The opening night of steirischer herbst does not end with the final applause for “Specter of the Gardenia oder Der Tag wird kommen” but with the last notes of the subsequent opening party.
As soon as the applause for “Specter of the Gardenia oder Der Tag wird kommen” has faded away, the opening of the 2015 steirischer herbst enters its second stage with the annual opening party. On turntables, two familiar faces of the festival will lead through this part of the evening: Kira Kirsch, former head dramaturg of steirischer herbst, and Norman Palm, curator of the festival’s concert-series Soundtracks. With them at the helm, Helmut List Halle will embark on a musical journey through time, which promises to be as diverse as it will be entertaining. The celebration will thus become a microcosm of this year’s festival and its leitmotif “Back to the Future”.