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.  

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).

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.