Linz

128 years after the death of Bruckner, Peter Androsch lays the composer out again. In the Mount of Olives Chapel on the north-eastern side of the parish church in Linz, where Bruckner was the organist for 13 years. Six guardian angels watch over him. They are his siblings who died at a tender age. The shrine is illuminated five times a day.

With the kind support of the City of Linz, the VKB bank and Linzer Bier!

Peter Androsch

Peter Androsch

Ars Electronica Center Linz
Duration of the exhibition: 01.02. - 31.12.2024, Tue - Sun 10:00 - 17:00

The immersive sound space "Being Anton" at the Ars Electronica Center in Linz offers visitors the opportunity to explore Bruckner's world of sound in a completely new way. After all, when we think of Anton Bruckner, we usually think of his legacy, i.e. Bruckner's music and his sounds. But what soundscape surrounded Bruckner himself? What did he listen to in his everyday life? His life was characterized by many social upheavals triggered by the industrial revolution. The steam engine, for example, which was used in steam trains and steamships, not only changed people's mobility options at an unprecedented pace, but also brought a completely new soundscape into the world.
The installation "Being Anton", developed by the Ars Electronica Futurelab, allows visitors to immerse themselves in this world of sound that surrounded Anton Bruckner and his contemporaries. The link with examples from Bruckner's musical oeuvre creates points of contact between the two sound worlds.

A project of the Upper Austrian KulturEXPO Anton Bruckner 2024 and the Ars Electronica Center

Ars-Electronica-Strasse 1 4040 Linz Details & Tickets

Anton Bruckner is not just a local phenomenon in Upper-Austria. He is a world-renowned and recognised "great" as a musician. Who was this man, in whose honour an entire year has been declared the year of Bruckner in Linz and Upper-Austria 200 years after his birth?

The exhibition embarks on a journey into Bruckner's past, exploring the set pieces that remain or have emerged over time and placing them in new contexts. We encounter an introverted nerd somewhere between provincial dust and the big city, an unrecognised genius searching for love. The life and work of the musical genius are both illuminated and critically questioned from today's point of view. Views, original artifacts and documents, and contemporary visualisations shed new light on a great musician. In six themed rooms, the story of Bruckner is retold and made tangible.

A project of the Nordico City Museum in cooperation with the Upper Austrian KulturEXPO Anton Bruckner 2024

Simon-Wiesenthal-Platz 1 4020 Linz Details & Tickets

In its exhibition "Komm sing mit" the Lentos Museum of Art in Linz focuses on the power of singing together as one, of raising one's voice". The show rallies national and international artists for whom singing is of importance in their own artistic practice. In addition to videos and sound installations, participatory projects and a supporting programme full of variety give visitors the opportunity to explore their own voice.

Duration of exhibition: 04.10.24 - 05.01.25

Opening hours:
Tue., Wed., Fri., Sat., Sun.: 10:00-18:00
Thur.: 10:00-20:00

Lentos Museum of Art

Ernst-Koref-Promenade 1 4020 Linz Details & Tickets

Ars Electronica Center Linz, Deep Space 8K
Duration of the exhibition: 01.02. - 31.12.2024, Tue - Sun at 16:30 each day

What makes up the gigantic, imposing sound of a Bruckner symphony? Visitors can approach this question in a playful way with "Playing Anton" in Deep Space 8K at the Ars Electronica Center: Playing together with other visitors, they can constantly re-form the various instrumental groups of the Bruckner Orchestra Linz thanks to the innovative interaction technology of Deep Space 8K. Various facets of the musical and compositional perception of Bruckner's music are illuminated, enhanced by impressive 3D visualizations.
For example, "Playing Anton" - developed by the Ars Electronica Futurelab - allows visitors to immerse themselves visually and musically in Anton Bruckner's impressive world of sound together with the Bruckner Orchestra Linz and interactively explore its special features. Not just as listeners in front of the stage, but right in the middle of the orchestra.

