Dates 19 Aug – 11 Sep 2016 | ||
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Beethoven jost 10th anniversary of the grafenegg festival
The Grafenegg Festival is a major international Austrian festival for classical music close to Vienna. The annual festival takes place on the grounds of Grafenegg Castle. Two venues have been built particularly for the festival in the park of the castle: The open-air stage Wolkenturm (capacity 2,000 in total, opened 2007) as well as the new concert hall Auditorium (capacity 1,372, opened 2008).
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- Beethoven jost 10th anniversary of the grafenegg festival
- Grafenegg festival 2016
- Composer in Residence
- References
The artistic director is pianist Rudolf Buchbinder. The festival's program consists of symphonic and chamber music as well as recitals. International guest orchestras are performing as well as the Austrian Tonkünstler Orchestra, which serves as orchestra in residence. The first festival started on August, 23rd, 2007 and lasted until September, 9th, 2007.
Grafenegg festival 2016
Composer in Residence
The festival also serves as the major introduction of the annual Grafenegg composer in residence. During the festivities the composer in residence presents various newly commissioned works and holds exclusive workshops for young composers and conductors.
Grafenegg Composers in Residence: