Neue Künstlerische Leitung für Imago Dei

Albert Hosp succeeds Nadja Kayali as Artistic Director of Festival Imago Dei from 2025. Nadja Kayali will devote herself entirely to the directorship of the Carinthian Summer after her three-year contract expires. She will still be artistically responsible for the next edition of Imago Dei (8.3.-1.4.2024).

"With Albert Hosp, we have an experienced festival organizer, accomplished music mediator and a competent music expert on our team, who is also very well connected in the local and international scene," says Klaus Moser, Managing Director of NÖ Festival und Kino GmbH. "He has been familiar with the special architectural and acoustic requirements of the Klangraum Krems Minoritenkirche and the working structures of our organization for years." It was therefore an obvious choice to propose Albert Hosp to NÖKU Holding to replace Nadja Kayali. "With the broad musical expertise that characterizes Albert Hosp, he will consistently develop the Imago Dei festival as an independent format alongside Glatt&Verkehrt and enrich it with his ideas. We are delighted that we have been able to reach an agreement with him."

Albert Hosp's contract for Glatt&Verkehrt was recently extended and now runs until 2028. His contract for Festival Imago Dei was concluded for four editions from 2025 to 2028.

Albert Hosp on his appointment:

"The fact that the festival team approached me with the wish to help shape Imago Dei makes me deeply happy and honored. The fact that