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Everything is about storytelling – Far Fetched Stories turns the stage into a world of improbable adventures: combining hallucinating machines, alien surgeries, flying xylophones and burning violinists with intimate snapshots of everyday life into a richly layered audio-visual theatrical experience.

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Exploring the beauty of transience, nature / decay reveals the fleeting nature of being and the illusion of permanence and stability.

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GOD'S ENTERTAINMENTS tentacular dive into Johann Strauss: spinning sirens, waltzed scores, sea organs, pedal boats and tons of roses, respecting octopus's favourite frequencies - sparkling homages to Strauss full of charm, humor, and temperament

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► ////// MIKROPHONIE 1

Discovering the microphone as a instrument, Karlheinz Stockhausen's pioneering work Mikrophonie 1 breaks boundaries and reveals a universe of sound out ot a single tam-tam still astonishing today

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► ////// MYSTIFIED / DEMYSTIFIED

mystified / demystified juxtaposes transcendental musical experience with postmodern ironic detachment — from hypnotic loops and mystical polyrhythms to hyper-digital storms, grotesque distortions, and playful, humorous narratives.

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A creative continuation of Ennio Morricone’s spirit of experimentation: Cowboys, bar-room brawls, and cinematic memory collide in a performative concert space - between homage and deconstruction of the film composer's legacy.

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A mad scientist evokes the ghost of dystopia, generating sound within the inner ear itself, and pushing the audience to the limits of their hearing range: Pulp Science unfolds a heterogeneous catalogue of postmodern infotainment at the edge of sound, science, and performance.

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marking a decade of radical and uncompromising music - Black Page Orchestra's anniversary program is a composer-performer project featuring the music written by its core ensemble members.

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► ////// DICHTES HOLZ

Dichtes Holz transforms the memorial forest of Aspern into a space of listening and discovery. Archaic sounds and gestures reveal hidden traces, amplify their frequencies, and unearth secret knowledge - weaving together nature, human bodies and pure electricity.

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► ////// EXTREMA

Enter the realm of extreme sound. Extrema pushes musical intensity to its limits, from thunderous bursts to ear-shattering sonic textures - with music by Maja Bosnic, Dror Feiler, Hikari Kiyama, Pierre Jodlowski and Peter Ablinger.

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