Following the successful virtual staging of Richard Wagner’s Das Rheingold (2004) and Gustav Mahler’s Symphony Nr. 2 in C Minor (2006), the series of projects is now carried on by a collaborative effort of Ars Electronica Futurelab and the Brucknerfest with a performance of Le Sacre du Printemps (“The Rite of Spring”).

Introductory remarks
18:30 Electrolobby

Susanne Scheel, curator and organizer of the VJ contest at the International Video Festival in Bochum, Germany, will briefly discuss the history and modern forms of music visualization. Horst Hörtner of the Ars Electronica Futurelab and media artist Klaus Obermaier will elaborate on the project’s technical and artistic aspects.


Visualizing Strawinsky
19:30 Brucknerhaus, Großer Saal

In Visualizing Stravinsky, the audience will attend a public rehearsal and experience how the Bruckner Orchestra conducted by Dennis Russell Davies and Karen Kamensek, dancer Julia Mach and the computer artists prepare for the performance of Igor Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps together with the accompanying visuals. What’s special about this performance is its interactive combination of orchestral music and computer visualizations.

On September 10, 2006 at 8 PM, Le Sacre du Printemps will be performed as part of the opening concert of the 2006 Brucknerfest in combination with the classical Klangwolke conducted by Dennis Russell Davies and Karen Kamensek.


Le Sacre du Printemps by Igor Stravinsky. Staging by Ars Electronica and Brucknerhaus Linz; based on an idea by Wolfgang Winkler / Klaus Obermaier / Gerfried Stocker. Interactive Design and technical development: Ars Electronica Futurelab: Matthias Bauer, Rainer Eilmsteiner, Horst Hörtner, Christopher Lindinger, Christine Sugrue. Production Management Brucknerhaus: Tiberius Binder. A co-production of Brucknerhaus Linz and Ars Electronica.