A project of the Upper Austrian KulturEXPO Anton Bruckner 2024 and the Ars Electronica Center

Ars-Electronica-Strasse 1 4040 Linz Details & Tickets

Whatever you want to know about AB - here it is put on stage in the form of improvised scenes, songs and short operas by five of Austria's best improv actors.
The special guest is none other than Alexander Koller.
As befits the dedicatee of the evening, Bruckner's own music also falls into the clutches of the outstanding improvisers: "The way David Wagner improvised Bruckner's Fourth was a musical stroke of luck." (OÖN, 16.02.2024)

Posthof Linz

David Wagner | Presenter and pianist

Alexander Koller | special guest

Anita Zieher | Improv actress

Barbara Willensdorfer | Improv actress

Daniela Wagner | Improv actress

Manuela Wieninger | Improv actress

P R O G R A M M:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Praeludium et Fuga in A minor, BWV 543
Trio super Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend, (Weimar version) BWV 655a

César Franck (1822-1890)
Final en Sib majeur

Jehan Alain (1911-1940)
Le jardin suspendu
Litanies

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Scherzo from the 2nd Symphony (organ arrangement by Erwin Horn)

Ugo Sforza (1982*)
Organ improvisation on themes from Anton Bruckner symphonies

Parish of Linz

Alternative date for September 17, 2024.

Bruckner embroidery is a participatory art project in the form of collective embroidery. Participants meet in small groups to embroider a fragment of a score from Bruckner.

Everyone is welcome to join in the embroidery! No technical knowledge is required. It's not about embroidering "correctly" but about how everyone does it in their own way: be it experimental, rough, precise, nervous, wild, calm...

The embroidery meetings take place at various locations in Upper-Austria: in a market square, in a music school, at an inn, at a lake, in a private flat, during a music rehearsal.

Conversations can flow as the hands of the participants beaver away. Just as the motif continues to be embroidered by all those taking part, so do the stories continue to unfold. Meeting by meeting - note by note - stitch by stitch, the embroidery grows along with the sum of each individual piece of handwriting and personality.

This embroidery meeting will take place on the train from Linz - Salzburg - Linz:

Outward journey: RJ 644 Linz to Salzburg (14:30 - 15:49)
Return journey: RJ 743 Salzburg to Linz (16:11 - 17:30)

ATTENTION: each participant is responsible for presenting a valid train ticket. Seats are reserved.
After registering via the registration link, you will receive more detailed information about the seats by e-mail.

If you have any questions about ÖBB's travel services, the ÖBB Customer Service will be happy to help you from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on +43 (0)5 1717. https://www.oebb.at/de/reiseplanung-services/kundenservice/callcenter

Meeting point at the ticket machines. More information under: +43 677/64818820

Accessibility: limited accessibility!

A project of the Upper-Austrian KulturEXPO Anton Bruckner 2024

Cécile Belmont | Artist

The Composition Workshop: Composing at a heavenly height (Komponieren in HIMMLISCHER HÖHE) aims to be a place that offers young composers space for exciting sound experiments in and with Austria's largest church. On the occasion of the two anniversaries, "100 years of St. Mary's Cathedral Linz" and "200 years of Anton Bruckner", it offers the extraordinary opportunity for an intensive exchange between young composers (born in 1998 and later) and professional musicians as well presenting sound artists with an exciting experience.

The vocal compositions, which were created following a workshop in the footsteps of Anton Bruckner and St. Mary's Cathedral as well as a composition residency in the Türmerstube at a height of 68 meters above Linz, will be premiered at the presentation concert by the renowned Ensemble Cantando Admont, conducted by Cordula Bürgi, in the presence of the young creators of sound.

Introduction: 19:00-19:45
Start: 20:00-21:30

Accessible to those with impaired mobility:
St. Mary's Cathedral
Phone number
e-mail

Admission is free!

A project of the Upper-Austrian KulturEXPO Anton Bruckner 2024

Ensemble Cantando Admont

Cordula Bürgi | Management

You only turn 200 once! We are celebrating Anton Bruckner, why don't you join us! Visit our walk-in and interactive sound experiences on a guided walk and immerse yourself in the world of Bruckner.

