Anne Bennent / Otto Lechner

An extraordinary artist couple is creating an extraordinary evening to celebrate the 100th birthday of Ingeborg Bachmann, who is considered one of the most significant German-speaking writers of the 20th century. The magnificent actress and reciter Anne Bennent, who grew up on an island and in the sea, believes in the powerful magic of poetic language and can convey it in an unparalleled way. The story is told of someone who stumbles into a shop where dreams are sold, but not for money... Beautiful poems by Ingeborg Bachmann, full of desire, will be recited. And at the end, the tale "Youth in an Austrian City." The accordion virtuoso Otto Lechner, who already delighted the Wirtstadl audience the previous year, plays and sings great and small ballads from the 60s and 70s, digging for their worthy substance. "The celebration must come at some point!" (from "Songs from an Island" by Ingeborg Bachmann)