Program
Gustav Mahler Festival & Sights
Worth hearing & worth seeing
Steinbach am Attersee
under the sign of culture
Here we have compiled tips for events related to Gustav Mahler and Friedrich Gulda, as well as for cultural attractions.
FLOATING ARTIST SALON
AM KLIMT-MAHLER SHIP
Gustav Mahler trip on May 29, 2024
Experience an extraordinary journey on the Klimt-Mahler ship as an exclusiveGetting in the mood for theGustav Mahler Festival 2024and on thePerformance of the Second Symphony.
Thetwo-hour boat tourIt offers breathtaking views of the Höllengebirge mountains and the inspiring landscape that once creatively fueled Gustav Mahler and Friedrich Gulda, and which also served as Anton Bruckner's summer residence. On board, you can expect stimulating conversations withhigh-profile guestssuch as conductor Elisabeth Fuchs, Dr. Elisabeth Schweeger and leading music experts, moderated by Doris Cuturi-Stern.
DATE: Wednesday, May 29, 2024
departure2:00 PM, Steinbach boat landing
Length of time: 2 hours
ServicesPicturesque boat trip with views of the Höllengebirge mountains, program, aperitif, Klimt coffee break
Price45.00 euros
Limited number of tickets available
The boat trip can be booked as a single ticket or is included in the festival pass for the 8th Gustav Mahler Festival 2024.
8th GUSTAV MAHLER FESTIVAL
May 29 to June 2, 2024
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) and Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) were two profoundly different people whose lives intersected several times. One became world-famous as a conductor and opera director, the other was celebrated as a genius primarily in his homeland. Both struggled to establish themselves as composers during their lifetimes.
As a student at the conservatory, the young Gustav Mahler met the revered master, but he never took composition lessons from him. Nevertheless, we know from various sources that the two were friends. This connection became more apparent when Bruckner commissioned Mahler to create the piano version of his Third Symphony; this score, published in 1880, was the first publication to bear Mahler's name. In later years, Mahler performed Bruckner's works several times as a conductor. In a letter from 1892, Mahler writes enthusiastically to his "highly esteemed friend" about his triumphant performance of the "glorious and powerful Te Deum."
How then do we explain Mahler's description of Bruckner's Fourth Symphony as "musical fragments and utter absurdity [...] interrupted, however, by often divine 'ideas' and themes"?! He expressed similar sentiments about Bruckner's Ninth. This rejection is all the more puzzling when clear allusions to Bruckner can be heard in Mahler's own works.
In the Bruckner Year 2024, we celebrate the 200th birthday of the Upper Austrian with a festival dedicated to these personalities, their compositions, and the paradox of an ambivalent relationship, featuring concerts and presentations.
GUSTAV MAHLER FESTIVAL STEINBACH
Program from May 29th to June 2nd, 2024
9 events in 5 days
Individually or as FESTIVAL PASS bookable
WE 29.05.2024
Floating Artist Salon
Boat trip on the Mahler-Klimt ship
with discussions about Mahler, Gulda and Bruckner
2 PM | Steinbach landing stage | €45
WE 29.05.2024
Richard Wagner as a role model
Presentation I Lecture - Dr. Morten Solvik
Christian-Ludwig-Attersee Hall I 7 p.m.
admissionfree
DO 30.05.2024
Festive opening
8th Gustav Mahler Festival with musical accompaniment and exhibition opening
Composing hut by the lake I 4 pm
admission free
DO 30.05.2024
Church concert
a cappella and organ music
Martin Haslböck I Organ
Chorus Sine Nomine I Johannes Hiemetsberger
Parish Church Bad Ischl | 7 p.m. | €48
FR 31.05.2024
Mahler & Bruckner: Two Life Paths
Presentation | Lecture - Benjamin Korstvedt
Christian-Ludwig-Attersee Hall I 7 p.m.
admission free
FR 31.05.2024
Bruckner and the Vienna Conservatory
Songs and chamber music
Soloists of the 1st Women's Chamber Orchestra
from Austria
Students of the Anton Bruckner Private University
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Hotel Föttinger | 7 pm | €45
ON 01.06.2024
Bruckner in the meadow
What connects Bruckner to nature?
Guided nature tour in the Attersee-Traunse Nature Park
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Meeting point: Steinbach Parish Church I, 10 a.m.
€15 (included free with the festival pass)
ON 01.06.2024
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 2
& Friedrich Gulda Cello Concerto
Orchestra & Choir of the Salzburg Philharmonic
Conductor: Elisabeth Fuchs
Emilian Schmid I Cello
Ursula Langmayr I Soprano
Christa Ratzenböck I Old
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Steinbach Hall | 7 p.m. | € see seating plan
SO 02.06.2024
matinee
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 3
in the arrangement for piano,
Four Hands by Gustav Mahler
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Piano Duo Dino Sequi & Gerhard Hofer
Gustav Mahler Hall Seefeld I 11 a.m. I € 45
Our tip:
FESTIVAL PASS
6 paid events for the price of 5
free program booklet worth 3 euros
Shipping "Floating Artists' Salon"
Church concert a cappella and organ music
Songs and chamber music: Bruckner and the Vienna Conservatory
Nature experience: Bruckner in the meadow
Mahler Symphony No. 2 & Gulda Cello Concerto
Matinee Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 3
250 euros
Your price advantage: 20 euros
More information about the Gustav Mahler Festival can be found at [website address]. www.mahler-steinbach.at
Salon Gulda
A vibrant music space for young pianists.
The piano virtuoso and composer Gulda, who spent many summers at Lake Attersee, will be honored on May 15, 2024 with the premiere of the new concert format "Salon Gulda" at the Hotel Föttinger.
The "opening" will be celebrated with a concert by Paul Gulda together with his students. As a tribute to his father Friedrich Gulda, whose birthday was on May 16th, he will perform his father's music and other works by great masters the day before.
More information and tickets here
Things to see
Gustav Mahler
Composing cottage
SEEFELD I Free of charge
Gustav Mahler lived at the Gasthof zum Höllengebirge in Steinbach am Attersee from 1893 to 1896 and composed his 2nd and 3rd symphonies there. To be able to work completely undisturbed, he had a composing hut built on the lakeshore, which can still be visited today.
MAHLER MOSAIC
VILLAGE CENTER I Free
Visit the Mahler mosaic, designed by Christian Ludwig Attersee, in the foyer of the Steinbach village center.
Gustav Mahler at the landing place
SHIPPING PLACE I Free of charge
Like many of the "summer vacationers", Gustav Mahler also travelled by train and then by boat to his holiday destination Steinbach am Attersee.
To mark the 100th anniversary of the completion of the Third Symphony, an exhibition and a memorial stone were erected at the landing stage.
Gustav Klimt at Lake Attersee
Gustav Klimt, one of the most important artists of the Vienna Secession and Art Nouveau, spent several summers at Lake Attersee in the Salzkammergut region. This period between 1900 and 1916 had a significant influence on his artistic work. During his stays at Lake Attersee, Klimt created a series of landscape paintings that are among his most famous works.
We recommend that you:
Experience music at the place where it is created.
Immerse yourself in the artistic world of Gustav Mahler and experience his Resurrection Symphony for the first time in the place that ignited his creativity. The concert in Steinbach am Attersee will not only be a musical highlight, but also a timeless connection between Mahler's work and the inspiring nature of the Salzkammergut region.
