The Gustav Mahler Academy, which received an award from the President of the Italian Republic for its 12th edition, will once again bring together talented and budding European musicians in Bolzano. The young musicians will be taught by internationally-renowned lecturers for a month and the results of their work will be presented at several chamber music evenings and in a final symphonic concert, conducted by Philipp von Steinaecker and featuring the soloist Solène Kermarrec, a former academy student. As the only female member of the "12 cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic", she has had a very special career.