Klangwolken 26

The first ‘Klangwolke’ of the year swept over the city and the banks of the Danube as early as 4 September: with the concert held on Bruckner’s birthday, in which Riccardo Chailly and his Filarmonica della Scala performed two famous ‘fourth’ works in the Great Hall of the Brucknerhaus: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 and Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 4. This festive birthday celebration, for which the exceptional young Russian pianist Alexander Malofeev returned to the Brucknerhaus Linz as soloist, was broadcast live from the Donaupark as ‘Klassische Klangwolke 26’.

Two days later, hundreds of people of all ages gathered there once more when ‘Kinderklangwolke 26’ invited visitors to the Donaupark from 4.00 pm to join in, watch, listen and marvel.

The cloud then builds in intensity over several days, culminating in its spectacular release in the form of the Linz Klangwolke ATTheENDLinz on the evening of 12 September. Numerous partners and cultural institutions across the city will be taking part during this period with events, formats and activities of all sizes at various locations throughout the city, both near and far from the Danube, thus spanning the cultural spectrum across an eventful ‘Sound Cloud Week’. A city springs into action, becomes sound, speaks and plays in many places, filling spaces of the most diverse kinds.