Janoska Ensemble

After the successful programs FRANZ, JOHANNES and Wurzeln I, which were dedicated to the great composers Franz Schubert and Johannes Brahms, the artists Rafael Fingerlos and Sascha El Mouissi, one of the most exciting international song duos of their generation, the Upper Austrian, cosmopolitan folk music ensemble Tschejefem and the Austrian actor Michael Dangl go in search of traces of successful composers from the region. Together, they create an exciting evening that is guided by the idea of building musical bridges across genre divides and making the connection between folk music and art music tangible. The aim is to bring folk and art songs, in part newly arranged and adapted, to where they belong, directly into people's hearts.

The result is a highly musical and deeply moving evening full of emotion that seeks to find the common ground between the different styles. They have succeeded in creating an extraordinary evening at the highest artistic level, with well-known melodies in sometimes surprising arrangements, in which the popular actor Michael Dangl takes us on a narrative journey into the world of the composers. “A highlight of my year” | Franz Welser-Möst