Wolfgang Schlag, born in Waidhofen/Ybbs, founded numerous festivals, including the world music festival Glatt und Verkehrt in Krems. For Peter Sellars, he curated a series of socially committed art projects in Vienna’s Mozart Year 2006. From 2005 to 2019 he curated the Into the City series as part of the Wiener Festwochen. In 2020, he launched the climate culture festival Markt der Zukunft. In 2011, he received the Golden Decoration of Merit of the City of Vienna for his artistic projects. Wolfgang Schlag is editor of ORF Austria 1.