In 2026, the Inns­bruck Ear­ly Music Fes­ti­val will cele­bra­te its 50^th anni­ver­sa­ry — an anni­ver­sa­ry that impres­si­ve­ly under­lines its pio­nee­ring role in the field of his­to­ri­cal per­for­mance prac­ti­ce. Sin­ce its foun­da­ti­on in 1976, the fes­ti­val has deve­lo­ped into one of the worl­d’s most important fes­ti­vals for ear­ly music, pro­mo­ting the care­ers of num­e­rous artists. Par­ti­cu­lar­ly note­wor­t­hy is the Pie­tro Anto­nio Ces­ti Com­pe­ti­ti­on, which was laun­ched in 2010 and has ser­ved as a spring­board for young talent ever sin­ce.

In 2023, Eva-Maria Sens took over as Artis­tic Direc­tor tog­e­ther with Otta­vio Dan­to­ne, who will ser­ve as Music Direc­tor for five years. During this time, his Acca­de­mia Bizan­ti­na, one of the worl­d’s most renow­ned ori­gi­nal sound orchestras, will accom­pa­ny the Fest­wo­chen as Orches­tra in Resi­dence. Tog­e­ther with the Com­mer­cial Direc­tor Dr Mar­kus Lutz, they will rea­li­se their visi­on of the Fes­ti­val, which is an open dia­lo­gue bet­ween the past and the pre­sent. The Inns­bruck Fes­ti­val Weeks draw their inspi­ra­ti­on from the uni­que atmo­sphe­re of the Alpi­ne city. Num­e­rous his­to­ric venues — from Renais­sance halls to baro­que thea­tres — pro­vi­de the per­fect back­drop for encoun­ters with ear­ly music.

Ophe­li­as Cul­tu­re PR advi­ses the fes­ti­val on press rela­ti­ons and PR and pro­vi­des sup­port with inter­na­tio­nal press rela­ti­ons. The focus is on the new manage­ment team and the 50^th anni­ver­sa­ry in 2026.