Linzer Klangwolke

The Cloud of Sound currently consists of three concerts of modern music, partially supplemented by visualizations.

The series starts with the visualized Cloud of Sound, in which modern music (mostly commissioned works) is staged with lasers, video projections, fireworks, ships, cranes, balloons, etc.

The children's Cloud of Sound, an afternoon event since 1998, provides musical stories for younger listeners.

Dr. Hannes Leopoldseder, director of the ORF's Upper Austria Regional Studio, was looking for something to connect the Ars Electronica (a festival for art, technology and society) and the Brucknerfest, honoring Austrian composer Anton Bruckner.

[1] Discussions with Munich musician and composer Walter Haupt eventually led to the event's creation.

The Brucknerhaus during the 2005 Linzer Klangwolke.
Site of the festival on the Danube river.