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Rock, Pop, Jazz music, as well as children’s Folk Music
and Alternative
entertainment. The best of the You’ll find many folk music
It is outdoor rock surrounded international jazz scene meets concerts in Austrian towns
by outdoor rocks at the mountain- at the Jazz Fest in Saalfelden and villages throughout the
ringed city of Salzburg’s massive amid the excellent acoustics year. Of the annual ones,
outdoor Frequency Festival. of the Congress Center main St Anton’s Folk Music Time
The annual Salzburg outdoor stage, plus “short cuts” at the is a favourite. The charming
music fest means 3 days, Kunsthaus Nexus, and free mountain town’s pedestrian
3 stages and 40 bands worth concerts in the town square. zone provides the perfect
of hard rock. It’s a full camping The Ramsau Festival stages setting for authentic Alpine
experience, with showers and a pick and mix of culture. music, attracting traditionally
earplugs available. Previous Previous years have welcomed costumed ensembles from
headliners have included the Vienna State Opera Ballet, Austria, South Tirol, Bavaria
The Kaiser Chiefs. Graz buzzes choreographed by Renato and Switzerland.
during Springsix, Austria’s Zanella; the Bratislava Symphonic
largest festival for electronic Orchestra, conducted by Mario The Sound of Music
art and music. International Kosik; the L’Orfeo Baroque
electronic acts, DJs and visual Orchestra, with light installations It has been more than 40
artists transform the city by Stefan Knor; Austria’s best years since actor Julie Andrews
into a massive party zone. accordion player Otto Lechner put Salzburg on the (modern)
Blues and boogie are the and many others. musical map. The Von Trapp
vibe at the Kitzbühel Summer Of course, no discussion odyssey has become an
Concerts on five stages across of Austrian popular music is industry in Salzburg, yet most
this pretty medieval mountain complete without mention of Austrians have never heard of it.
resort town. A few dozen peaks Hansi Hinterseer, former World Sound of Music tours (of which
over in Montafon, the cultural Cup ski racer turned aging pop there are many every day in
Montafon Summer festival idol. He plays venues across Salzburg) take in all the big
comprises some 20 events Austria year round, with the backdrops, and a musical
including concerts ranging stamina one expects of a dinner theatre plays all the
from opera to jazz to classical ski racer. favourites live.
DIRECTORY
Opera and Classical Concerts Salzburg Festival Jazz Fest in
Operetta and Festivals Tel (0662) 8045 500. Saalfelden
∑ salzburger Tel (06582) 70660.
Bregenz Festival Allegro Vivo festspiele.at ∑ jazzsaalfelden.com
Tel (05574) 4076. Tel (02982) 4319. Kitzbühel Summer
∑ bregenzerfestspiele. ∑ allegro-vivo.at Salzburg Whitsun Concerts
com Festival Tel (05356) 777.
Brucknerfest Linz Tel (0662) 8045 500. ∑ kitzbuehel.com
Burgenland Opera Tel (0732) 775 230. ∑ salzburger-
Festival ∑ brucknerhaus.at festspiele.at Montafon Summer
Tel (05556) 722530.
Tel (02680) 42042. Haydn Festival Schloss Grafenegg ∑ montafon.at
∑ ofs.at
Haydn & Esterházy. Tel (02735) 5500. Ramsau Festival
Lehar Festival Tel (02682) 61866. ∑ grafenegg.com Tel (03687) 81833.
Tel 43 6132 23839. ∑ esterhazy.at Schubertiade ∑ ramsau.com
∑ leharfestival.at ∑ haydnfestival.at Tel (05576) 72091. Springsix
Mörbisch Festival on Innsbruck Festival of ∑ schubertiade.at ∑ springsix.at
the Lake Ancient Music Styriarte Folk Music
Tel (02682) 662 100. Tel 01 88088. Tel (0316) 825 000.
∑ seefestspiele- ∑ altemusik.at ∑ styriarte.com Folk Music Time
Tel (05446) 22690.
moerbisch.at
International Brahms ∑ stantonamarlberg.
Steyr Music Festival Festival Rock, Pop, Jazz com
and Alternative
Tel (07252) 53229-0. Tel (03852) 3434. The Sound
∑ musikfestivalsteyr.at ∑ brahmsmuseum.at Frequency Festival of Music
Tiroler Festspiele Erl Paul-Hofhaimer Days ∑ frequency.at Sound of Music
Tel (05373) 81000. Tel (06452) 7150. Hansi Hinterseer Tel (0662) 889870.
∑ tiroler-festspiele.at ∑ radstadt.com ∑ hansi-hinterseer.at ∑ salzburg.info

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