Herbstgold Festival in Eisenstadt

• Bask in the virtuosic playing of renowned international artists at this festival, based in the glittering, historical atmopshere of the Esterházy Palace

• Visit Eisenstadt's excellent Haydn House Museum alongside the spectacular Baroque-Rococo Schloss Esterházy in Fertöd

• Enjoy a full day in Vienna, including visits linked to Haydn and Beethoven

Tour Director

Long-standing ACE Tour Director Ashley Solomon, FRAM, FRCM, enjoys a successful career as a soloist and chamber musician across the globe. He is the co-founder and director of Florilegium, and has made close to 40 recordings with them, many of which have garnered international awards. Since 2003 he has been training vocalists and instrumentalists in Bolivia, working on the remarkable collection of music held in archives by the Moxos and Chiquitos indigenous people. He formed Arakaendar Bolivia Choir in 2005 and Arakaendar Baroque Orchestra in 2007, and has directed them in concerts at major international festivals. In 2008 he was one of the first Europeans to receive the prestigious Bolivian Hans Roth Prize. Combining a successful career across both theory and practice, Ashley is also Head of Historical Performance at London’s Royal College of Music, having been appointed a professor in 1994. In 2014 he was awarded a Personal Chair, in July 2017 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music (FRAM), and in 2019 he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Music (FRCM). Since 2014 he has been working closely with the Royal Collection Trust to curate musical performances in their royal venues. 

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