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The New Year's Concert with the Bruckner Orchestra Linz under its principal conductor Markus Poschner at the Brucknerhaus Linz is a good old tradition. In this country, however, tradition and innovation often go hand in hand. That's why this concert celebrates not only the local jubilarian Anton Bruckner, but also Smetana, Janáček, Schoenberg and Ives, all of whom are celebrating round birthdays. The anniversary year will be officially opened with a dance program of a special kind.

The detailed program will be announced at a later date.

Bruckner Orchestra Linz
Markus Poschner | Conductor

Ars Electronica Center Linz, Deep Space 8K
All year round

Immerse yourself twice in the world of Anton Bruckner at the Ars Electronica Center Linz. First into the musical world of Anton Bruckner and the orchestra of the Bruckner Orchestra Linz, and then into the world of thought of Anton Bruckner and his time. Two exhibition installations in the Ars Electronica Center Linz, developed by the Ars Electronica Futurelab.

In the fantastic 3D projection and interaction space, Deep Space 8K, visitors can visually and musically immerse themselves in the sound world of Anton Bruckner together with the Bruckner Orchestra Linz and interactively experience its special features. Not just as listeners in front of the stage, but in the middle of the orchestra.

In the immersive sound space of the Ars Electronica Center, we can explore the world of thought and spirit of Anton Bruckner and his contemporaries. With quotations, musical examples and many cross-references to the major themes and moving events that defined Anton Bruckner's lifetime. This special sound space turns each visitor into an "interactive mixer". Every step we take in this sound space, every movement of the head brings specific texts, sounds, quotes and examples to the foreground and everyone can create their very own journey through the world of Anton Bruckner's thoughts.

The Bruckner Orchestra Linz and its principal conductor Markus
Poschner will play all the symphonies of the genius loci in the anniversary year.
Bruckner is inscribed in the orchestra's name; the event of a concert is
the event of a concert is each time a new sounding search for traces, which
always takes place in the now. On these opening evenings in Vienna and Linz you can expect
not only the "Romantic", but also unexpected guests.
unexpected guests. A surprise at the beginning of this special year!

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Symphony No. 4 ("Romantic") in E-flat major, WAB 104
Bruckner Orchestra Linz
Markus Poschner I Conductor

The Bruckner Orchestra Linz and its principal conductor Markus
Poschner will play all the symphonies of the genius loci in the anniversary year.
Bruckner is inscribed in the orchestra's name; the event of a concert is
the event of a concert is each time a new sounding search for traces, which
always takes place in the now. On these opening evenings in Vienna and Linz you can expect
not only the "Romantic", but also unexpected guests.
unexpected guests. A surprise at the beginning of this special year!

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Symphony No. 4 ("Romantic") in E-flat major, WAB 104
Bruckner Orchestra Linz
Markus Poschner I Conductor

Anton Bruckner, the famous, modest composer, musician, teacher: what made this man, who always persevered despite hard trials? Where did he get the strength to follow his idea, to create his music? What did loneliness do to him? These are questions and themes that, in a different guise, also confront many young people today. A musical and lively puppet theater piece for two great actresses and a very small orchestra full of oddities and surprises goes on a search for clues, uncovers many a little secret and dares to find answers.

Puppet theater play with live music for families and children from 10 years (world premiere)

Dorothee Carls and Annika Pilstl | acting
Hans-Jochen Menzel | direction
Peter Lutz | puppet construction
Philipp Plessmann & Spring String Quartet | Music

Production: Children's Cultural Center Kuddelmuddel

Anton Bruckner, the famous, modest composer, musician, teacher: what made this man, who always persevered despite hard trials? Where did he get the strength to follow his idea, to create his music? What did loneliness do to him? These are questions and themes that, in a different guise, also confront many young people today. A musical and lively puppet theater piece for two great actresses and a very small orchestra full of oddities and surprises goes on a search for clues, uncovers many a little secret and dares to find answers.

Puppet theater play with live music for families and children aged 10 and older

Dorothee Carls and Annika Pilstl | acting
Hans-Jochen Menzel | direction
Peter Lutz | puppet construction
Philipp Plessmann & Spring String Quartet | Music

Production: Children's Cultural Center Kuddelmuddel

Markus Poschner and the Bruckner Orchestra Linz set standards in the rendition of the music of the genius loci. This expertise obliges them to pass it on - with the aim of enabling the younger generation to experience Bruckner at its source.

The principal conductor of the Bruckner Orchestra Linz introduces conductors to the works of Anton Bruckner in an international master class. Poschner is a charismatic instigator who knows how to lead into corners of scores to uncover the wonder of music in all its uniqueness.

