About the Festival

In the weeks before Easter and during Holy Week, the medieval sound space of Krems Minoritenkirche, a secularized church from the 13th century, has been the venue for an extraordinary spring festival for more than 20 years. Concerts of early and contemporary music, dance, literature and performance projects - some of them commissioned works - span the festival's diverse program.

Since 1999 (founded by Jo Aichinger), the festival has been presenting music from different eras, cultures and religions. What began as a small Easter festival during Holy Week has long since grown into a series of events lasting several weeks with concerts, literature, film and discourse. Dramaturgically, the program revolves around an annual theme.

From 2022-2024, the festival will be under the direction of Nadja Kayali, who will continue the spirit of festival founder Jo Aichinger, but program the festival with her very individual point of view. From 2025, Albert Hosp, who directs the Glatt&Verkehrt festival, will curate the Imago Dei festival.

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