Vienna Festival
The Wiener Festwochen (Vienna Festival) is a cultural festival in Vienna that takes place every year for five or six weeks in May and June. The Wiener Festwochen was established in 1951, when Vienna was still occupied by the four Allies.[1]
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Opening Ceremony Wiener Festwochen 2014
The opening of the Wiener Festwochen is an open-air event with free admission held in the square in front of Vienna’s City Hall.[2]
Each year the festival attracts about 180,000 visitors.[1]
Directors
- 1951-1958 Adolph Ario
- 1959 Rudolf Gamsjäger
- 1960-1964 Egon Hilbert
- 1964-1977 Ulrich Baumgartner
- 1978-1979 Gerhard Freund
- 1980-1984 Helmut Zilk
- 1984-1991 Ursula Pasterk
- 1991-1996 Klaus Bachler
- 1997-2001 Luc Bondy / Klaus-Peter Kehr / Hortensia Völckers
- 2002–2013: Luc Bondy[3]
- 2014–2016: Markus Hinterhäuser
- 2017–2021: Tomas Zierhofer-Kin[4]
- 2019-present: Christophe Slagmuylder,[5] whose term ends in 2024[6]
See also
References
- "Music Festivals in Austria". USA Today. Gannett Company. 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- "Der Rathausplatz sang: Wiener Festwochen vielstimmig eröffnet". Der Standard. 10 May 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- Schneeberger, Peter (17 July 2013). "Luc Bondys letzte Wiener Festwochen". 3sat. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- derStandard.at – Tomas Zierhofer-Kin wird Intendant der Wiener Festwochen; November 19, 2014
- "Slagmuylder will keine Notlösung sein". orf.at. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- "Slagmuylder bleibt bis 2024". orf.at. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
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