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Review: Voices of the Wilderness
A festival for people and nature. “Stimmen der Wildnis” (Voices of the Wilderness) celebrates a successful premiere and founds a parliament for nature. A look back at the festival.
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Voices of the Wilderness 2026 – a festival that resonates
From 24 to 26 April, St. Pölten became a space of resonance for nature, people and political responsibility. The festival Stimmen der Wildnis (Voices of the Wilderness) – initiated by Museum Niederösterreich in cooperation with GLOBART – celebrated its premiere and showed what becomes possible when science, art and social engagement listen together.
The Singing of the Forests
The festival opened with eco-acoustician David Monacchi and his keynote “The Singing of the Forests”: the soundscapes of species-rich forests as compositions that have grown over millions of years – and as fragile systems whose existence is increasingly under threat. At the close, his rainforest recordings merged with the voices of the choir Momentum Vocal Music into a haunting sound experience.
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Perspectives on people and nature
On Saturday, cultural anthropologist Bettina Ludwig, ornithologist Mya-Rose Craig, behavioural biologist Angela Stöger and biologist Richard Zink opened up new perspectives on people and nature in workshops and talks – before musician Mogli rounded off the day with an atmospheric concert in the Kesselhaus of the former Glanzstoff factory.
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The Parliament of the Wilderness
The highlight came on Sunday with the founding of the Parliament of the Wilderness, chaired by Irmgard Griss. Young senators decided on eleven concerns raised by civil society – from the S34 expressway to land consumption – and placed one central question at the heart of the debate: how can nature be represented in the democratic process? All the concerns submitted were approved and now feed into the joint dossier “Ruf der Wildnis” (Call of the Wilderness).
Voices of the Wilderness has shown that listening can bring about change.
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