To mark the opening of the Literature Park and to commemorate the birthday of Altaussee writer Barbara Frischmuth, actor Serge Flack will read selected texts by writers who describe their deep connection to Altaussee and have significantly shaped the town's reputation as a "Literature Village".

Works by Barbara Frischmuth, Friedrich Torberg, Jakob Wassermann and Hugo von Hofmannsthal will be performed. The reading will be accompanied by music from the newly founded Altaussee Kurmusik.

Experience an extraordinary trio: Renate Linortner, Katrin Unterlercher and Christina Fischbacher enchant as the formation "Damenwahl" with unadorned original compositions, gripping stories and tangible harmony. The three likeable top musicians combine Austrian folk music with a modern vision and impress with a charming combination of vocals and various instruments. A marvellous concert full of musical joie de vivre!

When: Saturday, 04 July 2026, starting at 16:00

Where: Augstsee stage on the Loser
Accessible with the Panoramabahn from there on foot (max. 10 min.) to Augstsee

Adults (from 16 years):

€ 49,- Concert ticket incl. ascent & descent with Panoramabahn (please collect the Panoramabahn ticket at the ticket office before the ascent, show your concert ticket)

€ 32,- Ticket without panoramic cable car ride

Children (up to 15 years): € 0,- concert ticket. The ticket for the panorama cable car must be purchased in advance at the ticket office

The Panoramabahn takes you back to the valley until 19:00 (last ride!)

Bad weather: concert takes place in the Loseralm

We recommend: good shoes, rain protection, possibly a seat pad & warm clothing.

BartolomeyBittmann - progressive strings. Following the great success of their last award-winning album z e h n (German Record Critics' Award), BartolomeyBittmann's new programme "Best of BB" focuses on the essence of their compositional work to date. In the four programmes created since then, the progressive duo's original compositions have thrived on strong emotional contrasts: Meridian (2013) - finding a unifying line, a musical path. Neubau (2015) - the idea of creation in joint composition. Dynamo (2019) - the dramatic element in music and performance. z e h n (2022) - the continuity and support of a philosophy. The focus is always on the search for the acoustic foundation of their classical instruments. Our programmes this summer see themselves as a series of such conversations - between epochs, handwriting and sound concepts, between individual voice and common form.

DIALOGUE-DUETTE-TWO-TALK A literary journey through time with music.

With Herbert Zeman and Adelheid Picha

Summer evenings at the Gabillonhaus on Lake Grundlsee.

"All real life is encounter." (Martin Buber)

When people really meet, something special happens: dialogue, dialogue, duets - an interplay like in music, two voices - a new melody.

Bringing these special spaces to life - those moments that arise when we openly exchange, listen and create. Together with our speakers and artists. And with you.

Can a game with your feet make you laugh or move you to tears? Yes, it can! Hugo's suicide attempts after the death of his secretly beloved tightrope walker turn into clown acts. No wonder, with a circus clown. His subsequent sentimental journey through the world leads to encounters with dogs, children, prostitutes and lovers - but above all to an encounter with himself.

"Katia Mann - my husband Thomas Mann" by Helmut Korherr

Recitation: Erika Deutinger

On the piano: Petra Pawlik-Mayerhofer

About the content:

Katia Mann is still a mystery to many people who know the family. In the case of her husband, the Nobel Prize winner, every corner of her soul seems to be illuminated.

Kur-und Amtshaus Altaussee (2nd floor with lift)

Ticket reservations: Tel. 0676 501 7042 or email korherr@helmutkorherr.at or at all information offices in Ausseerland

This concert puts listening itself up for discussion. Different voices, different traditions and different historical contexts enter into a multi-layered dialogue - between chamber music and song, between the established canon and perspectives that have long been overlooked. The result is a programme that not only presents different works, but also deliberately interweaves perspectives: between eras, cultural backgrounds and aesthetic approaches. The dialogue takes place on several levels - between voice and instrument, between past and present, between the familiar and the newly discovered. A concert as an invitation to listen to music from different perspectives - and to rediscover their connections. The musicians of the Lyatoshynsky Trio, soprano Lana Hartmann and her piano accompanist Alexander Baier, will perform three works for you, three forms of expression - and yet one common origin: the idea that music is language.

