Today's guest in the Feraru Conferences Online series is a powerhouse of international cultural management and one of the most admired Romanian personalities worldwide. With his trademark combination of unassuming wisdom, self-irony and charming abraziveness, Maestro Ioan Holender, the charismatic cultural leader who presided over the reinvention of two important international institutions, Vienna State Opera and George Enescu International Festival, and the mentor to some of the biggest opera stars, shares with the audience the hard-won lessons of an exceptional lifetime in the arts.
"If Hollywood was looking to cast the perfect opera house director, Ioan Holender, Director of the Vienna State Opera, would be ideal." - WQXR, NYC’s only classical music radio station (2009)
