Our Faculty
Our teachers are internationally-renowned musicians, who each cover various areas of focus.
Hafez Babashahi
Founder, Artistic Director
Viennas Classicism , Lieder
Hafez Babashahi is regarded as one of the most versatile and acclaimed pianists of his generation. Winner of the prestigious Bösendorfer Award in 2008, he has performed across Europe, Asia, and the United States. Highlights of his career include concerts in Vienna, London, Berlin, Budapest, and Shanghai, as well as his role as artistic director of the Liederherbst Wien festival.
Dora Deliyska
Romanticism: liszt, chopin, schumann
Dora Deliyska has garnered international acclaim from critics and audiences through years of concert performances, as well as audio and video recordings. She develops artistic projects with her own dramaturgy that build a connection between music, science and contemporary art.
Louie Hehman
american music, impressionism, jazz
Dr. Louie Hehman teaches at bellarmine university in louisville, kentucky, and maintains a high profile as a performer of both classical and jazz music. a distinguished pedagogue, he is a two-time winner of the steinway top teacher award and teaches summers at the renowned interlochen center for the arts.
Louie Hehman
american music, impressionism, jazz
Daniel Johannsen
opera, lied, oratorium
Born in 1978, the Austrian tenor is one of the most sought-after Evangelists and Bach interpreters of his generation. He studied church music as well as vocal arts with Margit Klaushofer and Robert Holl in Vienna. Mr. Johannsen participated in master classes with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Nicolai Gedda and Christa Ludwig and was a prizewinner at the Bach, Schumann, Mozart, Hilde Zadek and Wigmore Hall Competitions.
Maria Nazarova
opera, lied
Maria Nazarova is a russian operatic soprano and was born in Dnepropetrovsk (USSR). She is a prizewinner of several international voice competitions who has performed at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, at La Scala in Milan, at the prestigious Salzburg Festival and other world opera venues. For five years she has been a soloist with the Vienna State Opera, including the lead role of Adina in Donizetti's L’Elisir d’amore.
Eva Maria Riedl
opera, lied
Professor at the university of music and performing arts vienna. Celebrated as a unique soloist, Eva Maria Riedl-Buschan has been singing most of the lyric mezzo roles in the last few years. She sure knows how to captive audiences with her beautiful warm, silky timbre, her distinguished interpretation and her exceptional musicality, which is also praised by conductors and renowned pianists
Klemens Sander
opera, lied
Klemens Sander is a Professor of Voice at the Detmold University of Music. Born in Upper Austria and a former member of the St. Florian Boys’ Choir, he studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and has had an international career at renowned opera and concert venues.