LEUTNANT GUSTL

Novella by Arthur Schnitzler

It reads Ksch. Franz Robert Wagner

At the piano: Johannes Daxner

The code of honour of the Austro-Hungarian army is relentless. A desperate situation - Gustl's head is in chaos. An inner monologue, a dialogue with himself, you are immediately immersed in his world of thoughts, in which naivety and egocentricity, clichés and authenticity, panic and hope are mixed. Like Hamlet's "To be or not to be", Leutnant Gustl is a matter of life or death, a decision to commit suicide. On the morning before his suicide, he learns of the sudden death of his adversary. He decides to go on living as if nothing had happened.

An evening in a class of its own, full of the charm of bygone times with singer Susanne Marik, castle actor Gerhard Ernst and Professor Bela Fischer.

Viennese tales and many musical memories of Robert Stolz, Hermann Leopoldi, Helmut Bronner and Peter Wehle.
The evening will be accompanied musically by Hannes Preßl and Gerhard Kalss.

YOU ARE SO INFINITELY DEAR TO ME.

Songs by Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms.
With Reinhard Mayr, bass and Bernhard Pötsch, piano.
Moderation: Adelheid Picha

The musical couple Clara and Robert Schumann were among the most important personalities in 19th century music. Clara herself was an outstanding pianist and composer who decisively influenced and disseminated her husband's work. In 1853, the 20-year-old Johannes Brahms came to Robert and Clara Schumann's house as a piano and composition pupil. A close friendship developed. When Robert Schumann died in 1856, Johannes was at Clara's side as a faithful friend. The artistic and friendly relationship between the famous pianist Clara, who was fourteen years older, and the increasingly successful Brahms lasted until Clara's death.

FRANZ SCHUH IN CONVERSATION WITH MARKUS KUPFERBLUM

Franz Schuh, born in Vienna in 1947, studied philosophy, history and German literature and lives as a writer, columnist and critic in Vienna. He has published numerous books, for which he has received many awards. Schuh is considered one of the last essayists to dissect society in the sharp-tongued tradition of Karl Kraus or Elias Canetti. He teaches at the University of Applied Arts.

Franz Schuh has been a keen traveller and curious about the world since his youth. He has always been interested in words, which he moulds into polished sentences. To be heard on Ö1: "The magazine of happiness." His most recent essays were published under the title "Steckt den Sand nicht in den Kopf".

The evening will be accompanied by pianist Suyang Kim.

Suyang Kim, born in Kyoungu/South Korea, lives in Linz. She performs as a concert pianist at home and abroad.

Mozart & wannabes - an essay by Helmut Korherr

The genesis of the famous Requiem

Contributors: Erika Deutinger and Kurt Hexmann

Music: Petra Pawlik-Mayerhofer

Wolfgang Amadé Mozart and Count Franz Walsegg, who commissioned the Requiem, will be used to show how differently art can be perceived. On the one hand, there is the gifted composer who has to suffer a lot for his art - and on the other, the vain dilettante who believes that being an artist can be bought with money.

Kur - und Amtshaus Altaussee (2nd floor with lift)

Admission: € 20.-

Tickets: Tel. 0676 501 7042 or email korherr@helmutkorherr.at and at all information offices in Ausseerland

LOEW. THE LIFE OF A JEWISH FAMILY.

Book presentation with David and Paul Gulda

"Loew" is a fascinating weave of world history and personal family biography. David Gulda leads the reader through two centuries and through half of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Monarchy, via Italy to South America and back. With the help of carefully researched facts and fictional elements, he unfolds the story of a Jewish family caught between tradition and increasing secularisation. Political upheavals, religious issues and musical influences are interwoven into a multi-layered overall picture. The text is a sensitive portrait that is both informative and entertaining without being preachy - a work for anyone interested in Jewish history, culture and human destinies.

THE WONDERFUL MUSIC - "As born of the nightingale..."

