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EuroAsia Shorts 2025 | Film Festival | Closing Night
Jun
13

EuroAsia Shorts 2025 | Film Festival | Closing Night

Join us for the closing night of the EuroAsia Shorts Film Festival 2025 at the Embassy of Austria. In this joint event, nine countries from Asia and Europe (Austria, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Oman, South Korea and Spain) present new short films, which follow the theme for this year's festival: Beyond Limits.

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EU Open House 2025
May
10

EU Open House 2025

Whether it is the 200th birthday of Johann Strauss II or the 60th anniversary of the film “The Sound of Music”, come and celebrate with us on this year’s EU Open House Day at the Embassy of Austria on May 10!

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The Sound of Entanglement | JHU Science Diplomacy Summit 2025
Apr
14

The Sound of Entanglement | JHU Science Diplomacy Summit 2025

Join the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and the ACF DC in welcoming an Austria-wide team of scientists and artists for the performance lecture The Sound of Entanglement during this year’s Science Diplomacy Summit at the JHU Bloomberg Center. Experience the second quantum revolution as a musical spectacle: Lasers, mirrors, non-linear crystals – an experimental setup from the high-tech laboratory live on stage.

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Austria @ JHU Science Diplomacy Summit 2025
Apr
14
to Apr 15

Austria @ JHU Science Diplomacy Summit 2025

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Join us at the JHU SCIENCE DIPLOMACY SUMMIT 2025! On April 14 and 15, the Johns Hopkins Science Diplomacy Summit 2025 will bring together stakeholders from across the globe to engage on some of the most pressing scientific topics of our day, including research security, artificial intelligence, quantum information science and technology, climate change innovation, health, space diplomacy, polar diplomacy, and more.

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Celebrating Literary Icons | Max Frisch & Ingeborg Bachmann
Dec
4

Celebrating Literary Icons | Max Frisch & Ingeborg Bachmann

Join us for an inspiring evening celebrating two iconic figures who have left an indelible mark on literature and culture, Swiss author Max Frisch and Austrian poet and author Ingeborg Bachmann. We look forward to welcoming you for an unforgettable celebration of words, cinema, and culture.
Hosted by the Swiss Embassy in Washington D.C. in collaboration with the Austrian Cultural Forum Washington.

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Chaos String Quartet | EUNIC | Music & Chocolate Series
Nov
21

Chaos String Quartet | EUNIC | Music & Chocolate Series

Join us for a musical journey with a taste of Austrian chocolate and wine during the EUNIC (EU National Institutes for Culture in Washington DC) series Music and Chocolate: Tastes & Sounds of Europe. The ACF DC proudly presents the Chaos String Quartet with a musical program featuring Viennese classics by Mozart and Beethoven, as well as “Une étoile dansante”, a piece written and dedicated to them by Diego Conti.

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FILM|NEU 2024 | Film Festival | A Whole Life
Nov
14

FILM|NEU 2024 | Film Festival | A Whole Life

Join us November 12–15 for FILM|NEU 2024, a film festival presenting new German-language films from Austria, Germany, Luxembourg and Switzerland!

AUSTRIAN FILM NIGHT | November 14, 2024

The ACF DC proudly presents A Whole Life (Ein ganzes Leben), a film based on the bestselling novel by Austrian writer Robert Seethaler. The film is in German with English subtitles.

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Mitra Kotte | Female Composers of the 19th and 20th Century
Oct
30

Mitra Kotte | Female Composers of the 19th and 20th Century

We welcome pianist Mitra Kotte for a concert at the ACF DC.  In her recital, Mitra Kotte presents female composers of the 19th and 20th Century and their works. Women composers have faced many obstacles in their professional careers. Despite the difficulties, however, they have created outstanding pieces of music that continue to touch audiences today. The selection of works provides a historical overview of women’s compositions in Western classical music and highlights the diversity of their compositional styles and musical ideas.

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Martin Listabarth | SOLO PIANO
Oct
24

Martin Listabarth | SOLO PIANO

We welcome the Austrian jazz pianist and composer Martin Listabarth for a concert at the Austrian Cultural Forum Washington DC. Martin Listabarth will present selections from his latest albums, Dedicated and Postcards, offering a captivating blend of storytelling and jazz. His music is a treasure trove of solo piano technique, running the full spectrum from soft and melancholic to dramatic and bold.

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KIDS EURO FEST | BERNHARD FIBICH
Oct
19

KIDS EURO FEST | BERNHARD FIBICH

  • Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library (map)
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Join the Austrian Cultural Forum Washington at Kids Euro Fest 2024 for a singalong concert in English by the famous Austrian children’s singer-songwriter Bernhard Fibich.
The stars in Bernhard Fibich’s entertaining concerts are the children themselves - they are encouraged to take an active part and are even invited on stage. At Kids Euro Fest, Bernhard will give two performances: one from 10:15 AM to 11:15 AM and the other one from 11:45 AM to 12:45 PM.


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Trio Callas | Ives & Schönberg 150 Years
Sep
17

Trio Callas | Ives & Schönberg 150 Years

We welcome Trio Callas for a concert at the Austrian Cultural Forum Washington DC on their first tour through North and South America. With the program “Ives & Schönberg 150 Years”, the three award-winning students from the Mozarteum University Salzburg will celebrate the 150th anniversaries of two visionary composers who reshaped the landscape of 20th-century classical music without ever meeting each other: the American Charles Ives and the Austrian Arnold Schönberg.

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Heike Kaltenbrunner | Sound Scene 2024: solstice
Jun
22
to Jun 23

Heike Kaltenbrunner | Sound Scene 2024: solstice

  • Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (map)
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Sound Scene returns to the Hirshhorn Museum with the theme Solstice, and 50 artists from around the globe to celebrate sound through multi-sensory art installations. What does balance sound like? What is illuminated by sunlight? What finds peace in darkness? Join us for this annual sound art festival featuring interactive artworks, live performances and small group workshops. Also, enjoy a one-night-only evening of cross-cultural inspiration when artists from the European Union will come together with  Sound Scene artists during the State of the Arts Night X Sound Scene on Saturday, June 22 from 5:00PM until 11:00PM.

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EuroAsia Shorts | Film Festival | Closing Night
Jun
14

EuroAsia Shorts | Film Festival | Closing Night

Join us for the closing night of the EuroAsia Shorts Film Festival 2024 at the Embassy of Austria. In this joint event, eight countries from Asia and Europe (Austria, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, South Korea and Spain) present new short films, which follow the theme for this year's festival: Dignity.

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