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Artists & Musicians of the 2024 Concordia Ball
Lou Lorenz-Dittlbacher
Lou Lorenz-Dittlbacher has been editor-in-chief of Austria’s public service broadcaster ORF-III since 2022. Before taking over this position, she had served as anchor of the primetime news programme "Zeit im Bild 2" for over ten years. Lorenz-Dittlbacher is one of the country's leading journalists and has received numerous awards, including the Axel Corti Prize in 2021, a Romy award in the category “Information” in 2022, and the Media Lioness award in Gold from the Austrian Women Journalists’ Congress. Chris Lachmuth: Dancing School Chris Dance has been part of this former tournament dancer's life since childhood. Together with the Dancing School Chris, he will stage the impressive Opening Ceremony of the Concordia Ball. The Dancing School Chris offers year-round and daily opportunities to learn – or simply improve – one of the most famous traditional dances. Andreas Spörri: The Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra The Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra, founded in 1982 and directed by Andreas Spörri, devotes itself to performing dance music of the 18th and 19th centuries in Europe and around the world. The orchestra's repertoire includes compositions from the Strauss dynasty and its contemporaries, music from Robert Stolz and popular pieces from operettas. The orchestra has performed in most major European cities, as well as around the world. Norbert Hebertinger: The ptart Orchestra The pt art orchestra, foundet in 1924 and directed by Norbert Hebertinger, provides a wide repertoire of music for various events in Austria and abroad. Special features are string players and international vocal artists accompanying the orchestra. Be it as dance, brass or philharmonic orchestra, pt art is internationally acknowledged for its flexibility, longstanding experience and swinging evergreens. Pavel Singer Pavel Singer is an Austrian composer, pianist and arrangeur of Russian-German descent. He received his extensive musical training at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow and at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. In his internationally performed and award-winning works, Singer combines different styles and techniques, resulting in a unique and innovative artistic expression. Agnes Palmisano "The voice magician from Vienna" is a leading interpreter and expert of the 'Wiener Dudler', a hybrid form of yodeling and coloratura singing that originated in the 19th century. Palmisano feels at home on a wide variety of stages and sings at Heurigen as well as at the Vienna Konzerthaus and Musikverein, at national and international festivals and many more. She has been a lecturer at the Vienna Private University MUK for Wienerlied since 2018. Simone Bernert Simone Bernert has been working as a visual artist since 1989. In her work, she often combines different art forms to inspire and provoke the audience. Once again this year, Bernert has designed the debutantes' headdresses as an artistic intervention and created them by hand. Each individual piece is unique. DJ Gigi Augustino Alexandra Augustin works as a presenter, DJ, journalist and producer at the radio station Ö1 and previously at FM4. She also studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. She has received several awards for her journalistic work, including the Dr. Karl Renner Prize of the City of Vienna and the Adult Education Prize. As a DJ, she performs solo as DJ Gigi Augustino and in the all-female DJ collective "bestens aufgelegt" at clubs and major events. DJ TheResia Theresia Frass-Knierzinger is an artist in the field of stage design and exhibition architecture, architectural mediator and art educator. She is the founder of the "raumschule" initiative for applied spatial research with children and young people and currently works in the field of architectural education. She has been awarded the Otto Prutscher Prize for her work in the field of architectural research. She also works as DJ TheResia and as a sound architect and DJ in the all-female DJ collective "bestens aufgelegt". The Bad Powells Since their foundation at the turn of the millennium, 'The Bad Powells' have been a shining fixed star in the musical firmament: with an irresistible mixture of musical perfection and maximum fun factor, they take the ball audience on a journey through time into the heart of the lifestyle of the disco era with a lot of love for the original and maximum danceability. The Bad Powells' offer a pure show – but always with a little wink... Charly Hloch Trio Charly Hloch on piano, Tom Müller on sax and Wolfgang Bäck on drums bring you boogie woogie, blues, rock'n'roll and, especially for the Concordia Ball, danceable, groovy, jazz classics and swinging evergreens. DJ Steve Manera As a dancer and a DJ, music is his life. Bringing great music to events and making sure guests have a good time is Stefan 'Steve Manera' Stacher's highest goal. With bachata, salsa, cha cha and latin party beats, Steve Manera will entertain the guests of the Latin Lounge at this year's Concordia Ball. DJ Andy Bachata Andy Bachata is a sought-after DJ at Viennese events and international festivals. He has been a resident DJ at myDance Vienna since 2021. Andy DJs at international festivals from Europe to Asia and produces his own Bachata remixes. His many years of musical experience as a violinist and guitarist make him a great mood maker on the dance floor. |
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