No More Excuses I at Wiener Festwochen 2026 | Free Republic of Vienna
“I am always wary of people who say their identity is just one thing.” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The concert No More Excuses I celebrates the sounds between and shines a spotlight on significant female pioneers who are shaping the discourse on cultural identity and participation through postcolonial and inclusive perspectives.
With the Klangforum Wien under the musical direction of Susanne Blumenthal, 2026 will once again feature numerous inspiring works by internationally influential womxn composers of a globalised modernity: Nyokabi Kariùki, Tania León, Elaine Mitchener, Bára Gísladóttir, Ailís Ní Ríain
Saturday 13 June 2026, 7.30pm
ORF RadioKulturhaus, Vienna – Austria
www.festwochen.at
A project of Wiener Festwochen | Free Republic of Vienna in cooperation with the ORF Radiokulturhaus and Ö1
Part of Akademie Zweite Moderne
Programme:
Nyokabi Kariũki
A Walk Through My Cũcũ’s Farm (Intro) /
Mũtamaiyũ
Voice: Nyokabi Kariũki
Tania León
Indígena
Musical direction: Tania Léon
Elaine Mitchener
the/e so/ou/nd be/t/ween
Voice: Sofia Jernberg
Bára Gísladóttir
Music to accompany your sweet spatter dreams
Ailís Ní Ríain
Wrack/line (UA)
About Akademie Zweite Moderne
No more excuses: With the Academy Second Modernism, an initiative was founded in 2024 as part of the Vienna Festival (Wiener Festwochen) | Free Republic of Vienna that aims to promote gender equality in music culture and thus change centuries-old inequality. (Equality & Diversity in Global Repertoire Report by Donne, Women in Music #DonneReport2022)
Feminist, global and for everyone: the academy’s goal is to increase the proportion of works by female composers* in the concert and music theatre sectors, expand the traditional canon and create a committed system of partner institutions around the world. The result is a female, global, diverse composition and performance network! To this end, the Zweite Moderne Academy is inviting 50 internationally influential female composers from around the world to Vienna by 2028.
* Women and/or trans, inter*, non-binary persons