Switzerland, Norway, Turkey Bring a Bit of Their Culture with Them to Linz
Love Story Superman
Copyright: Pierre Nydegger
Burhan Öçal provides a musical lead-in to the most extensive part of Extra Europa—a cultural festival running from March to early May. Plus, there’ll be additional projects in the spirit of Extra Europa throughout the remainder of the Capital of Culture year.
Theater, exhibitions, music, installations, readings, films, dialog—these are the general categories subsuming the wide-ranging presentations on the Extra Europa cultural lineup. The festival will showcase one thing above all: the great cultural diversity on hand in Norway, Switzerland and Turkey. For example, “Love Story Superman” by Swiss artist Massimo Furlan: this dream-like story that amuses without the use of words is an account of Superman and the dream of flying.A totally different story is “The Singing Walls” by Norwegian composer Magnar Åm. Twelve mini-concerts will be staged on four days in the architecturally superb setting of the Rudigierhalle in the Cathedral. Övül and Mustafa Avkiran’s company 10+ is one of today’s leading lights in Turkish dance and performance art. Their piece “Parallel” was developed expressly for Linz09. As the first part of a long-term research project on cultures, languages, borders and religions, this performance staged by an ensemble of immigrants to Linz will make its world premiere at the end of March.
Love Story Superman
March 25, 2009, 8.30 PM (ATTENTION: new starting time)
Hafenhalle09 (Industriezeile 41a)
Tickets: €18 / €13 (for those entitled to a discount)
Linz09 Insider pay only €9.
The Singing Walls
March 25, 2009, 2, 4 and 6 PM
March 28, 2009, 12 Noon, 2 and 6 PM
St. Mary’s Cathedral, Rudigierhalle, Herrenstr. 26
Free admission
Parallel
March 29, 2009, 8 PM
March 30, 2009, 8 PM (Audience Q&A immediately following the performance)
Hafenhalle09 (Industriezeile 41a)
Tickets: €18 / €13 (for those entitled to a discount)
Linz09 Insiders pay only €9.
Karagöz: The Magic Tree
March 25, 26 & 27, 2009, 10 AM
Kinderpunkt09, Hauptplatz 5, 4020 Linz
Free admission (Controlled admission tickets available at Kinderpunkt09)
Tickets to all cultural festival events are on sale now.
