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The Wiener Festwochen (Vienna Festival) is a cultural festival
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in Vienna
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that takes place every year for five or six weeks in May and June. The Wiener Festwochen was established in 1951, when Vienna was still occupied by the four Allies.
The opening of the Wiener Festwochen is an open-air event with free admission held in the square in front of Vienna’s City Hall.
Each year the festival attracts about 180,000 visitors.
Directors of the festival include:
*1951-1958: Adolph Ario
*1959: Rudolf Gamsjäger
*1960-1964: Egon Hilbert
*1964-1977: Ulrich Baumgartner
*1978-1979: Gerhard Freund
*1980-1984: Helmut Zilk
*1984-1991: Ursula Pasterk Ursula may refer to:
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*1991-1996: Klaus Bachler
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*1997-2001: Luc Bondy
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/ Klaus-Peter Kehr / Hortensia Völckers
*2002–2013: Luc Bondy
Luc Bondy (17 July 1948 – 28 November 2015) was a Swiss theatre and film director.
Life and career
upright=1.3, '' Charlotte Salomon'' at the Salzburg Festival 2014
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*2014–2016: Markus Hinterhäuser
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*2017–2021: Tomas Zierhofer-Kin/ref> *2019-present: Christophe Slagmuylder, whose term ends in 2024
See also
*List of opera festivals
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References
External links
* Festivals in Vienna Theatre festivals in Austria Festivals established in 1951 Arts festivals in Austria Cultural festivals in Austria Spring (season) events in Austria 1951 establishments in Austria {{Theat-festival-stub