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WÖRTHERSEE FESTSPIELE, INNSBRUCKER FESTWOCHEN, OTTO SAXINGER<br />
1 The Concert for Europe draws thousands<br />
of music fans to the Palace<br />
Park of Schönbrunn every summer<br />
2 Lively goings-on at the streettheatre<br />
festival La Strada in Graz<br />
3 Linz features the International<br />
Centre for Media Art, the Ars<br />
Electronica and the Linz Festival<br />
4 Modern music culture at the Wörthersee<br />
Festival in Carinthia<br />
5 The traditional Tirolean Renaissance<br />
Festival with flag-wavers<br />
6 “Little Danny”, by Hung-Chih Peng,<br />
shown as part of the “Schaurausch”<br />
exhibition leading up to Linz 2009<br />
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More top tips<br />
* styriarte. The Styrian festival, from 27 June to 27 July <strong>2008</strong>, offers a much-anticipated opera<br />
sensation this year: Nikolaus Harnoncourt will conduct his own staging of Mozart’s “Idomeneo”.<br />
www.styriarte.com<br />
* BRUCKNERFEST AND CLOUD OF SOUND. In 1979 a Bruckner symphony accompanied the first<br />
“Cloud of Sound” above Linz. From 14 to 28 September, <strong>2008</strong>, Anton Bruckner’s music will again<br />
form the centrepiece of the traditional music festival, which offers a captivating counterpoint to the<br />
more visionary Ars Electronica.<br />
* OPERETTA DREAMLAND. If you enjoy being swept away by the sweet sounds of operetta, you<br />
will be in seventh heaven at the Mörbisch Festival on the Lake or in the Fortress Arena in Kufstein in<br />
Tirol. www.seefestspiele-moerbisch.at and www.operettensommer.com<br />
* WWW.CREATIVEAUSTRIA.AT. The best (web) address when it comes to contemporary art and<br />
culture in Austria – with the best tips for all types of culture in all the provinces, a preview of the<br />
coming season and links to sites relating to subjects from music and fine arts to architecture, design<br />
and media.<br />
europe in linz<br />
In 2009 Europe will again have a Cultural Capital in Austria: this time it’s Linz<br />
Austria’s third-largest city has long made a name for itself with its innovative art and cultural scene,<br />
with the Linz Cloud of Sound and the Ars Electronica now known all over the world. In 2009 Linz will<br />
even be named a European Cultural Capital. To get culture enthusiasts in the mood for that special year,<br />
several exceptional events will be in place ahead of time. From the end of May to mid-July the Offenes<br />
Kulturhaus Upper Austria (OK) will present contemporary art at unusual locations in the city, such as old<br />
cellars and mine shafts. Equally unconventional is the orientation of the film festival “Crossing Europe”,<br />
where young European directors present their debut or second film to draw attention to socio-political<br />
issues. Also concerned with crossing borders and bringing nations together is the “Linz Europa Tour”:<br />
aboard a ship converted into a concert stage, musicians and the “cultural ambassador”, Austrian singer<br />
Hubert von Goisern, travel from Linz downriver through Central and Eastern Europe to the Black Sea,<br />
giving concerts in over 20 cities – together with musicians taken aboard along the way. The big final<br />
celebration will take place back in Linz in summer 09: a festival extending over several days will unite<br />
the artists of this two-year tour for a mega-concert.<br />
29 May to 13 Jul. 08: “Kunst in die Stadt – Tiefenrausch”,www.ok-zentrum.at; 22 to 27 Apr. 08: Crossing<br />
Europe, www.crossingeurope.at; summer 2009: final celebration of the “Tour West”, www.linz09.at<br />
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