This year, the Donaufest in Ulm is once again being expanded to include a cultural facet. Since 2016, the international music project called donau.pop.camp has become an integral part of the festival. Musicians from the Danube countries come together to rehearse, jam and be creative. The pop.camp not only provides an intensive [...]
Donaufest flags (Ulm/Neu-Ulm) Realisation by the Donaufest collective Ralf Milde Idea and concept Jochen Kohlenberger Design Font and colours Anastasia Iltsou Artistic collaboration Let's not kid ourselves! Even 24 years after the first Danube Festival, not everyone in Ulm and Neu-Ulm and the thousands and thousands of visitors to past Danube Festivals realise just how many nations [...]
To the sound of the Danube Festival fanfare, performed by eight trumpeters from the Junge Bläserphilharmonie Ulm, the Lord Mayor and Lord Mayoress of the cities of Neu-Ulm and Ulm welcome guests from near and far from a box in the middle of the Danube. The ceremony will be artistically accompanied by the participants of the Danube Youth Camp. Afterwards, the Market of the [...]
The Serbian DJ and producer duo ShazaLaKazoo cultivate a progressive Balkan sound in their Belgrade sound lab, crossing the rich musical traditions of their homeland with exotic sounds like babushka trap and tropical bass. Shazalakazoo have been touring as a quartet since 2022! The ShazaLaKazoo sound is a wild mix where western beats meet Balkan melodies, a place where [...]
At the last International Danube Festival, Lord Mayor Gunter Czisch and jazz musician Aleksandar Dujin, from Novi Sad in Serbia, gave the Ulm audience a taste of their musical skills on the Weindorfbühne stage. In an expanded constellation - Aleksandar Dujin on piano, Nevena Reljin on vocals, Gunter Czisch on drums, Ulrich Kuhn on bass and Berthold Fischer on [...]
Bosnian accordionist Almir Meskovic and Romanian-Serbian violinist Daniel Lazar, refugees from both sides of a war, met in Norway to develop a pan-Balkan music repertoire expanded with original compositions and Scandinavian influences and performed with breathtaking virtuosity! They each have more than 20 years of experience in both classical and traditional [...]
"Sensuality and eroticism, silence, sadness, brutality ..." - These are just some of the sides of life that you can hear and feel at a concert by the Piazzolleky Quintet from Slovenia - music full of Balkan temperament, passion and lifeblood for the tango: music that touches and moves in equal measure! The five excellent professional musicians of the Piazzolleky Quintet inspire [...]
The Serbian Culture and Folklore Association Sveti Nikolaj Srpski was founded in 2003 with the aim of cultivating Serbian culture and tradition and encouraging our children to make friends. We currently have around 200 passive and over 100 active members of various age groups. There are five groups in total, with which we always try to organise [...]
Presentation of the results of the Don@u-online project 2024 "Brave new world - How AI is changing Europe" Young people have to find their place in the world, find a position for themselves and others. Their counterparts are other young people. Where can young people meet, be among themselves and without supervision, be loud and discuss their issues? Young people need free spaces and meeting places [...]
This year, the Donaufest in Ulm is once again being expanded to include a cultural facet. Since 2016, the international music project called donau.pop.camp has become an integral part of the festival. Musicians from the Danube countries come together to rehearse, jam and be creative. The pop.camp not only provides an intensive [...]
Final presentation Danube Youth Camp 2024 In the final performance "Donauliebe - Und Dienstag küsse ich Dich mündlich", the young people present the results of their work in the youth camp workshops. The great treasure of the Danube region is the people who live in it, shape it, mould it, perhaps love it or hate it. And what would human life be without love? [...]
The Serbian Culture and Folklore Association Sveti Nikolaj Srpski was founded in 2003 with the aim of cultivating Serbian culture and tradition and encouraging our children to make friends. We currently have around 200 passive and over 100 active members of various age groups. There are five groups in total, with which we always try to organise [...]
The International Danube Festival Ulm/Neu-Ulm and the VH Ulm present: Reading and discussion with BARBI MARKOVIĆ& BOJAN SAVIĆ OSTOJIĆ Two authors from Belgrade, whose childhood and adulthood were strongly influenced by the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s, testify to the power of language and literature in their fierce but humorous stories. Writing and reading books proves [...]
