"Discovering and furthering the artistic career of exceptional singers" The Salzburg Voice Festival is one of the world's most sought after voice summer festivals as well as a distinguished, international and intensive learning environment for exceptionally talented singers specializing on the Golden Age of Singing in the genres of Opera, Art Song and Oratorio. SVF welcomes classical singers of all ages and nationalities. The Salzburg Voice Festival seeks to attract every year the most exceptionally talented singers worldwide who are invited as distinguished artists every summer to perform at the city's most prestigious halls while being guided by a world-class international faculty. The only two essential criteria are passion for singing and dedication to learning! SVF not only aims to offer to its singers an exceptionally intensive musical training but a complete artistic guidance and dedicated support to further their artistic careers. Established at the heart of Europe's cultural life, music and birth or former living place to immortal composers such as J. Haydn, W. A. Mozart, L. v. Beethoven, F. Schubert, J. Brahms, R. Strauss and singers such as R. Tauber, L. Slezak, M. Cebotari and E. Schumann-Heink to name a few, this summer, through the artistic direction of the renowned Duo Mahler-Floril, from more than 200 applicants, exceptional singers coming from 16 countries of the world will be performing free admission concerts at the city of Mozart.