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As in 1985 at the birth of the Styriarte festival, violinist Geiger Thomas Zehetmair Thomas Zehetmair will delight us with Bach's Partita in d minor and will find his way to Mozart's ‘Jupiter Symphony’ via the jubilee work by Komponistin Flora Marlene Geißelbrecht Flora Marlene Geißel­brecht .

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A concert for the Styriarteʼs 40th birthday

The Styriarte’s 40th birthday is a good reason to celebrate. For four decades the Styrian festivals have been creating a sense of well-being for audiences by providing them with fantastic music in wonderful surroundings in Styria. And just as in 1985, the year it all began, violinist Thomas Zehetmair plays the first notes of the 2025 festival with the Chaconne from Bach’s Partita in D minor. To conclude the anniversary concert, he conducts Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony and, between these two works, he pairs up with viola player Ruth Killius for Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante. However, the Styriarte would not be a festival for our times without a contemporary composer: Flora Geißelbrecht has been commissioned to compose a work for the birthday celebrations.

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita in D minor for violin solo, BWV 1004
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia concertante in E flat major, K 364
Flora Geißelbrecht: Commissioned work for the Styriarte 2025 (premiere)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: “Jupiter Symphony” in C major, K 551

Duration: around 2 1/2 hours with an intermission

Tickets

Prices: EUR 36 / 72 / 108

Reductions:
U27 (for all under 27) & Ö1 Intro: 50 % reduction

Cast

Thomas Zehetmair

Geiger Thomas Zehetmair
© Wolfgang Schmidt
Violon & Conductor

As a soloist, conductor and member of the renowned Zehetmair Quartet, the versatile violinist is a regular guest at music centres around the world. The Styriarte owes its first note to the winner of the German Record Critics' Prize: Thomas Zehetmaier opened the festival in 1985 with Bach's Partita in d Minor .

Ruth Killius

Ruth Killius lachend mit Viola
© Wolfgang Schmidt
Viola

The German violist rolls out the visionary carpet on every string of her instrument. As a specialist in world premieres, the Gramophone Award of the Year winner establishes the viola on contemporary ground and earns worldwide applause, especially when playing with violinist Thomas Zehetmair.

Styriarte Festival Orchestra

Styriarte Festspiel-Orchester mit Andrés Orozco-Estrada auf der Bühne
© Nikola Milatovic
Orchestra

Styriarte's orchestral "Supergroup" is made up of changing international star guests and musicians from the first-class fund of the Recreation orchestra, depending on need and occasion. The orchestra's tuning and choice of instruments follow the historical requirements of the works performed.

Flora Marlene Geißel­brecht

Komponistin Flora Marlene Geißelbrecht
© Verena Brüning
Composer

Die Österreicherin Flora Geißelbrecht ist Komponistin, Interpretin, Improvisatorin und Texterin. Als Bratschistin trat sie vielfach solistisch und im Ensemble auf. Ihre Werke wurden von Festivals wie der Styriarte oder den Donaufestwochen im Strudengau und Interpret:innen wie dem Ensemble Kontrapunkte oder dem Arnold Schoenberg Chor in Auftrag gegeben.

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