Great badge of honor for Rabl-Stadler – salzburg.ORF.at
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The former President of the Salzburg Festival, Helga Rabl-Stadler, was awarded the Grand Decoration of Honor of the State of Salzburg on Wednesday evening. You have been at the top of the festival for 27 years.
Rabl-Stadler led the world’s most important festival from 1995 to 2021 “superiorly in form, content and presence” and shaped the image of the festival with her personality, explained Governor Wilfried Haslauer (ÖVP) at the ceremonial handover in the Salzburg residence.
From the first to the last day, you have internalized and symbolized the power of the vision of the Salzburg Festival without interruption, the governor praised the work of the long-standing festival president.
New role as Special Advisor on Culture Abroad
Rabl-Stadler has now opened a new chapter in her life: she has been special adviser for foreign culture in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since Wednesday and, in her new function, is jointly responsible for “the further development of Austria’s cultural presence abroad”, as it was said on Tuesday.
Specifically, the 30 Austrian cultural forums worldwide are to be convinced, in addition to innovative projects and cooperations, also through a “more intensive involvement of the federal states”.