Music

Acoustics that inspire even well traveled world stars with enthusiasm – a high quality everyday occurrence in the Brucknerhaus since 1974. Cultivating classical music, contemporary artists, jazz, rock and pop concerts, musicals, opera and operetta: all of this is part of the normal course of vibrant, high quality concert life in Linz.

A Concert House as an Urban Landmark

“Thank you for the hall” – wrote the Russian star conductor Valery Gergiev in the guest book of the Brucknerhaus after a celebrated concert. His enthusiasm is shared by internationally and nationally renowned artists from classical music, contemporary music and jazz, who have given guest performances in the concert house on the Danube designed by the Finnish architects Kaija and Heikki Siren. Highlights in September: the Linz Clouds of Sound, the Ars Electronica Festival (in cooperation with the Ars Electronica Center), and the three-week Bruckner Festival with its innovatively wrapped “classically different” program package.

Orchestral Size

The Bruckner Orchestra Linz, opera orchestra of the Linz Theater of the Province and philharmonic orchestra of the Federal Province of Upper Austria, is at the top of the list of audience favorites among the people of Upper Austria. The 110 musicians, currently under the direction of the chief conductor Dennis Russel Davies, have acquired an excellent reputation both at home and abroad. The Bruckner Orchestra Linz presents a broad ranging repertoire of works from Viennese classics to modern music, including many Austrian and world premieres.

Pop and Rock of Every Size

One of the largest venues for contemporary culture in Europe is located at the Linz Harbor. Posthof is a leader in current contemporary culture, presenting dance, cabaret, theater and literature, as well as contemporary music. Whether rock, pop, jazz, reggae, techno or hiphop: local bands and internationally acclaimed musicians provide the right mix here.

Anton Bruckner

His contemporaries laughed at the “giant head on two legs” - regardless of the fact that the man so ridiculed had already celebrated triumphs before thousands of listeners in London and Paris as a gifted organ virtuoso. And although Anton Bruckner was undoubtedly of an extremely compact and small stature, the footprints of the great symphonic composer (1824-1896) cannot be overlooked even up to in present (not only) in his home region of Upper Austria. They lead far beyond the active interest and lively performance practice of his compositional work. In Linz not only the Brucknerhaus and the Bruckner Orchestra are named after him, but also one of the four universities in Linz bears the name of the most important Upper Austrian composer.

Actively promoting young talent

Over 850 students are instructed at the Anton Bruckner Private University. As a leading vocational institution, the university is one of five Austrian universities for music, acting and dance. A new building for the private university on Pöstlingberg is currently being planned. With over 4,000 pupils and 120 teachers, the Music School of the City of Linz is one of the largest music schools in Austria. In addition to classical instruments such as piano or violin, pan flutes and overtone singing are also part of the extensive curriculum.

Wind music in the best tradition

In the most beautiful places in Linz they bring the best Austrian wind music tradition to life: the City Administration Music Linz. The brass ensemble with a full sound has not only been a permanent feature of the cultural life of Linz since 1926, it is also on the road regionally and transregionally as a musical ambassador. In 2006 the multi-talented brass music formation under the direction of Wilhelm Luckeneder celebrated its 80th anniversary.

… more than music

Music has been made with the Linz postal code since 2001. – The “Festival 4020. More than Music” presents contemporary young composers, musicians and ensembles in various locations in Linz every year under a different theme. The range of music styles and sounds crosses all borders: from folk music to concert music from every region of Europe, from church music of the Gothic era to electronic sound paintings.