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Philipp Hochmair is Jedermann. In a passionate feat, he slips into all roles and turns Hugo von Hofmannsthal's play into a polyphonic monologue. A dialogue with two microphones. One for Jedermann and one for the others. His Jedermann is a rock star. Driven by guitar riffs and experimental sounds from the band Die Elektrohand Gottes and Kurt Razelli, Philipp Hochmair transforms the 100-year-old mystery play into an apocalyptic speak-concert.

"The story of the life and death of the rich man" becomes an intense overall experience and makes Jedermann recognizable as a contemporary who burns in his insatiable greed for money and intoxication. The theme is timeless and eternally valid: "What remains of my life when it comes to dying?"

Started as an experiment at the Hamburg Thalia Theater in 2013, he and his band, "Die Elektrohand Gottes," have since further developed the performance. Work in Progress. Spontaneous guest appearances by Patricia Aulitzky, Ulrike Beimpold, or Johannes Silberschneider underscore the idea of the jam session and continuously reopen the concept of the monological structure. Highlights of the engagement included performances at the Vienna Burgtheater and the benefit concert at St. Stephen's Cathedral in the fall of 2018.

"My first encounter with Jedermann in Salzburg as a young spectator was disappointing. The event character remained foreign to me. I remained alone with my questions, with the riddle of Jedermann. This irritation led to the desire to turn the cumbersome theater spectacle into a light-footed monologue. In 2013, through the encounter with Tobias Herzz Hallbauer over his Alexander Moissi project, the band 'Die Elektrohand Gottes' was founded. We wanted to create a special listening experience to get even closer to Jedermann's thoughts and feelings. Also to the lyrics, to the sound, to this special language. An intimate insight emerged, a journey into Jedermann's mind. And while Hofmannsthal wanted to make the present visible in the past, our interpretation, in the provocative attitude of a rock concert, brings out the ephemeral in the present." (Philipp Hochmair)

The long-term intensive engagement with Hofmannsthal's original text enabled Philipp Hochmair to step in overnight for the ailing Tobias Moretti in the summer of 2018 and - unanimously acclaimed by press and audience - to take on the role of "Jedermann" at the Salzburg Festival.

In the summer of 2024, Philipp Hochmair celebrated a celebrated "Jedermann Comeback" again in the lead role on the Cathedral Square in Salzburg and laid the foundation for the upcoming concerts with "Jedermann Reloaded 2.0" at Burg Clam.

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