Ingeborg Bachmann and Hans Werner Henze on their 100th birthday.
Texts and notes, letters, essays and poems by and with Jovita Dermota, Anna Mittermeier: double bass

The friendship with you is the most important human relationship I have and wherever our paths cross, it will be a celebration..." writes Ingeborg Bachmann to Hans Werner Henze. This relationship is the longest in Bachmann's life, standing for security and home in a biography characterised by storms, ruptures and perpetual departure. Whenever music played a role in Ingeborg Bachmann's life, it became a celebration, especially through the connection to Henze. It wrapped itself protectively around her as an invisible framework of sound.

On these evenings in the heart of Bad Aussee, the dancers of the Vienna State Opera Ballet Association, the Ausseer Bradlmusi and the large string orchestra of the Bad Aussee brass band take visitors on a journey into the magical world of dance. During the rousing ballet performances, the high-calibre cast transforms the Kur- und Congresshaus in Bad Aussee into a stage for first-class performances of artistic excellence.

On these evenings in the heart of Bad Aussee, the dancers of the Vienna State Opera Ballet Association, the Ausseer Bradlmusi and the large string orchestra of the Bad Aussee brass band take visitors on a journey into the magical world of dance. During the rousing ballet performances, the high-calibre cast transforms the Kur- und Congresshaus in Bad Aussee into a stage for first-class performances of artistic excellence.

On these evenings in the heart of Bad Aussee, the dancers of the Vienna State Opera Ballet Association, the Ausseer Bradlmusi and the large string orchestra of the Bad Aussee brass band take visitors on a journey into the magical world of dance. During the rousing ballet performances, the high-calibre cast transforms the Kur- und Congresshaus in Bad Aussee into a stage for first-class performances of artistic excellence.

"Our singer's name is Josefine. He who has not heard her does not know the power of song." These words begin the last story Franz Kafka wrote during his lifetime. The text tells of the people of the mice and their ambivalent relationship with the singer Josefine, who enriches the monotonous everyday life of the mice with her singing. At the same time, in its reflection on the relationship between artists and audience, the text also deals with Kafka's own self-image as an author and fundamental questions about the significance of art for our social coexistence, which are still highly topical today.

THE SILENT AND THE RESTLESS - FELIX BRAUN AND STEFAN ZWEIG

A friendship - an exchange of letters - a testimony.
The poet Felix Braun, who had found a second home at Grundlsee, was in intellectual dialogue with the restless cosmopolitan Stefan Zweig for decades. The extensive correspondence from this life-long friendship has recently been published.

Hubert Gaisbauer with Adelheid Picha and Johannes Daxner. Anna Mittermeier on double bass

Victor Adler - Master Builder of the Republic of Austria - a biography by Helmut Korherr

Recitation: Kurt Hexmann

Musical accompaniment by the 3 workers' instruments accordion, zither and mandolin - Christian Höller, Barbara Laister-Ebner and Helga Maier

Victor Adler fought hard to achieve universal and equal suffrage. He was the co-founder of the Republic of Austria after the First World War.

Kur - und Amtshaus Altaussee (2nd floor with lift)

Admission: %u20AC 20.-

Tickets: Tel. 0676 501 7042 or email korherr@helmutkorherr.at and at all information offices in Ausseerland

What happens when the elegance of French Romanticism meets the pulse of New York's Broadway? And what does it sound like when a classical flute suddenly starts to swing? Under the title DIALOGUE OF STILES, our ensemble presents a programme that not only crosses genre boundaries, but artfully dissolves them. Flutist Renate Linortner, pianist Ariane Haering, bassist Sebastian Rastl and percussionist David Panzl will introduce you to this principle of listening: attentive, close, in dialogue. Our programmes this summer are a series of such conversations - between eras, styles and sounds, between individual voices and common form.

