Directors

Artistic Team

Mitchell Piper & Robin Blauers-Piper bring a passion for artistic excellence, and together with their entire artistic team provides a professional environment that responds to the needs and expectations of young artists wishing to enter into a professional career in the performing arts.

Mitchell Piper

General Director

Mitchell Piper's far-reaching accomplishments have positively influenced the careers of young performers for over two decades.

Robin Blauers Piper

Artistic Director

Robin Blauers’ directed the European Premiere of Mark Adamo’s Little Women at the Stadsschouwburg in Bruges, Belgium.

J. David Jackson

Music Director

J. David Jackson gained critical acclaim leading the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in performances of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice staring Anthony Roth Costanzo. He returns to the Met this season for Die Zauberflöte.

Steve Phillips

Associate Director

Alongside Trentino Music Festival, Steve is Communications Director of OMAI (Opera Managers Association International) and delivers career development workshops for singers at the UK conservatoires and National Opera Studio, London.

Onelia Soldini

Artistic Administrator

Onelia Soldini is Head of singing at the ICMT (International College of Musical Theatre), London, and has been teaching voice & singing for more than fifteen years across Italy, Ireland, France, Germany and the UK.

“A lot of people, first among them Mitchell Piper and Robin Blauers who took a chance on a green singer with a lot to figure out, saw something worth cultivating, and didn’t let up until I was able to realize some of what they had seen. I’m grateful for their faith, their exhaustively high standard, their guidance, and their patience.”