The Wiener Takes It All

Katharina Stemberger: Her acting repertoire ranges from light television entertainment to tragic heroines on stage. She has appeared in numerous theater productions as well as TV and film projects. Currently, she is filming the 5th season of the TV series SOKO LINZ and can be seen in the audience favorite OH MEIN GOTT on stage. In family productions, she occasionally performs together with her mother Christa Schwertsik, her stepfather Kurt Schwertsik, and her sister Julia.

Together with Zeno Stanek and Ernst Molden, she serves as the artistic director of the theater festival HIN UND WEG – DAYS FOR CONTEMPORARY THEATER ENTERTAINMENT IN LITSCHAU. As a producer, she implements stage and film projects at BACKYARD – MANUFACTURE FOR FILM. Her book COURAGE – WHY IT'S WORTH STANDING OUT was published in 2023 by Molden Verlag. At the Private University of the City of Vienna (MUK), she teaches acting. Since its inception in 2013, Katharina Stemberger has moderated the FEST DER FREUDE, which takes place every year on May 8th in commemoration of the unconditional surrender of the German Wehrmacht in 1945, honoring the victims and celebrating the liberation from Nazi terror at Vienna's Heldenplatz.

Katharina Stemberger is a co-founder and board member of the civil society initiative COURAGE 2030, which advocates for legal and safe escape routes for refugees. The initiative awards the PAUL WEIS PRIZE once a year for outstanding contributions to humanity.

CrossNova: "In terms of piece selection and personally shaped realization, simply brilliant artists, full of creative exuberance and fiery temperament, who elevate their technically and sonically elite instrumental antics to orgiastic brilliance at times." (Balduin Sulzer)

CrossNova - inspired by various contemporary currents and simultaneously firmly rooted in classical European tradition, has shaped and found its own unique sound over the past years. Numerous CD, radio, and TV recordings document projects from recent years. Concerts and tours have taken the ensemble to concert halls such as Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Philharmonie Luxembourg, Musikverein Vienna, Konzerthaus Vienna, RadioKulturhaus Vienna, Musikverein Graz, Brucknerhaus Linz, as well as to festivals like Carinthischer Sommer, International Bruckner Festival Linz, Salzkammergut Festival Weeks, Allegro Vivo, and the Children's Music Festival in St. Gilgen.

The net proceeds from the event will be used for projects of the Club SI Ried-Innviertel.