Wien Modern

30/10/25–30/11/25

From a metropolis of millions to the turning point of urbanisation
In 1910, Vienna was the fifth largest city in the world after London, New York City, Paris and Chicago and just ahead of Berlin, with 2.08 million inhabitants. In 1988, a low point was reached with 1.48 million, since then the population has grown at a similar rate to the Wilhelminian era, so far by 37% to the current 2.03 million.

Wien Modern as a mirror of dynamic urban development
The year Wien Modern was founded thus marks the beginning of a rapid urban development that has led from the mythical grey of the 1980s to the metropolis of today. We don't want to leave what this dynamic around diversity and migration has to do with innovation to more or less grey political theories, but rather make it tangible in the pleasingly colourful musical practice.

New music meets cultural diversity
From the opening with the RSO Vienna and the Viennese by choice Vimbayi Kaziboni to the closing with hundreds of people from all over the city - both at the Wiener Konzerthaus - Wien Modern invites you to numerous premieres and first performances by Zara Ali, Pierluigi Billone, Jessie Cox, Chaya Czernowin, Katharina Ernst, Clemens Gadenstätter, Yifan Guo, Clara Iannotta, Mirela Ivicević, Pierre Jodlowski, Jung an Tagen, Emre Sihan Kaleli, Hannah Kendall, Marina Khorkova, Malika Kishino, Katharina Klement, Anna Korsun, David Kosviner, Bernhard Lang, George Lewis, Philipp Maintz, Hilda Paredes, Stefan Prins, schtum, Tyshawn Sorey & Akua Naru and many more