Expenses and fees

Control report weighs heavily on Linz’s artistic director

Brucknerhaus director Dietmar Kerschbaum was dismissed following the allegations that emerged in March.(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Dieter Kühl, Werner Kerschbaummayr)

A marathon of business trips, a questionable remuneration policy and self-serving parallel business: the report presented today by the municipal audit office in Linz provides material for what may be the final act surrounding the dismissed Brucknerhaus artistic director and artistic director of the LIVA Dietmar Kerschbaum.

The dramaturgical timing could not have been worse for the Brucknerhaus shortly before its big anniversary show: In March, a storm of headlines rained down on the director of the LIVA (Linzer VeranstaltungsgesmbH) and Brucknerhaus artistic director Dietmar Kerschbaum.