World premiere of the Violin Concerto "Rain" by Austrian-born Ali Helnwein, compositions by Austrian composer Gernot Wolfgang, Sharon Farber and Raven Kane.

Guest Conductor: David Campbell
Violin Soloist: Alyssa Park

Thursday, 27 May 2010, 8pm
Million Dollar Theatre
307 South Broadway Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90013

For tickets, please go to www.tractionorchestra.com.

For additional information, please click here and go to www.katvond.net.

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Established as one of the leading violinists of his generation, 35-year-old Austrian-based violinist Julian Rachlin performs Sibelius' dramatic, richly melodic Violin Concerto. Friday, 28 May, 8pm Walt Disney Concert Hall 111 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90012 For tickets, please go to the website of the LA Phil.

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Enjoy a joyous evening of music from around the Jewish world - Israeli, Hassidic, Persian, Yiddish, American

featuring

Cantor Shmuel Barzilai, Chief Cantor of Vienna
Cantor Nathan Lam, Cantor of Stephen S. Wise Temple
Cantor Arianne Brown, Sinai Temple and star of Yiddish Theater
Cantor Tannoz Bahremand, first Persian-American-ordained female cantor

Monday, 7 June from 8pm-9:30pm (no intermission)
Stephen S. Wise Temple
15500 Stephen S. Wise Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90077


Tickets: $36 Reserved Seating
$20 General Admission

For more information or to RSVP, please
contact Debbie Gordon at
310.889.2208 or DGordon@WiseLA.org.


Additional information can be found on Shmuel Barzilai's Website.

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Baritone Ryan de Ryke and Pianist Daniel Schlosberg celebrate the 150th birthday of Hugo Wolf with a program of settings by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Joseph von Eichendorff. Hugo Wolf fused poetry and music in unprecedented ways and thus achieved an artwork of outstanding profundity. Sunday, 20 June, 6pm, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) 5905 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles CA 90036 Free admission. For more information, please click on the link.

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Fractional Systems. Garage Project II

The American domestic garage is a relatively neglected phenomenon whose hinged doors regularly conceal important belongings, activities, and rituals that don’t appear in public.
Throughout the years, the Mackey Apartments and Garages have been in use as a think tank and creative laboratory for artists and architects. After a three-year renovation process to the building itself, the MAK started to rebuild and renew the run down garages and created an additional space, the garage top, finalized in April 2010.

Referring to the site of the Mackey Garages, Peter Noever guest-curates the exhibition Fractional Systems. Garage Project II (June 25 – September 25, 2010) at the five newly rebuilt garage units at the Mackey Apartments (R.M. Schindler 1939).

Three artists and two architects, based in Vienna and Los Angeles, have been invited to explore a garage with individual interventions. Participating artists are Raymond Pettibon, Los Angeles; Franz Graf, Vienna; Elke Krystufek, Vienna; and architects Hernán Diáz Alonso, Los Angeles; and next ENTERprise architects, Vienna.

Additionally, Peter Noever has invited three artists to give suggestions and ideas about artists’ videos to be shown in the recently completed new space above the garages, the Garage Top. The video program has been selected by John Baldessari, Los Angeles, Heinrich Dunst, Vienna and Peter Kogler, Vienna.

Mackey Garages
The Mackey Apartments (R.M. Schindler 1939)
1137 South Cochran Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90019
Exhibition Term: 25 June – 25 September 2010
Opening Hours: Wednesday to Saturday 11.00 am – 6.00 pm

Exhibition Opening:
Thursday, 24 June 2010, 7.00 pm
Press Preview: 11.00 am

For further information, please click here.

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radio.string.quartet.vienna: Bernie Mallinger – violin Johannes Dickbauer – violin Cynthia Liao – viola Asja Valcic – cello In the year 2000, a proposal by accordionist and composer Klaus Paier marked the beginning of what later became the radio.string.quartet: all-rounder Bernie Mallinger put together a string quartet for Paier’s CD moviemento, which was enthusiastically acclaimed by the critics and was nominated for the Austrian Amadeus Award. The “radio” in the name stands for contemporary, multifaceted music as well as for entertainment. They demonstrate their uniqueness by playing the works of McLaughlin’s thrilling 70’s electric jazz band, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, giving much attention to the details and structure of the original composition. The classical instruments, two violins, a viola and a cello, merge into a new sound that proves to be more than worthy to honor McLaughlin’s music. Bernie Mallinger’s and Johannes Dickbauer’s violins, Cynthia Liao’s viola and Asja Valcic’s cello will take you to places that you won’t expect. Wednesday, 7 July, 9pm Blue Whale (Downtown) 123 Astronaut E S Onizuka Street Los Angeles, CA 90012-3833 Tel (213) 620 0908 Tickets $ 15 (students $ 10) at the Blue Whale. For additional information on the Radio String Quartet Vienna, please click here.

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For the seventh year in a row, the Beverly Hills International Music Festival will present a special Austrian Night. The concert “Music of Austria” will be dedicated to Austrian composers past and present. With the performance of “The Heavenly Life” from Symphony No. 4, the orchestra will mark the 150th birthday of Gustav Mahler. In addition to pieces by Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ernst Krenek, the concert will feature contemporary Austrian artist Gernot Wolfgang with his composition “Vine Street Express.”

Monday, 16 August, 8pm
Sinai Temple (Neighborhood Westwood)
10400 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90024

Please visit the website of the Beverly Hills Music Festival for more event details.

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Bernhard LACKNER, 29, Austrian Electric Bassist Composer, has been living in the US since 2005. Based in Nashville for 5 years, he has recorded 2 Soloalbums featuring musicians like Chester Thompson, Jeff Coffin, Adam Holzman, Derico Watson, Marco Minnemann and many more. He recently relocated from Nashville to Los Angeles. More infos about Bernhard at www.bernhardlackner.com. For the interview with Bernhard, please click here.

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On the initative of the Austrian Trade Commission in Los Angeles, Klaus Heidegger, former Austrian top ski-racer and successful businessman in California (Masai Barefoot Technology - MBT), will be the keynote-speaker at the Export-Day 2010, a high level business conference organized by the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber on 10 June 2010 in Vienna. The topic of Klaus Heidegger's address: „Innovation as Driver for New Growth“.

The annual Export-Day encompasses workshops, exhibitions of export-oriented service-companies, meetings with Austrian Trade Commissioners from around the world and the Export-Award-Gala.

Photo: Klaus Heidegger (center) with Austrian Trade Commissioner Rudolf Thaler and Consul General Karin Proidl

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American architect Nabih Tahan is a strong promoter of Austria. Educated, trained and based in California, Nabih Tahan has first-hand knowledge of advanced methods of green building as practiced in Austria. Over thirteen years of work in Austria, he has gained hands-on experience in designing, developing and building low energy and passive houses which significantly reduce energy consumption. For the interview with Nabih Tahan in the Spring 2010 issue of "Information Austria", please click here.

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The team of the Austrian Consulate General in Los Angeles conveys its appreciation and thanks to Dr. Elisabeth Steinacker, Honorary Consul for Washington State, Idaho and Montana. She has served Austria and Austrians abroad over the past twelve years. Due to a planned relocation, Dr. Steinacker will relinquish her responsibilities by the end of May 2010. Until the appointment of a successor, the Honorary Consulate Seattle (area of competence: Washington State, Idaho, Montana) will have to remain closed. Notification of the re-opening of the Honorary Consuate will follow as soon as possible on www.austria-la.org.

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