dear fellow hurdy-gurdyists, it's going to be increasingly obvious that we will have an international hurdy-gurdy festival in Vienna from may 11th to may 13th this year.
Organizer is the "Radiokulturhaus" in Vienna in cooperation with channel one of the Austrian radio (one of the best culture stations in Europe, BTW). The program: 11th may 07 °°°°°°°°°°° 18:00 conference about the hurdy-gurdy (with some big names of the Austrian hg, like Simon Wascher, Wolfgang Weichselbaumer ... ) 19:30 (Grosser Sendesaal "big transmission hall" of the Austrian Radio) Matthias Loibner, Eugène Michelangeli, Thomas Wimmer "La Noblesse Rustique" hg-music by Dupuit, Bouin a.o. Valentin Clastrier & Stevan Kovacs Tickmayer 22:00 hurdy-gurdy sidelines (sessions, talking ...) 12th may 07 °°°°°°°°°°° 19:30 (Grosser Sendesaal "big transmission hall" of the Austrian Radio) Schikaneders Jugend (Simon Wascher, Albin Paulus, Andreas Helm) Germán Díaz Tend'M, Anne-Lise Foy, Laurence Pinchemaille, Stéphane Arbon, Léonore Grollemund 22:00 hurdy-gurdy sidelines (sessions, talking ...) 13th may °°°°°°°° maybe more to come... I hope this finds somebody interested. There will be more details following. happy hg-ing, Matthias
