MARIA 
RADUTU
Künstlerische Leiterin

Music was created, celebrated and used for various purposes at Esterházy Palace. Joseph Haydn advanced music as an art form like no other, because: Yes, high-calibre classical music should be fun, should arouse curiosity, challenge the mind, bring out the emotions - and above all: it must get right under the audience's skin!

Haydn was a contemporary witness to the development of the ‘harpsichord that can play loudly and softly’ through to the modern piano - the new instrument played a central role in his work. Full of appreciation, but without reverence for the past and together with 30 great artists, we celebrate music and what it can trigger in us day and night at the KEYS TO HEAVEN PIANO FESTIVAL. The piano is the common thread, surrounded by dance, visual art or stories; it is the leitmotif that broadens the horizon while the mind is allowed to find itself completely - on a weekend, as a community experience.

When designing programmes, I ask myself the crucial question: What does today's audience need? The world around us is louder, faster and more varied, but the emotions that make us feel art up close remain the same throughout history. I see it as my job to make these feelings vibrate within you!