Ursula
Haselböck
Austria
Ursula Haselböck was born into a Viennese family of musicians and began playing the cello herself at an early age. After private lessons, she entered the „Konservatorium Privatuniversität“ of the City of Vienna at the age of 10 as a „Jungstudent“, where she later earned a concert diploma.
She has played in numerous orchestras and chamber music formations in Austria and abroad, won prizes at the Liezen Cello Competition,“Prima la Musica” and many others, and made her debut with the Saint-Saens Cello Concerto in the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein at the age of 16. In addition to her musical studies, Ursula Haselböck studied German and music management in Bologna, Vienna and Krems and was active in cultural management very early on, working institutions as Live Music Now, in the orchestra management of the Tonkünstler Orchestra Niederösterreich and the Grafenegg Festival, among others. After working as a senior dramaturge at the Konzerthaus Berlin, where she was responsible for concert planning and the development of new formats, she has been Managing Director of the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern since September 1, 2020. The Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern organizes around 140 concerts every year, from chamber music to large orchestra formats, with a special focus on the sustainable promotion of young artists.