Playing Anton
What is the gigantic, imposing sound of a Bruckner symphony made of? Playing Anton" in Deep Space 8K at the Ars Electronica Centre gives visitors the opportunity to approach this question in a playful manner": Together with other visitors, they can constantly re-arrange the various instrumental groups of the Bruckner Orchestra Linz using the innovative  and interactive technology of Deep Space 8K. Various facets of the musical and compositional perception of Bruckner's music are illuminated and reinforced by impressive 3D visualisations.
For example, "Playing Anton" - which was developed by the Ars Electronica Futurelab - allows visitors to immerse themselves visually and musically in Anton Bruckner's impressive world of sound together with the Bruckner Orchestra Linz. They can then explore its special features in an interactive manner, not just as listeners in front of the stage, but from right in the middle of the orchestra.

Being Anton
The immersive  "Being Anton" acoustic space at the Ars Electronica Centre in Linz allows visitors to explore Bruckner's world of sound in a completely new way. After all, when we think of Anton Bruckner, we usually think about his legacy, i.e. the music and sounds of Bruckner. But what acoustic space surrounded Bruckner himself? What did he listen to in his everyday life? His life was shaped by many social upheavals triggered by the industrial revolution. The steam engine, for example, which was used in steam trains and steamers, presented the people of that time with new mobility options at an unprecedented pace and also introduced new elements of sound to the world.
The installation "Being Anton", developed by the Ars Electronica Futurelab, allows visitors to immerse themselves in the world of sound that prevailed in the day of Anton Bruckner and his contemporaries. Linking the latter to examples from Bruckner's creative work generates points of contact between these two worlds of sound.

TOUR
THUR, SAT, SUN and public holidays, as well as during the Upper Austrian school vacations: 15:30 - 16:30
Duration: 60 minutes
Price: € 5.00

A project of the Upper Austrian KulturEXPO Anton Bruckner 2024 and the Ars Electronica Center

Ars-Electronica-Strasse 1 4040 Linz

Are you curious about Bruckner? Would you like to dive deeper into the world of the composer and the man himself? Would you like to pass on your own enthusiasm and knowledge?

Take advantage of this entertaining course offering all of the music and information from and about Bruckner that it will take to expand your Bruckner horizons.

Number of participants:
The crash course will take place with a minimum of 5 participants and is restricted to 25 participants.

All the great Bruckner motets are interpreted in one place by different choirs and given an innnovative twist propelling them into the 21st century.
The choirs are spread out in different places in the New Cathedral in Linz. Each choir takes its turn singing its chosen motet.
At the end of the event, all the motets will sound simultaneously, culminating in a joint "Locus iste".

Admission: voluntary donations!

Choir Association Upper Austria

Member choirs of the Choir Association of Upper-Austria

Bruckner as part of the club scene? In April, the STREAM CLUB and students from the state music school studying digital music production proved that this is possible. And the beat goes on: "This all began with the idea to generate new approaches to Anton Bruckner's classical music," Ilona Roth from Transitheart Productions explains. The latter is a label for artistic productions in the field of contemporary dance and theatre with interfaces to performance art, film and video. Together with the Linz-based collective, Holy Hydra, she devised Bruckner's Beats and presents pieces from Bruckner featuring electronic remixes and new arrangements in a club atmosphere. Sound installations, performances, art happenings and interventions - thus Anton Bruckner becomes danceable and tangible.

In three rooms, you can listen to interpretations of Bruckner's symphonies by DJs and musicians, immerse yourself in parallel worlds of sound, accompanied by live interaction from dancers, via a headphone audio system on three channels. En passant, you can talk about Bruckner, toast him and philosophise about him. Supported by club sounds - both loud and quiet at the same time - contemplative but at the same time danceable, ambivalent like Bruckner himself.

Admission fee:
Full payer: € 15,-
Reduced: € 10,-
Free: Kulturpass Hunger for Art & Culture & people with disabilities

Tickets are available via the button below or by calling +43 (0) 732 7720-15665. VVK possible until 18.10.!
Tickets are also available at the box office on the day of the event, cash only.

