The Concordia Ball 2024 units an instance for press freedom: The media trade celebrated a glamorous competition totally free journalism on the most lovely summer time ball within the nation
Vienna (OTS) – On Friday, Might 24, 2024, Vienna Town Corridor was once as soon as once more remodeled into the degree for the sublime conventional summer time ball of the Concordia Press Membership: With the Concordia Ball, the media, artwork and tradition sectors, along side the cosmopolitan ball target market from over 50 international locations, despatched a robust sign totally free journalism. The message of the night time: Lengthy reside variety of opinion, journalism and freedom of the click.
The hole of the ball in 2024 was once once more carefully related to the historical past of the Concordia: Viennese tune icon Agnes Palmisano interpreted the hit “Schöne Adrienne” via Hermann Leopoldi from 1925, which celebrates the then world-new medium of radio. Additionally new had been the sounds of the hole fanfare: the commissioned composition “Festive Fanfare for Unfastened Journalism” via the Austrian composer and arranger Pavel Singer had its premiere on the Concordia Ball 2024.
The ball donations via recent artists – lots of which are actually collector’s pieces – historically touch upon present occasions. This 12 months, they had been applied via one of the crucial essential satirical illustrators: the artist and caricaturist and Concordia Prize winner Gerhard Haderer.
Visitors of honour for the night time integrated Stefan Niggemeier (German media journalist), President of the State Parliament Ernst Woller, Wolfgang Bogensberger (performing head of the Ecu Fee illustration), Concordia President Andreas Koller (Salzburger Nachrichten), Vice Presidents Petra Stuiber (deputy editor-in-chief of Der Usual) and Helmut Spudich, in addition to contributors of the Concordia board, Kurier writer Martina Salomon, Dieter Bornemann (ORF), Eva Linsinger (profil) and Wolfgang Sablatnig (Tiroler Tageszeitung). Media, tradition and science had been represented via Claudia Dannhauser (Chair of the Affiliation of Parliamentary Editors), Roland Geyer (Strauss Society), Barbara Haas (Kleine Zeitung), Robert Menasse (writer), Clemens Pig (managing director of the APA), Rainer Schüller and Nana Siebert from the editor-in-chief of the Usual, Harald Sicheritz (director and screenwriter), Anna Sporrer (VwGH), Emmerich Talós and Nikolaus Forgó (College of Vienna), Robert Treichler (profil), Christian Traunwieser (Magenta), Eva Weissenberger (WKO).
Concordia President Andreas Koller: “The extra successfully nonsense disguises itself as information, the extra essential skilled reporters are who can distinguish sense from nonsense and actual information from knowledge rubbish. Our society wishes top of the range, skilled journalism, as a result of with out it democracy dies. As a result of we all know: A democracy that gags its media ceases to be a democracy. Why are we celebrating lately anyway? As a result of we’re satisfied that journalism is extra essential than ever earlier than.”
Concordia Secretary Basic Daniela Kraus stated: “Particularly lately, you will need to set an instance totally free journalism in combination. With the Concordia Ball, Concordia is the usage of a cultivated competition tradition to advertise freedom of the click and variety of opinion. Regardless of the seriousness of the problem, the ball is one thing very particular as a “competition totally free journalism”: It brings in combination individuals who consider that freedom of the click, the rule of thumb of regulation and democracy are important must haves for excellent coexistence and, due to the glorious atmosphere in Vienna Town Corridor, enjoys cult standing as a conventional and recent summer time ball.”
A novel summer time ball with a robust message that enchants its visitors
ORF III editor-in-chief Lou Lorenz-Dittlbacher was once once more in a position to reasonable the hole rite in 2024. Dance grasp Chris Lachmuth from the Chris dance faculty was once accountable for this system presentation and the hole via the younger women and gents. The inventive design of the debutantes’ hair equipment on the Concordia Ball 2024 was once as soon as once more the paintings of the visible artist Simone Bernert: the vintage tiara was once deserted in desire of a creative intervention with distinctive, hand-made items.
Manufacturing and kit got here from the skilled palms of Claudia Spitz and Emilie Kleinszig from Occasions via Spitz.
Tournament and PR supervisor Deborah Grumberg as soon as once more served as ball mistress in 2024 and said: “I’m extraordinarily happy that the Concordia Ball could also be so neatly gained via younger and global visitors. The really extensive sponsorship pastime presentations that no longer handiest Viennese ball tradition, but additionally the troubles of the Concordia Press Membership for top of the range and impartial journalism are shared and supported in Austria.
Charity: The proceeds move to securing loose journalism
A charity match since its premiere in 1863, the Concordia Ball is now a charity match for the “Prison Provider for Journalism”. This program, distinctive in Austria, helps reporters with prison experience to make stronger loose reporting – an be offering this is turning into more and more essential in view of the expanding threats to press freedom.
Additional knowledge: www.concordiaball.at
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