Cultural highlight: Abbey concerts in Wilhering - between Alpha and Omega

Cultural highlight: Abbey concerts in Wilhering - between Alpha and Omega

Wilhering, Österreich - The Wilhering Abbey becomes the setting for a special series of events in the third week of June. From June 19th to 21st, 2025, the Upper Austria find. Abbey concerts that are under the motto "between Alpha and Omega" this year. Director Rico Gulda has put together a varied program that combines exciting conversations and musical performances. Well-known guests are expected in the three intermezzo evenings, including the philosopher Lisz Hirn and the professor of robopsychology at the JKU, Martina Mara.

On the first evening, June 19, the audience awaits a concert in the collegiate church with the jazz ensemble Ikarus Kaiser. Afterwards there is a conversation in the Benediktsaal, which deals with the topic of "vulnerability". For this purpose, Lisz brain and Martina Mara will discuss with the renowned journalist Alexandra Föderl-Schmid. This topic is particularly gaining in importance against the background of the latest developments in artificial intelligence, where questions about human vulnerability and their definition are raised. According to the brain, current crises and learning machines destroy our previous concepts of the "superhuman", which requires a new approach in the self -image of the relationship to ourselves and to the world.

diverse topics on the following days

Friday, June 20, has further exciting content. At the beginning, the musicologist Karin Wagner and the theologian as well as psychotherapist Arnold Mettnitzer discuss "resonance - life in between". A standing concert with the ensemble Echo Boomer rounds off the evening and promises jazzy-experimental sounds.

The final evening on June 21 is devoted to the "hope". For this purpose, the actress and singer Anne Bennent and the accordionist Otto Lechner, moderated by lawyer Meinhard Lukas, will have their say. The subsequent concert "The greater hope" offers a unique opportunity to deepen this topic musically.

tickets and raffle

The visitors: Inside, the opportunity to enjoy the events in a relaxed frame with a free choice of seats. Interested readers can also win two tickets on the Tips platform that organizes the raffle for June 20:

The role of artificial intelligence is also considered at these concerts. Topics such as responsibility for AI developments, their influence on society as well as ethical questions are the focus of the discussions. Martina Mara deals intensively with the effects of simulated emotionality in AI systems and illuminates the psychological conditions for human-centered technology development. The debates on artificial intelligence and their challenges are more current than ever and are also dealt with in the public lecture series "AI and Ethics" at Heidelberg University

This composition of music and top -class conversations not only promises a cultural enrichment, but also stimulating discussions on fundamental questions of our time.