A project of the Upper-Austrian KulturEXPO Anton Bruckner 2024

Transitheart Productions coop Holy Hydra

Clemens Riedl | Organ; E:K:V

Stefan Weissenberger | trumpet & electronics; E:K:V

Björn Büchner | Electronics; E:K:V

Audiomojo | Sound Remixes

LynnMayya | Sound Remixes

Reinhard Reisenzahn | Sound Remixes

Lilli Jungin Lee | Lee Jung In Creation - dance performance

Seo Jin Moon | Lee Jung In Creation - dance performance

Yeram Kand | Lee Jung In Creation - dance performance

Seung Ju Lee | Lee Jung In Creation - dance performance

A ballet set to the music of Anton Bruckner. The libretto, concept and choreography are all from Stoyanova Ivelin accompanied by Petra Slottova on the flute. The dancers are students of the MAESTRO Theatre Ballet School with the support of the ATEM Dance Company.

Stoyanova Ivelin | Choreography, libretto, concept and artistic direction

Petra Slottova | Flute

Pupils and Copagnie ATEM from theMAESTRO Schhol of Ballet| Dancers

Rossitza Ekova Stoyanova | Costumes

Iassen Stoyanov | Stage design

Hallucination. Anton Bruckner's Phantasmagoria is a new staging of his 1868 work "Remembrance" that combines AI, live music, performance, visualisation and light. The multimedia artist, CRYSTN HUNT AKRON, and her partners, Chris Noelle and Ali Nikrang, breathe new life into this work.

Art makes use of artificial intelligence: it generates a piece that represents a kind of memory of a "memory" and is rearranged and remixed.

In this project, the entire space of the church is visually and acoustically incorporated and auratically transformed. The result is a musical-visual journey from classical to avant-garde to experimental.

CRYSTN HUNT AKRON | Artistic direction & idea

Patrik Huber | Performance

Stefan Mittlböck-J.-F. | Accordion Noise

Kefermark alphorn players

Dance students of the ABPU | Directed by Iris Heitzinger

Chris Noelle | Visualisation

Gerald van der Kolk | Visualisation

Ali Nikrang (Ars Electronica Futurelab) | AI Music

CRYSTN HUNT AKRON | voice, organ, synthesiser, composition

further artists from Upper-Austria

Cornelia Lehner | Project Management

TONI ON TOUR, a summer tour of the Upper-Austrian Children's University with Anton Bruckner. Children can spend a day delving into the fascinating life of Toni at all of the locations in Upper-Austria and experience a creative combination of science and music. A music which features old and new, classical and contemporary worlds of music. TONI, our little explorer, loves to collect musical treasures in Upper- Austria. At the graduation ceremony in Stey in August, he will present a concert full of variety.

Registration: Monday, 16.10.2024 from 18:00

A project of the Upper-Austrian KulturEXPO Anton Bruckner 2024 in co-operation with the KinderUni

KinderUni Upper Austria (supporting organisation: Institute for Applied Environmental Education)

UAS-UpperAustrianSinfonietta
Conductor: Peter Aigner
Soloist: Eleonor Sophie Plöchl, marimba

Johannes Brahms: (1833- 1897)
Selection from the Hungarian Dances WoO 1 (1869, 1880)
Hungarian Dance No. 13 in D major
Hungarian Dance No. 11 in D minor
Hungarian Dance No. 20 in E minor

Tina Geroldinger (* 2000)
Expedition North Pole - Anton Bruckner's dream trip

Tristan Schulze (*1964)
Concerto for the marimba and orchestra, op. 95

Anton Bruckner: (1824 - 1896)
Symphony in F minor, WAB 99 "Study Symphony"

LIVA and Upper Austrian Music School Association

UAS-Upper Austrian Sinfonietta | Orchestra

Peter Aigner | Conductor

Eleonor Sophie Plöchl | Soloist

Our thoughts revolve so often around Anton Bruckner that we have brought him back to life. At 20:24 on the night of Halloween, 31 October 2024, Peter Androsch will circle the parish church, accompanied by anyone who wishes to be there. He will be dressed in his Bruckner death masks and proceeded by wind players layering on the famous opening motif from Bruckner's Fourth. The cardboard death masks are available from Peter Androsch and/or at remember-bruckner.com.

