Photo: From the catalog of the Schubertiade Marking its 50 th anniversary , the Schubertiade festival, held annually in the serene Vorarlberg region of Austria, with programming taking place in the towns of Schwarzenberg and Hohenems , is a renowned celebration of Franz Schubert’s musical genius. Setting the scene with a variety of designated spaces hidden amid the vast summer scape of Austria’s countryside, the festival creates a cultural time capsule that seeks to preser