Rudolf Kallat
(*1938) Austria
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a trained hospitality manager and restaurateur. He has held every job in the hotel and restaurant business since 1953, from waiter to hotel manager. He gathered his industry experience in several Western European countries. In 1994 he started the hotel chain Rosen-Hotels-Austria, which is the source of significant support he provides to the Vienna Music Seminar. He was Vice President
of the Seminar from 1991 through 1997 and has held the post of President since 1997. Since 1970 the non-profit project has helped talented instrumental and voice students take Master Classes with the world’s leading music professors. Over eleven thousand students from 29 countries have taken Master Classes. The project also includes exchanges in which students who have completed the Vienna Music Seminar receive the opportunity to perform at concert halls and opera houses around the world.