Markus Poschner and the Bruckner Orchestra Linz set standards in the reproduction of the music of the genius loci. This expertise from the source obliges them to pass it on to the younger generation.

The principal conductor of the Bruckner Orchestra Linz introduces conductors to the works of Anton Bruckner in an international master class. Poschner is a charismatic instigator who knows how to lead into corners of scores to uncover the wonder of music in all its uniqueness.

Markus Poschner and the Bruckner Orchestra Linz set standards in the rendition of the music of the genius loci. This expertise obliges them to pass it on - with the aim of enabling the younger generation to experience Bruckner at its source.

Franz Welser-Möst is undoubtedly one of the great conductors of our time at the helm of the Upper Austrian Youth Symphony Orchestra. Just like Anton Bruckner, he also struck his first musical roots in Upper Austria.

This is also the case now with the young musicians of the Upper Austrian Youth Symphony Orchestra, which is an orchestra of the Upper Austrian State Music School. This common musical breeding ground is the starting point for a special series of four concerts in which the young musicians and Franz Welser-Möst dedicate themselves to the genius loci - Anton Bruckner.

Franz Welser-Möst is undoubtedly one of the great conductors of our time at the helm of the Upper Austrian Youth Symphony Orchestra. Just like Anton Bruckner, he also struck his first musical roots in Upper Austria.

This is also the case now with the young musicians of the Upper Austrian Youth Symphony Orchestra, which is an orchestra of the Upper Austrian State Music School. This common musical breeding ground is the starting point for a special series of four concerts in which the young musicians and Franz Welser-Möst dedicate themselves to the genius loci - Anton Bruckner.

Franz Welser-Möst is undoubtedly one of the great conductors of our time at the helm of the Upper Austrian Youth Symphony Orchestra. Just like Anton Bruckner, he also struck his first musical roots in Upper Austria.

This is also the case now with the young musicians of the Upper Austrian Youth Symphony Orchestra, which is an orchestra of the Upper Austrian State Music School. This common musical breeding ground is the starting point for a special series of four concerts in which the young musicians and Franz Welser-Möst dedicate themselves to the genius loci - Anton Bruckner.

Franz Welser-Möst is undoubtedly one of the great conductors of our time at the helm of the Upper Austrian Youth Symphony Orchestra. Just like Anton Bruckner, he also struck his first musical roots in Upper Austria.

This is also the case now with the young musicians of the Upper Austrian Youth Symphony Orchestra, which is an orchestra of the Upper Austrian State Music School. This common musical breeding ground is the starting point for a special series of four concerts in which the young musicians and Franz Welser-Möst dedicate themselves to the genius loci - Anton Bruckner.

Who would have thought it: The symphonic work of Anton Bruckner as a space opener for the presence of contemporary dance in its complexity, which enters into dialogue with the essence of music in a virtuoso way! Fiery passion, sparkling energy and pulsating joie de vivre - São Paulo Dance Company and Stephen Shropshire honor Upper Austria's most famous world-class composer with their latest piece, marking at the same time the sparkling capstone for the spectacular collaboration between the spirited Brazilian ensemble and the star choreographer from Miami.

World Premiere.

Stephen Shopshire | Choreography, Equipment

Co-production: Posthof - Zeitkultur am Hafen, The Dutch Performing Arts Program of the Performing Arts Fund NL, Pró-Dança Association / São Paulo Dance Company

12 & 13.4.2024, Linz city center

STREAM Club follows in the footsteps of Anton Bruckner in contemporary club culture. As part of the two-day club festival, club sounds conquer church spaces and Bruckner beats conquer the city's dance floors. Based on the genius organ improviser Bruckner, his instrument is the focus of the programming. Concerts, live acts and DJs invite to opulent musical experiences, exuberant party sounds and visualized sound worlds, especially in the evening and night hours. In the afternoon, STREAM Club dedicates itself to Talks,
In the afternoon, STREAM Club devotes itself to the artistic legacy of Anton Bruckner in contemporary club music in a fun and unconventional way through talks, workshops and other educational formats.

The Stadtpfarrkirche, where Anton Bruckner worked as a parish organist, and the Alte Dom, with the Bruckner organ as one of Austria's most important sound monuments, will be the extraordinary venues of STREAM Club 2024. In addition, STREAM Club relies in its usual way on the cooperation with the lively and performance-oriented regional club scene.

Who would have thought it: The symphonic work of Anton Bruckner as a space opener for the presence of contemporary dance in its complexity, which enters into dialogue with the essence of music in a virtuoso way! Fiery passion, sparkling energy and pulsating joie de vivre - São Paulo Dance Company and Stephen Shropshire honor Upper Austria's most famous world-class composer with their latest piece, marking at the same time the sparkling capstone for the spectacular collaboration between the spirited Brazilian ensemble and the star choreographer from Miami.

