Montforter Zwischentöne (literally: ''Intermediate tones of Montfort'') is a contemporary festival for arts, science and dialogue in
Feldkirch Feldkirch may refer to:
Places
* Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, a medieval city and capital of an administrative district in Austria
** Feldkirch (district), an administrative division of Vorarlberg, Austria
* Feldkirch (Hartheim), a village in the munici ...
,
Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg ( , ; gsw, label=Vorarlbergisch, Vorarlbearg, , or ) is the westernmost States of Austria, state () of Austria. It has the second-smallest geographical area after Vienna and, although it also has the second-smallest population, it is ...
(
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
).
It was founded in 2015.
History
The Montforter Zwischentöne festival was founded in 2015 by the city of Feldkirch on the occasion of the opening of the newly built
Montforthaus Feldkirch
The Montforthaus Feldkirch is a multi-purpose cultural centre in Feldkirch, Vorarlberg (Austria). It is used for conventions, balls, trade fairs, concerts and theatre performances.
History
The Feldkirch "Volkshalle" was built in 1926 by the arc ...
. For the establishment of the festival, an association of the same name had been founded. The festival is sponsored by the corresponding association, funded by the city of Feldkirch and the state of Vorarlberg.
The first edition (2015) was called „Anfangen: über das Beginnen“ (''"Starting: on beginning"'').
Programme and content
Montforter Zwischentöne takes place on three weekends a year. Each series of events revolves around a certain topic by means of artistic and dramaturgical interpretations of everyday culture. In doing so, the festival encompasses many genres and fields like music, architecture, poetry, design, science and dance.
The festival addresses issues of social and personal development on site and provides impetus for urban and regional development in cooperation with the
spatial development planning of town and country. The Montforter Zwischentöne act as a model laboratory for new formats with thematic orientation embedded in a regional context. The festival's concept is to move beyond the culture of representation and genre orientation.
In addition to the constant process of redefining forms and formats, an important principle of the Montforter Zwischentöne is actually lived
sustainability
Specific definitions of sustainability are difficult to agree on and have varied in the literature and over time. The concept of sustainability can be used to guide decisions at the global, national, and individual levels (e.g. sustainable livi ...
. Large touring productions are avoided, artists are encouraged to stay over an extended period of time (
artists-in-residence
Artist-in-residence, or artist residencies, encompass a wide spectrum of artistic programs which involve a collaboration between artists and hosting organisations, institutions, or communities. They are programs which provide artists with space a ...
) instead of doing one-evening performances, and there is regional catering.
The two artistic directors Hans-Joachim Gögl and Folkert Uhde are responsible for the basic dramaturgical conception and the vast majority of the format developments.
Michael Stallknecht (
NZZ, 24 February 2017) summarises the concept of the festival briefly as follows:
''“The "Montforter Zwischentöne" in Feldkirch are a glimpse into the future of music festivals and give new meaning to the notion of festivals.”''
Competition and prize
The so-called ''Hugo'' (»Hugo – Internationaler Wettbewerb für neue Konzertformate«
) is an international student competition for new concert formats of the Montforter Zwischentöne. It is a platform for experimentation and reflection. The background to the competition is to enable students to deal with new concert formats in a process-based manner. The artistic directors of the Montforter Zwischenentöne design workshops, coaching phases and a public feedback process with renowned experts. The competition specifications are an annually changing theme, a clearly defined performance location and the duration of the concert. The winning team wins the professional implementation of its concert design as part of the festival.
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The prize is named after the
minstrel
A minstrel was an entertainer, initially in medieval Europe. It originally described any type of entertainer such as a musician, juggler, acrobat, singer or fool; later, from the sixteenth century, it came to mean a specialist entertainer who ...
Hugo von Montfort
Hugo von Montfort (1357 – 4 April 1423) was an Austrian minstrel of the Late Middle Ages.
Life
Hugo VII was a scion of the comital house of Montfort at Bregenz, head of an old and influential Swabian family of nobles, holding numerous ...
, 1357 to 1423, the first musician in the Vorarlberg region, whose work is still known today.
See also
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Lichtstadt Feldkirch
Lichtstadt Feldkirch ("City of Light Feldkirch") is a light art festival in Feldkirch in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg. It was first held in 2018. It is planned that the festival be held every two years.
The festival
Lichtstadt Feldkirch is ...
*
Potentiale
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Poolbar Festival The Poolbar Festival is an annual music and culture festival in the city of Feldkirch in the Austrian province of Vorarlberg. Between 20,000 and 25,000 visitors attend the festival each year.
The festival
It was first held in 1994 as a cultural s ...
References
External links
Official website of the festivalArchive of former programmes of the festival
Vorarlberg
Festivals in Vorarlberg
Cultural festivals in Austria
Arts festivals in Austria