The sun rises in the East I - ENCOUNTERS, EXPERIENCES AND KNOWLEDGE

A historical excursion about Bukovina, a model region in Europe. Jörg Hoffmann, Johannes Daxner, Hans Fuchs, Vitali Bodnar, Herbert Riess and Adelheid Picha report on their journeys to Ukraine. Interview with Prof Peter Rychlo, professor of literature at the University of Chernivtsi.
Contribution by Prof Hubert Gaisbauer.
At the piano Johannes Daxner

THE BOOK OF PARADISE by Itzik Manger.

What has always fuelled people's imagination, their ideas of paradise, their hopes and utopian designs of paradisiacal conditions, Itzik Manger turns into the opposite. The world is upside down. In paradise it is like on earth - only a gran worse. Two little angels live in the Jewish paradise. The book tells of their pranks and adventures,
This work combines millennia-old biblical traditions with Hasidic tales and the gentle irony of the narrator.

Itzik Manger, born in Czernowitz in 1901, is one of the most important

most important Yiddish poets of the 20th century. He died in 1969 in Gedera, Israel.

Franziska Bronnen will read, music by Pierre-Dominique Ponnelle. Anna Mittermeier, double bass

THE PEACE FESTIVAL Respect, tolerance and recognition. Short contributions from Prof. Peter Rychlo, Vitali Bodnar, Jörg Hoffmann, Hans Fuchs, Adelheid Picha and our guests of honour. The evening will be accompanied by Anna Lang on the cello.

Celebrate.Listen.Help:
a cultural highlight for a good cause in Ausseerland

On Friday, 14 August 2026, the Kur- & Congresshaus Bad Aussee will be transformed into a stage for solidarity. Under the motto "Celebrate. Listen. Help." the band JAZZMED and the local dance band La Paloma invite you to an extraordinary charity evening. All net profits from the event will go directly to the Ausseerland-Hinterberg Hospice Association and Lebenshilfe Ausseerland.

Enjoy an unforgettable evening full of music and joie de vivre - and do something good for your fellow human beings in Ausseerland at the same time.

Programme:

16:00 Start of children's and family programme

17:00 Start of the supporting programme with local musicians, culinary delights,

20:30 - 23:00 Start of MYSTIC ALPIN concert with Fred Jaklitsch and his musicians - integrated staging of the ridge and Bengal lighting of Loser and Trisselwand

musical finale from 23:00

Alternative date in case of bad weather: 16.08.2026

Children up to 15 years free.

Box office € 25,-

Bus groups (21 persons or more) receive further information at info@ausseerland.at
Tickets are available in advance until 13.08.2026.

The internationally acclaimed ensemble Accademia del Piacere, which performs at numerous renowned festivals throughout Europe and overseas, wondrously combines the gems of Spanish baroque music with the enchanting primal vigour of flamenco and the sensuality of tango in the programme %u201EDiálogos" with Fahmi Alquai (viola da gamba and conductor) and Alba Carmona, a new, young star of the flamenco scene, to create an extraordinary sound experience.

The concert will take place on Friday, 21 August 2026 at 19:00 in the parish church of St. Paul in Bad Aussee.

A subscription for the 3 concerts of the Aussee Baroque Days 2026 as well as sponsor tickets can only be purchased from the organiser by 19.08.2026 at office@ausseerbarocktage.com

Category I € 140,-

Category II € 125,-

Category III € 110,-

Remaining tickets are available at the box office.

Further information at www.ausseerbarocktage.com

Subscribe to the Aussee Baroque Days newsletter at office@ausseerbarocktage.com

On the second evening, the two flutists Renate Linortner and Aniela Frey, who are rooted in the Ausseerland region and have performed on major stages, will perform works by well-known Baroque composers together with Toni Burger, Sebastian Rastl and harpsichordist Robert Schröter. These will be juxtaposed with "crossovers" that build a bridge to the present day.

The concert will take place on Saturday, 22.08.2026 at 19:00 in the Altaussee Event Centre, Fischerndorf 61.

A subscription for the 3 concerts of the Aussee Baroque Days as well as sponsor tickets can only be purchased from the organiser until 19.08.2026 at office@ausseerbarocktage.com

Category I € 140,-

Category II € 125,-

Category III € 110,-

Remaining tickets are available at the box office.

