PRESS RELEASE
Salzburg in the Autumn: traditional folk and all that jazz
UNESCO's World Heritage Site will be offering an irresistible entertainment mix of
jazz, traditional "Volksmusik" and the classics: For the seventeenth year, the Salzburg
Jazz Festival will be turning the old town into a vibrant stage for jazz performers of
international acclaim. The Harvest Festival will spotlight living heritage, tradition and
the crafts, and Salzburg's museums will be showcasing exciting special exhibitions.
Ultimate highlight of the events in and around the city is the Harvest Festival. The festival,
celebrating Salzburg's long-standing heritage, local food and crafts with over 2,000 special
events in 74 communities throughout the province, is a soaring success with everyone in and
around the city. The festival will last from August 25 until October 28, 2012, with the official
opening taking place on August 26 at 10:00 am at the Stiegl brewery.
www.salzburgerland.com, www.salzburg.info
Popular events in the city include the "Rupertisingen" at Stiegl-Brauwelt with performances
of traditional folk singers and musicians as well as the "Rupertikirtag" festival (September
19 - 24, 2012). St. Rupert's Fair (Rupertikirtag) is a church celebration in honour of Salzburg's patron saint, St. Rupert with a variety of entertainments on the squares surrounding
the cathedral. www.rupertikirtag.at
The club festival „Jazz & The City“ (October 10 - 14, 2012) will be turning Salzburg's old
town into a stage, offering jazz fans a fantastic opportunity to experience jazz at its best,
close up and for free. Talented local artists will be performing at various outside venues and
in numerous pubs of the historic city centre. Admission to 100 live concerts at 50 venues
offering world music, jazz and electronic music interpreted by acclaimed international celebrities as well as promising new talents is free. www.salzburgjazz.com
The Salzburg Jazz Festival will be celebrating its 17th birthday this year. Following the
theme „Sing a Song“, outstanding international jazz, chanson und pop vocalists will provide
top entertainment (October 23 - November 4, 2012). Highlights will be a concert by the
Italian pianist and songwriter, Paolo Conte, (November 4, Great Festival Hall), the gospel
programme “Personal Jesus “by Nina Hagen (October 27, Salzburg Congress), the programme “Last Tango in Berlin “by Broadway star, Ute Lemper, on November 3 at the Great
Festival Hall as well as the concert by Louise Martini, performing with the Erwin Schmidt Trio
and the Velvet Voices (October 28, Great University Lecture Hall).
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The film series „Jazz in the Movies“ pays tribute to jazz legends such as Louis Armstrong,
Ella Fitzgerald, Lionel Hampton, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan, Chet Baker and Dave Brubeck. The productions are free and can be seen at the Mozartkino. They consist of concert
recordings of “Jazz Icons“, published by Quincy Jones. www.salzburgerjazzherbst.at
Two of the highlights of the Salzburg Culture Days (October 17 - November 17, 2012) will
be Richard Wagner's opera Tristan and Isolde, at the House for Mozart, and Boris Eifman's
ballet Eugen Onegin, at the Great Festival Hall. On October 20, Otto Schenk will appear in
his starring role of Josef Bieder at the Great Hall of the International Mozarteum Foundation.
In Die Sternstunde des Josef Bieder, he plays a prop master who unexpectedly finds himself
in front of a full house despite the fact that no performance is planned for that evening.
www.kulturvereinigung.com
The Museum of Modern Art at the top of the Mönchsberg will continue to showcase the
exhibition „John Cage and… “ until October 7, 2012. John Cage counts among the most
influential artists of the second half of the 20th century. The exhibition connects the artist's
life, ideas and original works with those of his teachers, friends and students. A video
presentation depicts John Cage's projects with his long standing partner, Merce Cunningham and his dance company in New York. It shows concerts, lectures, special guided tours
and the celebration of Cage's 100th birthday on September 5, 2012. The partner museum,
Rupertinum, is presenting the photo show „Merce Cunningham. Dance Company. Photographs of a Dance Movement.“ until November 11, 2012. www.museumdermoderne.at
The Salzburg Cathedral Museum will commemorate the four-hundredth anniversary of the
accession of Archbishop Marcus Sitticus von Hohenems to the throne with the special exhibition "Archbishop Marcus Sitticus", produced in cooperation with the Department for Culture
of the Provincial Government of Salzburg and the University of Salzburg.
www.kirchen.net/dommuseum
The Salzburg Museum honours the Trapp family with a special exhibition „The Trapp Family - Reality and Sound of Music“. It will be running until November 3, 2012 at the Panorama Museum, artfully framed by the unique Hubert Sattler city panorama. Visitors can explore the Trapp family's fascinating real life story. www.salzburgmuseum.at
PREVIEW: Salzburg in the Winter 2012
From November 22, 2012
Salzburg "Christkindl" Market, daily on Cathedral
and Residence Square
From November 22, 2012
Hellbrunn Advent Market, every Wednesday to
Sunday at Hellbrunn Courtyard and Palace
From November 22, 2012
Christmas Market on Mirabell Square
From November 30, 2012
Atmospheric Advent Market, every Friday to Sunday
in the castle courtyard of Hohensalzburg Fortress
November 30 - December 16, 2012
Salzburg Advent Singing at the Great Festival Hall
November 30 - December 9, 2012
Tobi Reiser Advent Singing at the Great University
Lecture Hall
From November 29, 2012
Winter Festival, "Nouveau Circus" (festival at the
Volksgarten)
General information:
Tourismus Salzburg GmbH, Auerspergstraße 6, A-5020 Salzburg, Tel. +43/662/889 87 - 0,
fax: +43/662/889 87 - 32, email: presse@salzburg.info, www.salzburg.info
Press contact:
Maria Altendorfer, Tel.: +43/662/889 87 - 500, email: altendorfer@salzburg.info
Mag. Birgit Weszelka, Tel.: +43/662/889 87 - 604, email: weszelka@salzburg.info