The Team of Sono Artists

Founder and director

Samantha
Farber

Vienna-based opera entrepreneur Samantha Farber grew up in Paris, France and Westport CT, graduating with a BA in French and Italian from New York University. Her first steps working in the classical music world were for CAMI video in NY and doing PR for opera singers in Vienna.  Sono Artists was founded in 2007 and has since helped launch careers of dozens of singers and built an extensive network of casting directors in the classical music world.  Samantha is also on many competition juries including the International Haydn Competition for Classical Lied and Aria, the Otto Edelmann Singing Competition, and in the past was on juries including the International Singing Competiton for Baroque Opera «Pietro Antonio Cesti» in Innsbruck, The Opera Crown Competition in Tblisi, The Vishnevskaya Competition in Moscow, and the Hilde Zadek Competition in Vienna.  Furthermore, she has assisted in putting together jury members.  She also has given seminars in Artist Management at the University of Music and the Performing Arts Vienna.  

sf@sonoartists.com

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Artist Manager

Sylvia
Saavedra-Edelmann

Sylvia Saavedra-Edelmann´s career began at 27 at the Gran Canaria Philharmonic Orchestra. After moving to Berlin and Vienna, she continued teaching and performing, including singing with the Vienna Vocal Consort. In 2006, she founded the Otto Edelmann Society to promote young singers, organizing international workshops and competitions. She has also taught at ISA-MDW among at other European and Asian Universities, coached for The Summer Music Festival, and founded Plusopera, which has produced numerous operas and musicals. In 2023, she joined the team at Sono Artists in Vienna. Alongside her work as a producer and vocal instructor, she serves as a career adviser, focusing on strategic career planning and professional development for emerging talents. Additionally, she holds a diploma in Social Media from Austria Standards. Sylvia holds degrees in piano and vocal studies, with honors, from the Superior Conservatory of Music of Las Palmas. Languages: Spanish, German, Italian, English, French, Hebrew, and Chinese (A2).

ssaaved@sonoartists.com

+43 (0) 650 552 4855

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Assistant Manager

Karolína
Böhm

Karolína was born in Prague to a Czech-German family and essentially grew up in a choir, being a long-time member of the Prague Philharmonic Children’s Choir which instilled her passion for music. She moved to Vienna in order to study musicology at the University of Vienna. During her studies, she continued to take private singing lessons and further deepened her knowledge of music by helping to edit manuscripts of L. Senfl, completing an internship at the Hollywood in Vienna event, working as an assistant director at the Komödie am Kai and going on ethnomusicological excursions to Venice and Madagascar among others. She was also a source collaborator of the B. Martinů Institute in Prague for The Bohuslav Martinů Complete Edition. Karolína is with Sono Artists since May 2022 and is currently finishing her master’s degree in musicology.

kb@sonoartists.com

+43 (0) 699 11 70 07 39

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Services

Special Programs

Sono Artists offers multiple programs of the highest artistic quality to concert halls, festivals and houses.  For more information about any of the programs below, please get in touch! 

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Serving on Jury

Samantha Farber has served on the jury of many international singing-competition in recent years. Please reach out if you are interested in Sono Artists serving on your Jury. 

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Casting Auditions

We organize auditions on a regular basis in a great location in central Vienna and present our talent.  Come join us if you are looking for singers to cast! 

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Career Advice

We provide personalized career guidance to opera singers, helping them navigate the industry, make informed decisions, and achieve their artistic goals.  We can do this in a private consulation for a fee. Get in touch! 

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Artist Managment

Sono Artists offers management services for singers who demonstrate the highest standards of professionalism and promising talent. 

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Mental Health Coaching 

Daniela Spering has over 20 years of experience as an artist agent and entrepreneur, music and cultural management studies, and now offers expertise as a coach and alternative practitioner for psychotherapy for musicians  Flyer Daniela Spering

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Selection of theaters and venues we have worked with:

Bayerische Staatsoper Bregenzer Festspiele Danish Royal Opera
Deutsche Oper am Rhein Festival Aix-en-Provence Festival Gut Immling
Festival Valle d'Itria Martina Franca Glyndebourne Festival Grand Théatre de Geneve
Hessiches Staatstheater Wiesbaden Komische Oper Berlin Konzerthaus Wien
La Monnaie Brussels La Scala di Milano Landestheater Linz
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Vienna Volksoper Salzburg Festival
Metropolitan Opera Theater Dortmund Oper Köln
Opera Ballet Vlaanderen Tonkünstler Orchestra Säschische Staatsoper Dresden
Staatsoper Hamburg Opéra National de Paris

Selection of theaters and venues we have worked with:

  • Bayerische Staatsoper

    Bregenzer Festspiele

    Danish Royal Opera

    Deutsche Oper am Rhein

    Festival Aix-en-Provence

    Festival Gut Immling

    Festival Valle d'Itria Martina Franca

    Glyndebourne Festival

    Grand Théatre de Geneve

    Hessiches Staatstheater Wiesbaden

    Komische Oper Berlin

    Konzerthaus Wien

    La Monnaie Brussels

    La Scala di Milano

    Landestheater Linz

  • Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

    Vienna Volksoper

    Salzburg Festival

    Metropolitan Opera

    Theater Dortmund

    Oper Köln

    Opera Ballet Vlaanderen

    Tonkünstler Orchestra

    Säschische Staatsoper Dresden

    Staatsoper Hamburg

    Opéra National de Paris

How can we help you?

If you intend to book one of our artists, please refer to our booking page. If you intend to audition for us, please refer to our audition page. For everything else please use this contact form.

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