Further information at www.ausseerbarocktage.com

Subscribe to the Aussee Baroque Days newsletter at office@ausseerbarocktage.com

The Aussee Baroque Days 2026 will conclude with the enchanting ensemble Concerto die Margherita, which transports its listeners to other spheres on international stages. The ensemble breathes new life into the historical performance practice of self-accompanied singing: Five harmonising voices and five stringed instruments merge with direction in a fable of "blind love".

The concert will take place on Sunday, 23 August 2026 at 19:00 in the parish church of St. Paul in Bad Aussee.

A subscription for the 3 concerts of the Aussee Baroque Days as well as sponsor tickets can only be purchased from the organiser until 19.08.2026 at office@ausseerbarocktage.com

Category I € 140,-

Category II € 125,-

Category III € 110,-

Remaining tickets are available at the box office.

Further information at www.ausseerbarocktage.com

Subscribe to the Aussee Baroque Days newsletter at office@ausseerbarocktage.com

What happens when musicians from the Vienna Volksoper and a seasoned folk music trio come together? The result is %u201Eclassic alpin". The ensemble, initiated by Renate Linortner, combines flute, strings and harp with harmonica and hammered dulcimer. Sigi Lemmerer's unusual arrangements seemingly merge classical and alpine music. Look forward to a sophisticated concert evening full of colourful nuances, flexibility and pure joy of playing!

When: Tuesday, 25 August 2026, starting at 16:00

Where: Augstsee stage on the Loser
Accessible with the Panoramabahn from there on foot (max. 10 min.) to Lake Augstsee

Adults (from 16 years):

€ 59,- Concert ticket incl. mountain & valley with panorama cable car (please collect the panorama cable car ticket at the ticket office before the ascent, show your concert ticket)

€ 42,- Ticket without panoramic cable car ride

Children (up to 15 years): € 0,- concert ticket. The ticket for the panorama cable car must be purchased in advance at the ticket office

The Panoramabahn takes you back to the valley until 19:00 (last ride!)

Bad weather: concert takes place in the Loseralm

We recommend: good shoes, rain protection, possibly a seat pad & warm clothing

Delicatessen seller Karl talks about his life in the magazine of the "Feinkost Wawra" shop. He reveals his sympathy, anti-Semitism and moral flexibility during the Nazi era and afterwards.

Written in 1961 by Carl Merz and Helmut Qualtinger.

Performed by castle actor Gerhard Ernst.

Johannes Brahms - A German Requiem. Out of a strong individual human experience, but without remaining trapped in it, his music grew from purely musical circumstances to impressive greatness. Simple, more drawing than colouring and above all free of literary ties, Brahms' personality and art have a strong force in the objective, in the general. As an integral part of the concert literature, his German Requiem is considered one of the highlights of Brahms's creative art and one of the most important works in the concert repertoire. Condemned as academic, epigonal and formalistic, Brahms was regarded as a traditionalist by the "expressive" and "future" musicians of his time. He was considered backward because he did not smash things up, but sought to preserve and increase what already existed. He renewed these possessions through the great artistic ideas of the past in a sense that pointed far into the future, thereby lending his art lasting topicality.

In September 2026, Bad Aussee will become the meeting place for international magic. Around 400 magicians from all over the world will come to Ausseerland from 10 to 13 September for the Frühlich Zauberkongress.

For the first time, there will also be a large public performance for the whole family as part of the congress: Alexander Krist will bring his successful show "Magic & Illusion" to the Kur- und Congresshaus Bad Aussee on Sunday afternoon.

Date: Sunday 13 September 2026, 3:00 pm

Venue: Bad Aussee spa and congress centre
Duration: approx. 90 minutes, without intermission

Tickets: Gold tickets € 39,- Silver tickets € 28,-

An evening in honour of Peter Alexander

Join us in celebrating the 100th birthday of Austria's greatest entertainer with the premiere of the new AUSTRO SWING PROGRAMME!

Together with author and producer Günther Huber, the former editor of the Peter Alexander Show, a unique show programme has been created to pay musical tribute to this show legend and provide an insight into Peter Alexander's life's work.