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✨ : Hommage à György Kurtág at |

🎶 With two concert evenings under the baton of Matthias Pintscher we honored György Kurtág and his oeuvre at the Kollegienkirche in Salzburg. First, we highlighted Kurtág’s appreciation of the work of Samuel Beckett together with Cantando Admont and Dalia Schaechter on 30 July, before presenting a programme including works by Gérard Grisey and Luigi Nono on 1 August, together with Anna Prohaska, Noa Frenkel and again Cantando Admont.

👉 Swipe and have a look at some of the many beautiful concert moments.

📸 © SF/Marco Borrelli

| 🤩 Klangforum Wien Hybrid: Canyon |

🎶 Our innovative platform KLANGFORUM WIEN HYBRID is growing and now also features concerts of our most recent concert series Canyon 25/26! Including , and , this digital universe offers access to the world of Klangforum Wien and invites you to explore the rich of our ensemble.

🪩 Check it out now via hybrid.klangforum.at and immerse yourself in the world of new music!



📸 Design © Liza Borovskaya-Brodskaya, Mitzi Gugg, Jakob Mayr

| 🎶 : Salzburg Festival |

Next concerts upcoming! Today’s rehearsals in Vienna for our concert on 1 August at Salzburger Festspiele | Salzburg Festival featured Anna Prohaska and Noa Frenkel, preparing compositions by Gérard Grisey, Luigi Nono and György Kurtág together with conductor Matthias Pintscher and our ensemble members.

🎻 Enjoy some nice rehearsal moments and faces! 😁

🔗 Info & last tickets: https://www.salzburgerfestspiele.at/p/omaggio-pintscher-klangforum-2026

🪩 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘇𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲: 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮̀ 𝗚𝘆𝗼̈𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗞𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗮́𝗴 – 𝗢𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗼
🗓 01.08.2026 ⏰ 8.30 pm
📍Kollegienkirche, Salzburg



📸 © Christina Kastner/Klangforum Wien

| ✨ Memories: Ouverture spirituelle at Salzburger Festspiele | Salzburg Festival |

🎶 Our first concert at this year’s Salzburg Festival was just wonderful! On Friday, 24 July, we presented the 𝘖𝘶𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦 at the Kollegienkirche together with Cantando Admont and violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja. The programme of the sold-out evening included works by Tigran Mansurian, William Byrd, Luboš Fišer, Josquin Desprez, and Galina Ustwolskaja, and was highly acclaimed by the audience.

👉 Swipe and enjoy some beautiful concert moments.

📸 © SF/Marco Borrelli

| 📀 Summer : FURRER 70 |

🎶 Including 6 CDs, 3 films, and 2 books, our award-winning media box set FURRER 70 offers access to the music and artistry of BEAT FURRER, composer, conductor and founder of Klangforum Wien. Including seminal new of 18 key works from his oeuvre, conducted by Furrer himself, the media box sets a timeless standard for the interpretation of his compositions.

💫 Enjoy listening to it now via www.furrer70.klangforum.at and get your own media box set for your summer soundtrack! 😉

🔗 Link in bio https://www.klangforum.at/project/furrer-70

🎊 Multi-awarded with 5 Stelle di MUSICA (April 2025), Premio Abbiati del disco (July 2025), Longlist 1/2025 and the Annual Award 2025 by the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik (February & October 2025), Gmund Award 2026.



🎥 Design/Clip © Liza Borovskaya-Brodskaya, Mitzi Gugg, Jakob Mayr

| 🎶 : Salzburger Festspiele | Salzburg Festival |
We have just started rehearsals for our first concert at this year’s Salzburg Festival: On Friday, 24 July, we present the "Ouverture spirituelle" at the Kollegienkirche, together with Cantando Admont and violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja. The programme includes works by Tigran Mansurian, William Byrd, Luboš Fišer, Josquin Desprez, and Galina Ustwolskaja.

💫 Have a look at some first of today’s rehearsals in Vienna and stay tuned for more to come!

