Marianne Mendt

Anniversary tour. Swing/Jazz/Soul.

Lots of hits and nostalgic "moments" with the passionate musician and singer, with band and guests and all the trimmings: Happy 80s, Marianne!

Marianne Mendt, Austria's top all-round entertainer, likes to keep a low profile when it comes to superlatives about herself. "Basically, I'm just a musician," she usually says, adding: "A passionate musician and singer". And she has been doing this at the highest artistic level for decades.

The Mendt, as she is affectionately and respectfully called by her compatriots, literally heralded the dialect wave in Austria at the beginning of the 1970s with her hit "Glock'n". She played numerous musical roles, lived out her passion for jazz and swing, was just as passionate about supporting young jazz talents in the country and was the director of her own jazz festival for many years. Apart from her numerous appearances in theatre, film and television productions, as well as her role as the tobacconist Gitti Schimek in the legendary Kaisermühlen Blues, she is, as she always likes to emphasise, "first and foremost about music".

All about the 80s: hits, nostalgic "moments" and equally musical guests
The celebration takes place on stage. The concert programme features changing musical line-ups. "From small to large, everything is included", she says and then again a postscript: "Right up to the big band". There will be standards as well as the big hits. This includes nostalgic "moments" as well as guests, although the artist is still keeping a low profile: "It's all still at such an early stage, but of course it will be a cross-section of my musical life, including life companions". A colourful array of memories and autobiographical material will be the common thread. Mendt says: "I've been a musician since I was twelve. So there will be a lot to tell." And that's something to look forward to!