full-day conference
In cooperation with the Vienna Institute for Contemporary and Cultural History and the Arts (VICCA), we present a full-day conference exploring the influence of the United States on Austrian cultural life after 1945. Through discussions of cultural policy, film, music, and national identity, the program examines how
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American influence shaped Austria’s postwar cultural landscape and the internationalization of its artists, writers, and journalists. About the Conference: The program features two panels addressing US cultural policies, Austrian identity, postwar cinema, and the musical legacies of Gustav Mahler and Leonard Bernstein. The day concludes with the opening of the photo exhibition US Culture in Austria After 1945: A New Beginning, followed by a screening of Bernstein on Wagner and a concert of songs and arias by Leonard Bernstein and Austrian composers in exile, Erich Korngold and Eric Zeisl. The concert features soprano Lydia Rathkolb and pianist Eri Kang, with an introduction by Simon K. Posch, Director of the House of Music, Vienna.