Programme for the conclusion of the 2022 - 2024 project What connects a nunnery that is almost a thousand years old with an Art Nouveau palace from 1909? Both were among the mysterious places that were presented in the "Mysterious" project, worked on in an artistic performance and thus made known to the public. What secrets the old butcher's shop in Ebensee and the tunnels of [...]
Under the guidance of Serbian craftswoman Marika Srdić, after a short introduction, participants will sew a pencil case from prepared fabric elements, which can then be individually decorated. This makes tidying up really fun. The children's programme takes place in the presence of parents. Parents are liable for their children and have a duty of supervision. This does not pass to the workshop leader. The [...]
Part of the programme for the art project "Mysterious" In the workshop, participants discover the secrets of the Danube region, which they approach in a playful, learning and creative way. What connects a nunnery that is almost a thousand years old with an Art Nouveau palace from 1909? Both were among the mysterious places that were presented in the "Mysterious" project, worked on in an artistic performance and thus made known to the public [...].
Part of the programme for the art project "Mysterious" Why is there still (or already again) a division that can also be strongly felt along the Danube? Who is dividing whom? And why? What can be done? This is also the topic of a panel discussion on Wednesday, which will be led by Alida Bremer and Norbert Mappes-Niediek. What connects a [...]
Former criminal Limun owns a security company in Belgrade, is a war veteran and also highly homophobic. His fiancée Pearl is in the middle of wedding preparations and her wedding planner is Mirko, who is gay. Frustrated by Limun's homophobic abuse, Mirko is about to quit the job when Pearl gives her fiancé an ultimatum: Mirko has to stay and she says yes [...]
Part of the programme for the art project "Mysterious" In the workshop, participants discover the secrets of the Danube region, which they approach in a playful, learning and creative way. What connects a nunnery that is almost a thousand years old with an Art Nouveau palace from 1909? Both were among the mysterious places that were presented in the "Mysterious" project, worked on in an artistic performance and thus made known to the public [...].
This workshop, led by Serbian craftswoman Réka Gyurkovics, is aimed at participants who enjoy sewing by hand or simply want to try it out. Small animals are created from scraps of fabric, which are given a very individual look with small beads, buttons and other embellishments. They become faithful companions as key rings or brooches. The children's programme [...]
Part of the programme for the art project "Mysterious" In the workshop, participants discover the secrets of the Danube region, which they approach in a playful, learning and creative way. What connects a nunnery that is almost a thousand years old with an Art Nouveau palace from 1909? Both were among the mysterious places that were presented in the "Mysterious" project, worked on in an artistic performance and thus made known to the public [...].
Part of the programme for the art project "Mysterious" In addition to music and good conversation, the curator for Austria, Jakob Kinz, reads texts that were written at the individual locations. What connects an almost 1000-year-old nunnery with an Art Nouveau palace from 1909? Both were among the mysterious places that were presented in the "Mysterious" project, which were then processed in an artistic performance [...].
Busy and inspired in many ways, Michael Moravek, who was born in Bački Petrovac (Novi Sad), has been giving new meaning to the term singer-songwriter for half a decade now. Most recently, Moravek and his band Electric Travelling Show released the albums Lost (2022) and Dream (2023), which Mike Scott from the Waterboys simply described as "beautiful" and [...]
Part of the programme for the "Mysterious" art project Fairytale storytelling with Tine Mehls What connects an almost one thousand year old nunnery with an Art Nouveau palace from 1909? Both were among the mysterious places that were presented in the "Mysterious" project, processed in an artistic performance and thus made known to the public. What secrets do the old butcher's shop in Ebensee and the [...]
Serbian DJ Jazzmate is no stranger to Ulm. At the turn of the millennium, he was part of the regular crew at Radio free FM with his jazzy electro programme "LeftOfCentre". Back home in Belgrade, his radio show "Balanso" continued the series and in 2012 Jazzmate was a guest at the Donaufest as a musical representative of the legendary station "B92". We are delighted [...]
Serbian DJ Jazzmate is no stranger to Ulm. At the turn of the millennium, he was part of the regular crew at Radio free FM with his jazzy electro programme "LeftOfCentre". Back home in Belgrade, his radio show "Balanso" continued the series and in 2012 Jazzmate was a guest at the Donaufest as a musical representative of the legendary station "B92". We are delighted [...]