Stephen Shopshire | Choreography, Equipment

Co-production: Posthof - Zeitkultur am Hafen, The Dutch Performing Arts Program of the Performing Arts Fund NL, Pró-Dança Association / São Paulo Dance Company

12 & 13.4.2024, Linz city center

STREAM Club follows in the footsteps of Anton Bruckner in contemporary club culture. As part of the two-day club festival, club sounds conquer church spaces and Bruckner beats conquer the city's dance floors. Based on the genius organ improviser Bruckner, his instrument is the focus of the programming. Concerts, live acts and DJs invite to opulent musical experiences, exuberant party sounds and visualized sound worlds, especially in the evening and night hours. In the afternoon, STREAM Club dedicates itself to Talks,
In the afternoon, STREAM Club devotes itself to the artistic legacy of Anton Bruckner in contemporary club music in a fun and unconventional way through talks, workshops and other educational formats.

The Stadtpfarrkirche, where Anton Bruckner worked as a parish organist, and the Alte Dom, with the Bruckner organ as one of Austria's most important sound monuments, will be the extraordinary venues of STREAM Club 2024. In addition, STREAM Club relies in its usual way on the cooperation with the lively and performance-oriented regional club scene.

The Bruckner Orchestra Linz and Markus Poschner guarantee unmistakable Bruckner events that are celebrated not only in Upper Austria but resonate throughout the world.
all over the world. This is also underlined by the many prizes and nominations for the complete recording currently in progress. However, nothing can replace the live experience. In 2024, the
Bruckner Orchestra Linz and its principal conductor will perform all of the Ansfeld master's symphonies in the Bruckner space and around the world. In the Brucknerhaus, the 'Third' and the 'Sixth' can be experienced in their own cycle.
can be experienced. Expect the unexpected and, above all, to hear more than the music at these concerts.

Bruckner Orchestra Linz
Markus Poschner I Conductor
25.4.2024

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Symphony No. 6 in A major, WAB 106
29.5.2024

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Symphony No. 3 in D minor, WAB 103

Anton Bruckner himself was a sanger boy in St. Florian. In Bruckner's time, however, there were only a total of three boys, who were involved in the liturgy mainly at the church services. Today the choir numbers almost 45 boys and is supported by a male choir (almost exclusively former members of the Sangerknaben) - an extraordinary sound experience. On May 4, 2024, the feast of St. Florian (patron saint of the province and diocese of Upper Austria), the St. Florian Boys' Choir, together with the Linz Music High School, will perform Anton Bruckner's Mass in E minor during the Pontifical Mass.

The Bruckner Orchestra Linz and Markus Poschner guarantee unmistakable Bruckner events that are celebrated not only in Upper Austria but resonate throughout the world.
all over the world. This is also underlined by the many prizes and nominations for the complete recording currently in progress. However, nothing can replace the live experience. In 2024, the
Bruckner Orchestra Linz and its principal conductor will perform all of the Ansfeld master's symphonies in the Bruckner space and around the world. In the Brucknerhaus, the 'Third' and the 'Sixth' can be experienced in their own cycle.
can be experienced. Expect the unexpected and, above all, to hear more than the music at these concerts.

Bruckner Orchestra Linz
Markus Poschner I Conductor
25.4.2024

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Symphony No. 6 in A major, WAB 106
29.5.2024

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Symphony No. 3 in D minor, WAB 103

The collegiate basilica of St. Florian is inscribed with a Bruckner aura that cannot be found in any other place in the world. Therefore
performances of Bruckner's music in this magnificent church space are in themselves an event. In St. Florian, the Bruckner Orchestra Linz and Markus Poschner also devote themselves decidedly to the later symphonies, which seem to be particularly aware of a transcendent mystery.

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Symphony No. 8 in C minor, WAB 108 (1884-87)

Bruckner Orchestra Linz
Markus Poschner I Conductor

A saltworks is a place for the extraction of salt. There is no better place to get a taste for the crystalline basic structures of Bruckner's music. In the vastness of a production hall of the Ebensee salt works, many choirs of Upper Austria, the Bruckner Orchestra Linz and Markus Poschner gather for a unique Bruckner event of a special kind. Expect motte, symphonic parts, improvised and unexpected in a distinctive space.

Choirs of the Upper Austrian Choir Association
Alexander Koller | Conductor
Bruckner Orchestra Linz
Markus Poschner | Conductor

An event of Capital of Culture Bad Ischl -
Salzkammergut 2024 in cooperation with Anton Bruckner 2024

The collegiate basilica of St. Florian is inscribed with a Bruckner aura that cannot be found in any other place in the world. Therefore
performances of Bruckner's music in this magnificent church space are in themselves an event. In St. Florian, the Bruckner Orchestra Linz and Markus Poschner also devote themselves decidedly to the later symphonies, which seem to be particularly aware of a transcendent mystery.