Peter Androsch

Peter Androsch and many others.

Sport and culture - constantly linked: Nowhere does this work as well as in Linz, where the Danube lifeline has always set the pace and where Anton Bruckner, Upper Austria's great world-class composer, is also leading the way in many ways on his 200th birthday. Premiere for the Oberbank Anton Bruckner Lauf Linz on November 3, 2024 - register now!

A new symphony will be created in 2024 and where else if not in Upper Austria, where "doing sport" in the varied natural surroundings has developed to become a real mass movement in recent decades. It is also the heart of the marathon "stronghold" and provincial capital of Linz, where the Oberbank Linz Danube Marathon attracts up to 20,000 ambitious amateur runners from 80 nations to the spectacular start in the middle of the Voest highway bridge once a year. This symphony will be one of running and dedicated to Anton Bruckner and his work. The Anton Bruckner running trail will start and finish at the Brucknerhaus Linz.

A symphony of running
The fact that Anton Bruckner, in addition to his groundbreaking musical work and his attachment to the traditions of the Land ob der Enns, also paid particular homage to athletics, is one that has not been passed on. On the occasion of the 200th birthday of Upper Austria's great son, the Anton Bruckner running trail is more of an offer for the current generation. At the same time, however, it also invites you to rediscover the work of the famous composer: Based on the number of Bruckner symphonies, the distance is nine kilometres and acoustic signposts allow the master's musical work to be heard.

The Oberbank Anton Bruckner Lauf Linz will celebrate its grand opening on November 3, 2024. As a fun run for all sports enthusiasts, held according to the rules of the Austrian Athletics Association, the course first runs to the Lentos Art Museum, turns there and continues along the Danube banks to the narrow headland at Winterhafen to the turning point at Spitz (kilometer 3). After crossing the Voest freeway bridge (kilometer 5) to the northern bank of the Danube, the course continues to the Ars Electronica Center (kilometer 7) and back over the New Railway Bridge.

In the "pace zones" at the start of each of the nine kilometres, participants will be greeted by one of Anton Bruckner's impressive symphonies. In addition, ground markings in the design of the anniversary year "Anton Bruckner 2024" point the way to the finish line at the 9.3 kilometre mark at the Brucknerhaus Linz. Once there, all those who finish will receive a special medal and a wholesome snack. The winners will also receive prizes. Women and men will be judged in their respective age groups.

Oberbank Anton Bruckner Run Linz
Competitions: Running and Nordic Walking
Start and finish: Brucknerhaus Linz
Start number pick-up: 8 to 10 a.m., Brucknerhaus Linz
Start: 11 am
Winners' ceremony: 1:30 pm, Brucknerhaus Linz
Changing rooms and showers: Fitnessoase Parkbad Linz (free of charge)

Entry fee € 30,-

Attention: Limited number of participants, please register quickly!
Concept, production: LIVA Sport & Linz Donau Marathon

Wagner, Bruckner, Brahms, Grieg or Tchaikovsky: he knew them all and they held him in great value. David Popper was one of the few cellists who achieved international fame as a soloist in the 19th century even becoming a darling of the tabloid press. Nevertheless, he is far less well known today than, for example, Franz Liszt, who called him to his newly founded academy in Budapest. Martin Rummel investigates why this is the case.

Free admission!
Accessible for those with impaired mobility!

Richard Wagner Association Linz

Dauphinestrasse 19 4020 Linz

Are you curious about Bruckner? Would you like to dive deeper into the world of the composer and the man himself? Would you like to pass on your own enthusiasm and knowledge?

Take advantage of this entertaining course offering all of the music and information from and about Bruckner that it will take to expand your Bruckner horizons.

Number of participants:
The crash course will take place with a minimum of 5 participants and is restricted to 25 participants.

With this year's lunch series "Lunch with Bruckner", the StifterHaus invites you to take a look at Anton Bruckner. The focus will be on the Bruckner Year and the events associated with this in general. Particular attention will also be paid to Anton Bruckner in literature.

