Max Emanuel Cencic

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artistic director

Max Emanuel Cencic started his career as singer at the age of 6. After being part of the Wiener Sängerknaben (Vienna Boys’ Choir) he begann singing as solo-soprano, and from 2001 on as countertenor. Parallel to his singing career he studied International Law and Economic Sciences in Great Britain, worked as promoter for Pop-events, and in 1999 started Parnassus Arts Productions with Georg Lang. As art director of Parnassus he is now responsible for the concept, the oversight and the performances of important works of the Italian baroque opera, among them Leonardo Vinci’s almost forgotten opera Artaserse. Max Emanuel Cencic directed the rediscovery and CD-recording of the following baroque operas: Faramondo, Farnace, Alessandro, Catone in Utica, Siroe (by Hasse), Adriano in Siroe, Scipione, Arminio, Ottone, and Germanico in Germania, and he, among other projects, had the idea ad made the program for Franco Fagioli’s award winning CD Caffarelli.