Salzburg Festival strips president of public role

Salzburg Festival strips president of public role

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norman lebrecht

March 01, 2023

The Board of Trustees of the Salzburg Festival decided yesterday to relieve its president Kristina Hammer of respnsibility for press and media. The sole public face of the festival in future will be that of the artistic director Markus Hinterhäuser.

There are external concerns that Hinterhäuser already holds too much power, especially in his uncritical support for such Putin-linked artists as Teodor Currentzis.

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