VIA IULIA AUGUSTA CULTURAL SUMMER 2026

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INGEBORG BACHMANN LITERARY CONCERT "Poetry for Truth"Recitation: Natalie KrainerMusic: Edgar Unterkirchner, saxophone | Matthias Haslinger, Fender Rhodes, tubaA tribute to Ingeborg Bachmann on her 100th birthday.The selection of texts focuses on Ingeborg Bachmann as a philosopher - a previously little-noticed aspect of her literary and essayistic work. In conjunction with the improvisational sound language and compositions by Edgar Unterkirchner, an atmospherically dense dialogue between word and music emerges.VIA-Extra, start 6:00 PMBefore the concert, a new documentary about Ingeborg Bachmann, currently being produced by Barbara Frank for ORF and ARTE, will be shown. The Carinthian saxophonist Edgar Unterkirchner composes and produces the music for it. The film offers a sensitive approach to the author's life and thought before her texts resonate with the music in the literary concert.Cooperation with the Evangelical Forum Fresach