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ANNIVERSARY EVENTS
Organized by Hotel Pragser Wildsee in collaboration with art director Roberto Livraghi and Music Season
125 years of Hotel Pragser Wildsee. One of the many milestones in the hotel's history. With art, music and many encounters, we focus on the rich tradition of the hotel, which has always fascinated and attracted visitors from all over the world. Music and culture have always had a special place at Hotel Pragser Wildsee, and history is an integral part of our hotel. These are our roots.
Heidi's balcony || Film screening
2 August 2024 || 5.30 pm
It is not a given that a hotel stays in the family for over 125 years. For the Heiss family, this is both a mission and an incentive: In the documentary "Il balcone di Heidi" by Michelangelo Gratton, Heidi and Caroline Heiss talk about the place that is so important to the family. They reveal the changes they have experienced, what the history of the house has to do with a balcony and how they want to take it into the next era. They have been asked what is most important to them and their answer was "To keep its charm and character". The film is in Italian with English subtitles.
Marta Giulioni & Colours Collective || Concert
24 August 2024 || 6 pm
When Marta Giulioni smoky voice fills the room with her singing, the jazz heart trembles. When the Colours Collective and their creative soloists come into the picture, a musical climax is guaranteed. The concert can be enjoyed and admired at Emma's Bistro on the shores of the Pragser Wildsee.
Open Air || Symphonic Cinema
7 September 2024 || Open air
Buffet 5.30 pm || Concert starts 7.30 pm
A combination of cinema and live music: This is the grand concept of Symphonic Cinema. Filmmaker Lucas van Woerkum, himself a horn player, tells the story of Gustav Mahler, his wife Alma and their young daughter Maria, from their respective perspectives. Life, death and the consequences: The film deals with the great themes of humanity. The music for the film, which was largely shot on Pragser Wildsee, is performed precisely in this setting to the live music of the Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana on the lake.
The story of Gustav Mahler, who spent important periods of his international career in Pustertal, the sounds of the orchestra, the mountains reflected in the water together make for a very great performance.
Contemporary History Conference
17 and 18 October 2024
Two days that reflect contemporary history: Der Förderverein des Zeitgeschichte-Archivs Pragser Wildsee (the Friends’ Association of the Archive of Contemporary History at Pragser Wildsee) has always encouraged dialogue between historians, cultural workers and the interested public. The 9th event is dedicated to the biographies of SS prisoners. They came from 18 countries and were deported from Dachau concentration camp to Niederdorf in 1945 as a kind of bargaining chip in negotiations with the Allies. They were liberated by the German Wehrmacht on 30 April in 1945. This is where the Hotel Pragser Wildsee came into play, as they were accommodated there for ten days and looked after by their hostess, Emma Heiss Hellensteiner. The conference will focus on their sometimes very different biographies and their relationship to the totalitarian regimes of the time. As well as discussing the topic, the conference will also focus on the specific work on the biographies, which will be taught in a workshop.