Presented by Michael White

On the occasion of the Vienna Café Festival the Austrian Cultural Forum’s New Artist Series will feature a concert turn-of-the-century songs by Zemlinsky, Mahler and Schreker, performed by Austrian mezzo-soprano Hermine Haselböck and pianist Russell Ryan, with introductions by distinguished British music critic Michael White. Haselböck latest achievements included appearances at Carnegie Hall, Amsterdam Concertgebouw and Teatro San Carlo Naples, and an award-winning CD of songs by Zemlinsky.