​Welcome

​You are cordially welcomed to the evening gala of the Blockchain Infrastructure Forum! Alongside the distinguished attendees from the forum, you are welcomed to an event that will host an evening of a private viewing of the renowned Kiss masterpiece of Gustav Klimt, a local wine tasting, a special duet concert, and mingling and networking!

​Schedule of Events

​Wine Tasting. Alexander Rabl.

​Private Museum Tour. Belvedere Palace Museum staff.

​Concert. Irma Niskanen (violin) and Philipp Comploi (cello).

​Presentations. Klimt NFT, HanDAO.

​Networking.

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​Wine Tasting

​Austrian food critic, Alexander Rabl will be guiding us through a journey of Austrian wines with three renowned winemakers.

​Fritz Wieninger, one of the most relevant biodynamic winemakers in Vienna. Fred Loimer from Langenlois, who will deliver us one of his Winzersekt (sparkling wine made by the winemaker himself, like Champagne and very good). Georg Nigl, a natural wine maker, upcoming, from the village of Alexander.

​Alexander Rabl himself will invite each of the winemakers to the stage and speak with each about the character of their wines and their processes. The wines will be Gemischter Satz, Pinot Noir, Winzersekt (Sparkling Wine) and one or to natural wines to be defined.

​Private Tour

​The Belvedere Palace Museum will be providing private tours through the Upper Belvedere Palace Museum through ten rooms culminating in a viewing of Gustav Klimt's Kiss.

​Concert

​We are delighted to be joined by a remarkable string duo in the evening. As the symphony in Vienna is on break for the summer, this will be a unique opportunity to experience music in a private setting in one of the most stunning venues in Vienna!

​Irma Niskanen

• ​Irma Niskanen was born in Saint Petersburg and moved to Finland at the age of 12. She first studied modern violin in Turku under the guidance of Alexandre Vinnitsky, continuing with baroque violin studies at the Sibelius-Academy with Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch. Currently, Irma lives in Vienna where she teaches baroque violin at the University of Music and Performing Arts.

• ​Irma has performed as a concertmaster of Orkester Nord, Finnish Baroque Orchestra, Helsinki Baroque Orchestra, Les Ambassadeurs, Orquestra Barocca Casa da Musica, and Concerto Stella Matutina. With these ensembles she has worked under the baton of Reinhard Goebel, Enrico Onofri, Ton Koopman, Amandine Beyer, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Sigiswald Kuijken, Maxim Emelyanychev and has taken part in award-winning recordings for Erato, Naxos, Alpha, and BIS

• ​Being a passionate chamber musician, Irma has performed baroque, classical, early romantic, and contemporary music in various festivals and concerts around Europe. She has first performed and recorded several contemporary works for historical instruments. In 2013 Irma was in the finals of the International Young Artist Presentation chamber music competition in Belgium.

• ​During her studies and her artistic career, Irma has been generously supported with grants from the Finnish Cultural Foundation, Arts Promotion Centre of Finland, as well as private cultural foundations.

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​Philipp Comploi

• ​Along with his concertizing with his piano trio „Trio Alba“, he is a sought-after leader and soloist in orchestras and ensembles specializing in performing on historical instruments such as the La Folia Barockorchester, Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble, Orchester Wiener Akademie, Ensemble Delirio and Quadriga Consort.

• ​Performances as a soloist and chamber musician have taken him to festivals and concert venues throughout all continents like Musikverein and Konzerthaus Vienna, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Konzerthaus Berlin, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, the Schleswig-Holstein Festival, to Teatro Gran Rex in Buenos Aires and the National Center of Performing Arts in Beijing.

• ​Philipp has made numerous recordings for Harmonia Mundi (SONY Classical), MDG (Musikproduktion Dabringhaus&Grimm), Carpe Diem and Capriccio as well as for various radio productions.

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​Presentations

​Klimt Kiss. The Belvedere Palace Museum will present their special Klimt Kiss collection.

​HanDAO. Korean Art Collective and it's usecases in a DAO.