Academy Director

Moritz von Woellwarth

Interdisciplinary thinking and cultural management have been central to Moritz von Woellwarth's work since studying "Visual Communication" at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg and "Jazz Trombone" at the University of music Stuttgart and Mannheim. From 2012 von Woellwarth was the head of the Music School Altensteig and one of the founders of the festival “Musiksommer Altensteig”. In 2017 Moritz von Woellwarth became head of the Music School Ellwangen. Since then he has been active in a wide variety of positions in the Regional Association of Music Schools in Baden-Württemberg and is involved in the competition “Jugend musiziert”. On April 1st, 2021 he took up the post of Academy Director at Kapfenburg Castle. Since 2004 von Woellwarth is composing for the “Abstract Orchester”, with which he has released four CDs so far. He wrote film music for Vlado Kristl and Tim Lee as well as commissioned compositions for Walter Giers and the Zeiss company, among others.  

More information can be found at www.moritzvonwoellwarth.de