Uta Sander

Uta Sander pursues a dual career as a pianist and arts manager. In 2020 she was appointed Manager of the newly founded Opera Studio of the Vienna State Opera, a program that finds, promotes and prepares the best young international opera talent for the stage profession. As a dedicated manager and artist, the promotion of young musical talent is particularly important to her. Previously, in her role as Head of Digital Marketing, Uta Sander was responsible for setting up and developing the digital strategy of the Vienna State Opera and thus made a significant contribution to the digital opening of the opera house. 
Before joining the Vienna State Opera in 2012, Uta Sander worked for the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Bregenz Festival, the Wilhelm Kempff Cultural Foundation, ORF Radio Österreich 1, the Herbert von Karajan Centrum Vienna and the Austrian Federal Theatres Holding and can look back at 25 years of achievements and experience in this field.
Her performance career as a pianist and Lied accompanist has taken her all over Europe and to South America. A number of her CDs have been awarded international prizes, such as “Die Schöne Müllerin” (with her husband, baritone Klemens Sander) and “Das Lyrische Intermezzo” (with Klemens Sander and actor Cornelius Obonya). 
Uta Sander completed a master's degree in arts management at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and received her artistic diploma as a pianist and Lied accompanist with Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, Rolf Plagge and Hartmut Höll at the Mozarteum Salzburg.