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Many people associate mountains with our neighboring country Austria. A wonderful country to end the exhibition "Landscape around me - Pictures in me. Mountains 2020 to 2022" ending with a musical bang. From the child prodigy and the Viennese classical period to the minimalist and the experimental, Austria's composers have offered the extraordinary over the centuries, drawing audiences enthusiastically to stages large and small. Larissa Richter has brought together a very special selection of Austria's greats for this evening in a moving concert on 20.06.2023, in keeping with the Stadtstadel's mission statement "Never seen before - never heard before". From Mozart, to Diabelli, Liszt, Mahler and Ligeti, the century-long journey spanned all styles since Mozart. Larissa Richter's choice fell on pieces that are rarely if ever played, often because they fall outside the pianists' repertoire or are simply too demanding. These pieces were also specifically rehearsed by her for this evening. The finale was a composition of her own, which Larissa Richter had never played in public before and for which she asked the audience to suggest names, entirely according to their musical sensibilities. Austrian cuisine and wines provided a culinary highlight from our neighboring country.
Photographer: Ralf Lienert