Art  collector, 89, is Salzburg’s main sponsor

Art collector, 89, is Salzburg’s main sponsor

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norman lebrecht

July 05, 2024

The Würth Group has signed on to be the Salzburg Festival’s main sponsor from 2025.

The group is a $22 billion business that makes industrial and domestic attachments and owns a chair of appliance supermarkets.

Its chairman Reinhold Würth is a considerable art collector who has loaned major works to the city of Salzburg and elsewhere.

He said: ‘I have a great soft spot for the arts, for literature, architecture and music. To me, the latter is indeed the highest of all art forms and a special delight. If I can return home after a concert with a melody in my ear, that’s a particularly good day.’

Comments

  • John Borstlap says:

    Würth has his own symphony orchestra, the Würth Philharmoniker, and his own concert hall:

    https://www.wuerth-philharmoniker.de/de/philharmoniker/konzerte/konzerte.php

  • henry williams says:

    if you have wealth and you
    do not spend it. in the uk the government take it.
    better to spend. here we have rich people that are
    mean and do not spend any
    money. they also never make a will. so the government take it.

  • zandonai says:

    Meanwhile… tech billionaire Mark Zuckerberg was seen partying it up to Hip Hop tunes on his $100m yacht, surfing while wearing a tuxedo and sipping beer.
    The future of America’s performing arts is bright indeed.

  • 5566hh says:

    They’ve started sponsoring the Berlin Phil’s Digital Concert Hall as well.

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