StifterHaus

The new Ina Regen is colourful and light but as poetic and true to life as usual. Almost two years to the day have passed since the #1 album "røt". Two years of excitement but which were first and foremost intense and turbulent. These are years that have affected and impacted the world as a whole. Times that have of course not left a sensitive artist, like Ina Regen, completely unscathed. This served as sufficient impetus to initiate a number of changes and give expression to her own experiences at this time in her music. To express them in audible form.

This time the music that the Vienna-based singer-songwriter presents to her fans is almost as colourful as the album cover itself. It can be interpreted as the consistent further development of a charismatic, energetic and eloquent artist or as the expression of this woman's new-found self-confidence. Her voice has become an indispensable companion for large sections of the public. Above all it expresses the joy of breaking loose from the boundaries that she once imposed upon herself and reinventing herself. It is sometimes surprising and yet she remains true to herself. "If I had to give this creative period a title, it would be 'Emancipation'," Ina Regen says.

And, Ina Regen has also emancipated herself on a professional level. "Fast wie Radlfahrn" (almost like riding a bike) is the first album on her own label ,Nannerl. For the Amadeus Award winner, this step towards independence was a logical step in her career. "Over the last few years, I have increasingly understood that my creativity is nourished by a playful impulsiveness and an unwavering gut feeling. The greatest possible self-determination is the only way to happiness for me personally to ensure that my profession continues to bring me this joy and that my music can also be part of my honest attitude towards life in the long term. "

Next Bruckner - The concert series curated by Ina Regen
11 concert evenings from January to November 2024 at the Posthof Linz
Co-production: Posthof - Zeitkultur am Hafen

Ina Regen | Curation

Posthof - Zeitkultur am Hafen, Ina Regen | Co-production

Programme:
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896), Adagio from the String Quintet in the version designed for string orchestras.

Anton Bruckner Private University

Guido Mancusi | Conductor

In Bruckner's sketches, which were written during his time as a teacher and later as a monastery organist in St. Florian, numerous copies of works by other composers can be found. The composer was particularly interested in the art of writing fugues and church music. He developed his own technique by copying mostly contrapuntal works by J.G. Albrechtsberger, M. Haydn, A. Caldara, J.S. Bach, W.A. Mozart and other musicians. The sketches also include a copy of an Ave Maria by Franz Joseph Aumann, the Floriani choirmaster.

Under the direction of Elisabeth Wiesbauer, the Euridice Baroque Orchestra will perform symphonies by J.G. Albrechtsberger and M. Haydn on period instruments alongside Aumann's Ave maria.

Anton Bruckner Private University

Elisabeth Wiesbauer | Coordination

Students Institute ALT

Bruckner's Te Deum will be performed in the Cathedral of Linz at the ceremony to mark the end of the anniversary "100 years of St. Mary's Cathedral".

Cathedral music & Pro Mariendom

Josef Habringer | Director

Cathedral organist Wolfgang Kreuzhuber | Organ

Linz Cathedral Choir (conducted by Andreas Peterl)

Collegium Vocale Linz

Orchestra and soloists of the Dommusik Linz

Are you curious about Bruckner? Would you like to dive deeper into the world of the composer and the man himself? Would you like to pass on your own enthusiasm and knowledge?

Take advantage of this entertaining course offering all of the music and information from and about Bruckner that it will take to expand your Bruckner horizons.

Number of participants:
The crash course will take place with a minimum of 5 participants and is restricted to 25 participants.

ANTON is an innovative multimedia performance that combines music theatre and interactive elements, focusing on Anton Bruckner as its central figure.

The escape room can be played by a group of 2 to 5 people, aged between 12 and 100 and it takes around 40-60 minutes. Players will have to find their way out of the room by solving a series of puzzles in which they will interact with musical instruments, projections, electronics and vintage music recording media.

Tickets will be available online.

CLAMMY STUDIO

Óscar Escudero | composer

Belenish Moreno-Gil | stage designer

Andrés Ciprés | bassoonist