🔗 Info https://www.klangforum.at/event/salzburger-festspiele---ouverture-spirituelle---miserere

🪩 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘇𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲: 𝗢𝘂𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲 – 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘅 𝗲𝗴𝗼
🗓 24.07.2026 ⏰ 8.30 pm
📍Kollegienkirche, Salzburg



📸 © Christina Kastner/Klangforum Wien

| ✨ Upcoming: Salzburger Festspiele | Salzburg Festival |

🤩 With great pleasure we are looking forward to our concerts at this year’s Salzburg Festival!

Together with Cantando Admont and violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja we will kick off with the 𝘖𝘶𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦, featuring works of early and contemporary music by Tigran Mansurian, William Byrd, Luboš Fišer, Josquin Desprez und Galina Ustwolskaja.

In addition, we will honor the 100th of György Kurtág: In a first concert entitled 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘚𝘢𝘮𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘵, we will illustrate Kurtág's fascination with the oeuvre of Samuel Beckett. In a second concert featuring Anna Prohaska, Luigi Nono’s 𝘖𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘰 𝘢 𝘎𝘺𝘰̈𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘒𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘢́𝘨 will be contrasted with Gérard Grisey’s 𝘚𝘵𝘦̀𝘭𝘦, conducted by Matthias Pintscher.

Emilio Pomàrico will lead our last concert in Salzburg, presenting Francesca Verunelli’s 𝘓𝘢 𝘯𝘶𝘥𝘢 𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘦, as well as two works by Gérard Grisey.

🎶 Come join us in Salzburg and enjoy these impressive works!

🪩 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘇𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

🗓 24.07.2026, Ouverture Spirituelle, Kollegienkirche
🗓 30.07.2026, György Kurtág I, Kollegienkirche
🗓 01.08.2026, György Kurtág II, Kollegienkirche
🗓 12.08.2026, Grisey/Verunelli, Mozarteum

🔗 Info: klangforum.at



📸 © TSG Breitegger

| 🥁 Memories: 𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘺 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮 at Wiener Festwochen |

🎶 Following the previous editions in 2024 and 2025, we had again the honor to perform two concerts at ORF RadioKulturhaus as part of the Wiener Festwochen’s initiative 𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘺 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮. The programme lead by Susanne Blumenthal featured works by Nyokabi Kariũki, Tania León, Elaine Mitchener, Bára Gísladóttir, Ailís Ní Ríain, Imsu Choi, Sofia Jernberg, Anna Korsun, Keiko Abe, Katarina Gryvul and Nicole Lizée, and once again showcased how important it is to aim for a gender-sensitive music culture and to increase the proportion of works written by womxn composers.

👉 Swipe and have a look at some special concert moments.

📻 Thanks to Ö1, you have the possibility to listen to both concerts in their media library on 3 & 10 July 🔗 link in bio!

📸 (c) Franzi Kreis

| 🎥 : Susanne Blumenthal |

🎶 This weekend, we are presenting the third edition of “Academy Second Modernism” at ORF RadioKulturhaus. As part of the Wiener Festwochen, the concerts on Saturday and Sunday feature impressive compositions by international womxn composers and contribute to the aim of establishing a gender-sensitive music culture.

🤩 Listen to conductor Susanne Blumenthal, who will bring these works to the stage together with our ensemble, and find out what’s there to expect 👉 https://youtu.be/Gnt6mPRolC4

📣 We are thrilled that both evenings are already sold out – but for all of you, who would like to listen to them anyway, Ö1 will broadcast both concerts on 3 & 10 July in "Zeit-Ton extended"!

No More Excuses I & II
🗓 13. & 14.06.2026 | ⏰ 7.30 pm
📍 ORF RadioKulturhaus
🔗 Info & Programme via link in bio!

Conductor: Susanne Blumenthal

🥁 With compositions by Nyokabi Kariũki, Tania León, Elaine Mitchener, Bára Gísladóttir, Ailís Ní Ríain, Imsu Choi, Sofia Jernberg - singer, composer, Anna Korsun, Keiko Abe, katarina gryvul and Nicole Lizée.

🎥 (c) Christina Kastner/Klangforum Wien

Susanne Blumenthal: Academy Second Modernism 2026 | 🎥 : Susanne Blumenthal | 🎶 This weekend, we are pr...