hummel has been an advisor to the rectors Reinhart von Gutzeit , Siegfried Mauser and the rector Elisabeth Gutjahr at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg . In this function he fulfills various board functions and organized a number of contemporary concert projects together with the IGNM and the Salzburg section of the IG Composers . He has been the coordinator of the International Mozart Competition since 2014. As part of a teaching assignment for orchestral didactics at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, Hummel developed various basic cultural and cross-generational music projects in cooperation with German, Italian and Austrian cultural institutions and schools. [3] Since 2016, Hummel and conductor Kai Röhrig have been leading the European youth orchestra "BELLA MUSICA - Orchestra Giovanile Europea" organized by the Mozarteum University. Stefan David Hummel lives with his wife Gabriele, a violinist and teacher, and two daughters in Salzburg.