Moritzburg (dpa/sn) – This year, the academy of the Moritzburg Festival for chamber music brings together 49 young artists from 20 nations. As the music festival announced on Thursday, they were selected from around 400 applicants. Under the artistic direction of violinist Mira Wang, they will play together from August 1st to 15th and again from October 7th to 13th. As the Moritzburg Festival Orchestra, they present various programs with large and small casts during the music festival. The highlight is a performance with the Japanese violinist Midori on the occasion of her 40th stage anniversary on August 13th in the Dresden Frauenkirche. The 30th Moritzburg Festival runs from August 6th to 21st.