The Show must go on(line)
The 1st 5 Years feat. Wiesinger/Nykrin/Pirker, Alaa Alkurdi, Friedemann Derschmidt & Stream-Dream-Team…
An event by Porgy&Bess in cooperation with the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.
Exactly 5 years ago, the sisters Beate and Astrid Wiesinger took to the stage of the empty Jazz & Musicclub Porgy & Bess as "Duo 4675". The motto was "The show must go on(line)" and that was the start of a project that still exists today and that has had a lasting impact on the international status of the Porgy & Bess. Friedemann Derschmidt, senior artist and researcher at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (Media lab), initiated this cooperation. The main point back then was that everyone wanted to continue to organize concerts despite the official closure during the pandemic. From the beginning of April to the end of August 2020, almost 50 concerts were streamed live and each stream was followed by a short film from the Academy's animation studio led by Thomas Renoldner.