Musiksommer: Philipp Hochmair & Streichquartett Sonare Linz

“From the Life of a Good-for-Nothing” by Joseph von Eichendorff (for the 200th anniversary)

Eichendorff's good-for-nothing embarks on a vivid journey through German Romanticism: a young dreamer sets out into the world with his violin, encountering love, temptation, and divine providence, and finds his happiness in the journey itself. The narrative is musically embraced by the grand music of German Romanticism from Felix Mendelssohn and his sister Fanny, the wandering motifs of Franz Schubert, as well as Viennese and Italian dance music. Original songs from the novella underline the events.

:::OWN PRODUCTION OF THE MUSIKSUMMER BAD SCHALLERBACH:::

Word & Sound

Philipp Hochmair: Recitation
Peter Gillmayr: 1st Violin
Kathrin Lenzenweger: 2nd Violin
Christoph Lenz: Viola
Judith Bik: Cello

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From the novella “From the Life of a Good-for-Nothing” by Joseph von Eichendorff (1788-1856) from the year 1826

“If I am a good-for-nothing, then that’s fine, I will go into the world and make my own luck”

A miller sends his son, whom he calls a good-for-nothing because he makes him do all the work alone, out into the wide world. Cheerfully, the son takes his violin and leaves his village, without a clear goal in mind.
The wanderer, driven by wanderlust, travels through Vienna to Italy and then back to Germany. Along the way, he encounters whimsical companions of like mind and his great love.

The main work of the German late Romanticism, first fully published exactly 200 years ago (1826), deals among other things with the contrast between moralizing Philistines and "lazy" life artists.

Where Goethe's "Italian Journey" was a conscious observation and self-formation, in Eichendorff it is a programmatic non-perception.
With conscious distance from the Protestant concept of a God testified only in words, Eichendorff allows the hero to experience the grace of God directly in nature experiences, the course of journeys, and biographical events, where temptation scenes (seduction, sensuality, Italian milieu) demonstrably do not end in sin, but in unbreakable trust in God and moral integrity.

Philipp Hochmair

Philipp Hochmair is an Austrian film, television, and theater actor. He studied acting at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna and at the CNSAD in Paris (1993-1996). In addition to his film work, he is particularly known for his stage work at national and international theaters, where he has taken on many classical roles in a modern "post-dramatic" style, including Hamlet, Mephisto (Goethe's Faust), and Werther (after Goethe's epistolary novel "The Sorrows of Young Werther").

Among his many roles, Hochmair gained great attention with the monologue "Jedermann Reloaded" based on Hugo von Hofmannsthal's play "Jedermann." In this one-man show, he takes on more than 20 roles, musically supported by his rock band “Die Elektrohand Gottes”.
With his solo projects (“Jedermann Reloaded”, “Schiller Balladen Rave”, “Der Hagestolz” etc.), he has created a genre-crossing music-theater format for which he was honored in 2024 with the Cross Over Special Award of the Austrian Music Theater Prize.

His spontaneous substitution as Jedermann for the ailing Tobias Moretti at the Salzburg Festival in 2018 caused a stir. Since summer 2024, Philipp Hochmair has been very successfully the new “Jedermann” at the Salzburg Festival under the direction of Robert Carsen. The production has garnered international acclaim. In 2025, it received a Romy; thereby, it marks the third Romy for Philipp Hochmair.

In addition to his theater career, he has enjoyed success in cinema since 2001, notably in Oliver Hirschbiegl's critically acclaimed film “Das Experiment” and on television with “Die Manns – Ein Jahrhundertroman” by Heinrich Breloer. Further film engagements followed, including “Winterreise” by Hans Steinbichler and “Glück gehabt” by Peter Payer, to name just a few.

For his sensitive and intense portrayal of the male lead in “Kater” by Händl Klaus, he received the Actor's Award at the Diagonale in Graz in 2017. Hochmair made his international film debut in the production “Candelaria” by J.H. Hinestroza, which was shot in Cuba in 2016.

In German and Austrian television, Philipp Hochmair has become indispensable since the great success of the series “Vorstadtweiber” (2015 - 2021), in which he brilliantly portrayed a cynical homosexual politician over six seasons. In the third season of the critically acclaimed ARD series “Charité” (2021), he took on the role of the Austrian forensic pathologist Professor Prokop, demonstrating his acting versatility once again.

In 2018, he received his own format with the crime series “Blind ermittelt” with to date 15 films, in which he as a sharp-witted blind special investigator assists the Vienna police. For this role, he already won the Austrian Television Prize ROMY in 2019.
In the ZDF historical film “Die Wannseekonferenz” (2022), Philipp Hochmair shines in the role of SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich, the head of the Wannsee Conference. For his outstanding acting performance, he received his second ROMY in April 2022 in the category of cinema/TV film and was awarded the Grimme Prize in April 2023.

In spring 2023, Hochmair starred in the marital drama “Kleine Eheverbrechen” alongside Emily Cox for the ZDF Herzkino in the main role of the husband Gilles Sobiri.
In addition to further film projects, Philipp Hochmair also shot for the dystopian Sky series “Helgoland 513” under the direction of Robert Schwentke in 2023, which was produced by UFA among others in Hamburg, Sylt, and Amrum.
Another extraordinary project was the documentary “Der Soldat Monika,” produced in Austria. The film depicts the journey of a transgender elite soldier with a combative spirit as a scenic interplay between the real Monika Donner and Hochmair, who portrays the transformation from man to woman.In the same year, the shoot for the start of the new Austrian television series “Der Geier” took place. Here, Hochmair solves mysterious criminal cases as the main character, a successful pop musician, which are related to his former life as a commissioner. In this, he created new identities in the witness protection program. In spring 2026, the third and fourth episodes were shot, among other places again in the Gastein Valley.

In 2024, he continued his international film career with the French series “Deep,” in which he plays a German Nazi general in wartime France. The shooting, directed by Aurélien Molas for the fictional action and adventure series in black and white, took place in French.
In spring 2025, filming for the series “Mozart/Mozart” took place in Riga. Here, Hochmair embodies Emperor Joseph II. From May, the TV comedy “Die letzte Walküre” was filmed near Vienna with Maria Furtwängler and Adele Neuhauser. In this film, Hochmair plays the role of a ruthless construction entrepreneur. In the same year, filming took place for the ORF documentary “Wien bei Nacht: Das neue Leben nach 1945.” In this documentary, Hochmair explores the night city with cabaret artist Malarina.

On July 16, 2025, his extraordinary biography “Hochmair, where are you?” was published, which he co-authored with author Katharina von der Leyen.

Hochmair speaks four languages: he has performed on stage and screen in German, French, English, and Spanish.

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