2024-01-20 06:00:02
Kogler and Mayer meet European culture ministers and take part in the opening ceremony
Vienna/Bad Ischl (OTS) – Vice Chancellor and Minister of Culture Werner Kogler and Secretary of State for Art and Culture Andrea Mayer will attend the opening of the European Capital of Culture Bad Ischl – Salzkammergut this evening and will meet the international counterparts present in advance.
“The Cultural Capital of Bad Ischl Salzkammergut is the central event of the 2024 cultural year in Austria,” said Art and Culture State Secretary Andrea Mayer. “I am very pleased that so many international guests are expected. The Capital of Culture gives the region and thus the whole of Austria the opportunity to present itself on the European stage as a cosmopolitan host and is therefore an opportunity to build new artistic and social bridges. Precisely because there was a lot of discussion beforehand, it is also an example of the power of commonality and constructiveness and therefore a role model for Europe.”
“Together with our guests we are celebrating a peaceful, colorful, creative Europe today. The idea of the European Capital of Culture is an expression of this Europe. It is a Europe of peace, freedom and progress that is in danger and must therefore be actively defended and strengthened. We are all challenged. The good news: We can succeed if we come together and face the big challenges together,” said Vice Chancellor and Minister of Culture Werner Kogler.
Martina Šimkovičová (Minister of Culture of Slovakia), Asta Vrečko (Minister of Culture of Slovenia), Vygintas Gasparavičius (Deputy Minister of Culture of Lithuania) and Eleni Doundoulaki (head of section in the Greek Ministry of Culture) will attend an informal meeting with Vice Chancellor Kogler and Secretary of State for Arts and Culture Mayer in the afternoon. expected. The state governors Thomas Stelzer (Upper Austria) and Christopher Drexler (Stmk), as well as Martin Selmayr (Head of the European Representation in Austria) will also be there.
After the joint visit to the central exhibition “Art with Salt & Water” in the Ischl brewhouse, there will be a discussion about the region and the Capital of Culture’s program.
Vice Chancellor Kogler and State Secretary Mayer will also be on stage at the official opening ceremony at 5 p.m. and the premiere of the operetta “A woman who knows what she wants!” visit.
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Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Public Service and Sport
Mag. (FH) Michael Weiß
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