The Salzburg Festival is regarded as the most important cultural event in the city of Salzburg and attracts over 250,000 visitors every year. The six-week festival includes the Whitsun and Summer Festivals and offers an extensive drama, opera and concert program with over 200 events during the 44 festival days. Since 2017, the Salzburg Festival overseen by Markus Hinterhäuser, who, as artistic director of what may well be the world’s most important classical music and performing arts festival, brings stars from the opera, concert, and theater worlds to Salzburg, thus ensuring unforgettable cultural highlights.
