"Soundstorm of Resistance": Vienna Festival Weeks 2025 with Anthem

On Friday, Milo Rau, as the director of the Vienna Festival Weeks, will unveil his plans for the 2025 festival edition, which once again stands under the motto "Free Republic of Vienna." This year, it also includes an anthem, which was made public on Monday. With "V is for loVe," a resistance song is intoned in a monumental mix of African rhythms, Arabic oud, symphonic sounds, and rap interjections, originating from the pen of Herwig Zamernik/Fuzzman.

Rau Contributed to Festival Weeks Anthem

Rau also contributed to the text of the Festival Weeks anthem (Lotterlabel), which is praised by the Festival Weeks with pathos as a "soundstorm of resistance" and a "wall of resistance against the reign of fear." The "anarchic declaration of war" is interpreted in a falsetto choir by the 14-member formation Caravan of LUV, which, according to the Festival Weeks, will invite to late-night shows at the Funkhaus every Thursday during the festival as a commune.

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