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Symphony No. 7 in E major, WAB 107 (1881-83)

Bruckner Orchestra Linz
Markus Poschner I Conductor

A musical genius between rejection and recognition
Bruckner Forever!
Nordico Linz

September 2024 - February 2025
Nordico City Museum Linz

Anton Bruckner is not just a local phenomenon in Upper Austria, but a world-renowned and recognized great as a musician. Who was this man, in whose honor an entire year is proclaimed 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. Between provincial dust and the big city, we encounter an introverted nerd, an unrecognized genius and his search for love. The life and work of the musical genius is illuminated as well as critically questioned from today's perspective. Views, original artifacts and documents, as well as contemporary visualizations shed new light on a
great musician. In six themed rooms, the story of Bruckner is retold and made tangible.

Today is finally the day: we are celebrating the 200th birthday of Anton Bruckner on all fronts. In the morning, the Bruckner Orchestra Linz and Markus Poschner will celebrate in the Basilica of St. Florian with world-famous vocal soloists.
with world-famous vocal soloists; exciting educational events in the exhibitions and workshops on the person and work of Bruckner, an evening concert with the Cleveland Orchestra and Franz Welser-Möst in his birthplace Ansfelden and much more are on the program. 24 is therefore not only the year, but also the number of hours in which Bruckner will be celebrated on this day!

In the middle of the marathon "stronghold" and Upper Austrian capital Linz, a new symphony will be created in 2024. One of running, dedicated to Anton Bruckner and his work. The Anton Bruckner running course with start at the Old Cathedral and finish at the Brucknerhaus Linz! The ceremonial opening of the 1st Anton Bruckner Run on September 15, 2024 - as an enjoyable run for all sports enthusiasts, held according to the rules of the Austrian Athletics Association. Following the competition, the running course designed by LIVA Sport & Linz Marathon will be handed over to the public as a unique, free-to-use, permanent "symphony of running".

Concept, Production: LIVA Sport & Linz Danube Marathon

Lentos Art Museum Linz
October 2024 - January 2025

Anton Bruckner and choral music are closely connected. As the composer of numerous ecclesiastical as well as secular choral pieces, Anton Bruckner is an indispensable part of the musical repertoire of any choir.

The Lentos is dedicated to this aspect of Bruckner's work from the perspective of contemporary art. To this end, the exhibition brings together around 20 national and international positions for which singing together forms an elementary point of reference. The works shown take up singing in its most diverse levels of meaning: as an expression of one's own identity, as a possibility of intercultural exchange, as a means of (political) protest, or as a community-building practice within contemporary societies.

Videos, sound installations and performative projects are presented to visitors in an attractive exhibition architecture, inviting them to explore the role of communal singing in the context of contemporary art.

How much vociferous exaggeration do some things need in order to be understood? How easily are we inclined to find something ridiculous because we fail to recognize complexity, humility and sublimity? In the work commissioned from the congenial theater duo Linshalm/Hochgatterer, worlds collide. A "something", an "in-between", a fifteen-year-old punk girl is confronted with the genius loci, resists to the best of her ability, finally asks questions and wakes the sleeping whale.

Play by Paulus Hochgatterer (world premiere)

Manuela Linshalm | Play
Simon Meusburger | direction, equipment

Co-production: Posthof - Zeitkultur am Hafen, Schubert Theater Vienna

How much vociferous exaggeration do some things need in order to be understood? How easily are we inclined to find something ridiculous because we fail to recognize complexity, humility and sublimity? In the work commissioned from the congenial theater duo Linshalm/Hochgatterer, worlds collide. A "something", an "in-between", a fifteen-year-old punk girl is confronted with the genius loci, resists to the best of her ability, finally asks questions and wakes the sleeping whale.

Play by Paulus Hochgatterer

Manuela Linshalm | Play
Simon Meusburger | direction, equipment

Co-production: Posthof - Zeitkultur am Hafen, Schubert Theater Vienna

How much vociferous exaggeration do some things need in order to be understood? How easily are we inclined to find something ridiculous because we fail to recognize complexity, humility and sublimity? In the work commissioned from the congenial theater duo Linshalm/Hochgatterer, worlds collide. A "something", an "in-between", a fifteen-year-old punk girl is confronted with the genius loci, resists to the best of her ability, finally asks questions and wakes the sleeping whale.

Play by Paulus Hochgatterer

Manuela Linshalm | Play
Simon Meusburger | direction, equipment

Co-production: Posthof - Zeitkultur am Hafen, Schubert Theater Vienna