The tutors of the GUSTAV MAHLER JUGENDORCHESTER are renowned orchestral musicians from some of the world's leading orchestras, such as the Vienna and the Berlin Philharmonics, who work with our young talents and pass on their knowledge and experience to them.

Together with assistant conductor Tobias Wögerer, they are responsible for the selection of orchestral musicians at the auditions and for working through the programmes for each tour with the individual sections.

Violin

Werner Hink / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Viola

Stanislava Stoykova / Staatskapelle Berlin

Cello

Wolfgang Boettcher / Berlin University of the Arts

Double Bass

Sławomir Grenda / Munich Philharmonics

Woodwinds

Marco Postinghel / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, University Mozarteum Salzburg

French Horn

Kalervo Kulmala / Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Estonian State Symphony Orchestra

Trumpet

Dr. Martín Baeza-Rubio / Conductor, former Principal Trumpet at Deutsche Oper Berlin

Trombones, Tuba

Ian Bousfield / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Bern University of the Arts, Royal Academy of Music London

Percussion

Raymond Curfs / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, Conservatorium Maastricht

Harp

Julie Palloc / Philharmonia Zurich