We are launching a new edition of Lied the Future
The programme is opening its international call for applications to select the five voice and piano duos that will take part in the 2027 edition, following the 73 applications received from 31 countries in its first open call.
One of the commitments of the Fundació Ferrer de Música is to support young musicians in developing their talent and provide them with opportunities to enter the professional music world. Its support for Lied the Future, a programme run by the Associació Franz Schubert, is part of this commitment. The programme offers specialised training, artistic mentoring and performance opportunities to the next generation of lied performers. The Fundació joined the project in 2024 and has since helped expand the training and professional opportunities available to participating artists.
The programme is now opening its second international call for applications to select the voice and piano duos that will take part in the 2027 edition. Applications will be open from 12 November to 11 December 2026.
More opportunities to develop musical talent
Through the Schubertíada Academy, participants in the Lied the Future programme work with internationally renowned teachers and artists, explore the interpretative particularities of lied and share experiences with other musicians. The programme follows a learning by doing approach, centred on practical experience and offering opportunities to perform their repertoire at Schubertíada concerts and at music festivals and institutions in Spain and across Europe.
Over the course of the different editions, artists have had the opportunity to work with internationally acclaimed figures such as Matthias Goerne, Christiane Karg, Wolfram Rieger, Olaf Bär, Wolfgang Holzmair and Dorothea Roschmann, among others.
A platform connecting training with professional careers
Several participants and alumni of the Lied the Future programme featured in the 2026 Schubertíada programme. They included soprano Mireia Tarragó, who gave a recital accompanied on piano by her former mentor, Wolfram Rieger; soprano Elionor Martínez and pianist Victoria Guerrero, who took part in a concert dedicated to Brahms’s Liebeslieder Waltzes; and pianist Maximilian Kromer, who performed a solo piano recital.
Other notable careers include that of Elionor Martínez herself, currently an artist in residence at L’Auditori in Barcelona and a member of the ECHO Rising Stars programme, as well as musicians Èlia Farreras-Cabero, Lucas Huber Sierra and Bruno Meischner, who have received awards or been selected for the Internationaler Wettbewerb für Liedkunst competition in Stuttgart.
Through its support for Lied the Future, the Fundació Ferrer de Música helps ensure that new generations of performers can access outstanding training, gain stage experience and build their professional careers. It is a commitment to nurturing talent by providing the opportunities it needs to grow and establish an international presence.
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