«Confronting the Other: National Identity, Migration and Music» is the main theme guiding the Round-Table at which artists are joined by historians, political experts and interested members of the public. Thomas Hampson is an American lyric baritone, a classical singer who has appeared world-wide in major opera houses and concert halls. Michael Ignatieff is a university professor, writer and former politician. He is currently the rector and president of the Central European University in Budapest.

The starting point for the debate is the issue of how artists have addressed political and social change in their milieu and how they are facing today’s challenges, offering an opportunity to explore this constellation of themes from a range of perspectives. The day’s concert programmes form the artistic point of reference for the intellectual discussions taking place at the Round Table.

Prelude in the castle courtyard.

Listen and learn: The 30 minutes long introductory talks contain all necessary information that you need to know about the played artist's life and work.

When the Vienna Schubert Association performed a song for Richard Strauss on his 60th birthday, the encounter gave rise to the request for a work for male voice choir. Strauss felt a spiritual affinity for the nostalgic verses penned by Eichendorff and wrote «Die Tageszeiten» («Times of the Day»). Here the choral work is framed by two spiritual works of a very special nature: Max Reger’s setting of the poem «Requiem» by Hebbel and Szymanowski’s «Stabat mater», in which the Polish composer came to terms with the early death of his beloved niece.

«Confronting the Other: National Identity, Migration and Music» is the main theme guiding the Round-Table at which artists are joined by historians, political experts and interested members of the public. Thomas Hampson is an American lyric baritone, a classical singer who has appeared world-wide in major opera houses and concert halls. Michael Ignatieff is a university professor, writer and former politician. He is currently the rector and president of the Central European University in Budapest.

The starting point for the debate is the issue of how artists have addressed political and social change in their milieu and how they are facing today’s challenges, offering an opportunity to explore this constellation of themes from a range of perspectives. The day’s concert programmes form the artistic point of reference for the intellectual discussions taking place at the Round Table.

Prelude in the castle courtyard.

Listen and learn: The 30 minutes long introductory talks contain all necessary information that you need to know about the played artist's life and work.

When the Vienna Schubert Association performed a song for Richard Strauss on his 60th birthday, the encounter gave rise to the request for a work for male voice choir. Strauss felt a spiritual affinity for the nostalgic verses penned by Eichendorff and wrote «Die Tageszeiten» («Times of the Day»). Here the choral work is framed by two spiritual works of a very special nature: Max Reger’s setting of the poem «Requiem» by Hebbel and Szymanowski’s «Stabat mater», in which the Polish composer came to terms with the early death of his beloved niece.