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Wien Modern 37
30/10/24 – 30/11/24
150 years have passed since Arnold Schönberg was born in Vienna, 111 years since the legendary scandalous concert, 106 years since the ban on press, booing and applause at the Verein für musikalische Privataufführungen (picture below: Adolf Loos), 101 years since the development of twelve-tone composition, 91 years since his exile and 73 years since he died. The world has changed completely several times since then - and yet terms such as »twelve-tone« are still bandied about when the supposed estrangement between new music and the audience that has persisted since then is to be expressed. With this in mind, Wien Modern is using the milestone birthday of the inventor of Viennese modernism to present a large-scale, colorful and very contemporary update for the musical public of 2024. Occasional private performances and the founding of associations are to be expected; scandalous concerts can by no means be guaranteed. In the program: a new station theater by Manos Tsangaris, a princess by Margareta Ferek-Petrić, field research with Marino Formenti, a four-day special for the 50th anniversary of the Arditti Quartet and much more. Program, tickets and passes from the beginning of September at www.wienmodern.at.