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Friends of music have the opportunity to get to know the instrument accordion and its many artistic characteristics for a whole month at the 12th International Accordion Festival. The Vienna festival presents the versatility of the accordion from folk music to blues and rock. www.akkordeonfestival.at

Vienna’s Leopold Museum presents the largest exhibition about „Jugendstil jewelry“ in Austria. The focus is on the differences between the Viennese Jugendstil and the Jugendstil of other European countries. Besides works from the „Wiener Werkstätte“ the exhibition also shows jewelry from Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Great Britain. www.leopoldmuseum.org

Vienna’s Belvedere devotes a comprehensive exhibition to Egon Schiele. The show is the first to focus on his portraits and self-portraits and presents about 100 works. Some of the works are on view in Austria for the first time. www.belvedere.at

A breathtaking experience is offered by Cirque du Soleil that sets up camp in Vienna with its program “Corteo“. 60 of the world’s best artists from 28 countries enchant the audience with acting and acrobatics at the highest stage. www.cirquedusoleil.com

The exhibit is unique: never have so many of Frida Kahlo’s works been on display in Vienna. The Bank Austria Kunstforum is showing 60 paintings and 90 works on paper, tracing the career of this exceptional artist, who died in 1954. – From the first self-portraits, which recall the figurative ideals of Renaissance painting, to... more