Welcome to Ars Augusta Music Projects
Music projects of the highest quality
Ars Augusta eV is a non-profit society that specializes in the production of music and theater projects. Whether baroque music, song recitals, master classes, international competitions or operas in special locations - we offer music productions of the highest standard. Important goals of the association: research into regional cultural heritage and international understanding.
Aktuelle Projekte
Recitals 2025
Simonas Poška
Jan-Henryk Witkowski
We support particularly talented young musicians at the beginning of their careers. Lithuanian pianist Simonas Poška will perform Chopin and Liszt on May 21 and 23. The prize-winning duo (Audience Award in the Lied Competition), Jan Henryk Witkowski and Doriana Tchakarova, will give a recital of songs and arias from the Romantic and bel canto periods.
2025 Hammerschmidt Festjahr
Rediscovering Hammerschmidt
Ars Augusta has been selected by the European Union as a residency host to rehearse the madrigals of Zittau's Orpheus, Andreas Hammerschmidt, with an ensemble as part of the "Culture Moves Europe" program. Funded by the European Union, the Goethe Institute, Central German Baroque Music Association, and the Sparkasse Oberlausitz-Niederschlesien.
2022, 2024, 2026
International Lied Competition "Bolko von Hochberg"
The third edition of the International Lied (Art Song) Competition "Bolko von Hochberg" will take place again in 2026. The project is a Polish-German collaboration. The first round will take place from May 30 to June 1, 2026, at the Gerhart Hauptmann Theater in Görlitz, while the semifinals and final will take place on June 3-4, 2026, at the City Theater in Jawor, Poland. The theme is "Sacred Song and Folk Song." Registration deadline: February 28, 2026.
2018-2025
Compagnia Sassone
Eleni Ioannidou, the association's director, is passionate about researching the region's Baroque musical heritage, particularly that of Augustus III, the Saxon King of Poland. We have already premiered several operas from the Royal Archives in Dresden, including some from the shared heritage of Wrocław and Bohemia. The young singers were selected for the "Bolko von Hochberg" song competition, and the Polish-German "Lusatian Baroque Ensemble" performs historically informed works.
