The Brucknerhaus in Linz is 50 years old. Unfortunately, the festival weekend began with mixed feelings. But René Esterbauer, as the “new face” of the Brucknerhaus, relied on warmth in his very first greeting to the audience; the St. Florian Boys’ Choir broke the ice.
What a premiere: “When I recently heard Bruckner’s Fifth, I fell in love with the Brucknerhaus!” René Esterbauer got up close and personal with the audience for the first time – and hearts went out to him. The new commercial director leads the way Waves of scandal surrounding the released LIVA board duo, board duo Dietmar Kerschbaum and Rainer Stadler, we reported on it as “masters of the house” through the festival weekend. Everything is being cleaned up! On Friday evening he received support from Mayor Klaus Luger at the ceremony before the Bruckner Orchestra concert . With regard to the incidents, he assured: “We are trying to clear up the serious allegations and do not want to give out clean sheets or make any prejudgments.” City Councilor for Culture Doris Lang-Mayerhofer thanked Esterbauer and the Brucknerhaus team for “managing the anniversary.” Golden boys’ votes But only that The brash “Servas, Anton!”, which the St. Florian Boys’ Choir prefixed to their “Lieder Roas,” actually smoothed over the audience’s resentment over the waves of scandal, which probably came at the most inopportune time. The opening of the exhibition “Symphony of Glass and Steel” also helped to lift the mood.First festival concertThe highlight on the first day of the festival: The Bruckner Orchestra Linz under Markus Poschner congratulated with Bruckner’s first and a premiere of the piece “Letters” by the Upper Austrian Rudolf Jungwirth. Tomorrow, Saturday, the celebration will continue. Political celebrities – Economics Minister Martin Kocher and the Presidents of the National Council Doris Bures and Wolfgang Sobotka – have signed up for the ceremony. Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen sends a video message.The finale: As at the opening in 1974, back then under Herbert von Karajan, the Vienna Philharmonic plays Anton Bruckner’s 7th Symphony, this time conducted by Zubin Mehta.
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