Kyrgyzstan:
With horses through the wild heart of Asia

Although I can’t even ride at the time and have no prior experience, at an animal market in Kyrgyzstan, I buy my first horse. I load it with equipment and food and, with a bridle in hand, I trek several months through the wild highlands between Kazakhstan and China. This kind of travel fascinates me so much that I soon return to Kyrgyzstan. By now I’ve spent two years with horses in the Kyrgyz mountains. Over five summers, two winters and more than 5000km of distance, which I spent partly alone in the wilderness and partly with shepherds and hunters in the highlands, Kyrgyzstan became my second home.

In my award-winning talk with captivating photos, I am telling about losing my horses, never-ending snowstorms and nights at -40°C in my tent, about attacks of wolves and my friendship with a wolf, about Chinese terrorism and encounters with the military, as well as the undescribable hospitality and the hard life of the Kyrgyz nomads deep in the mountains.

Upcoming Events

12.03.2025
20:00
BRUNECK (Italy)
UFO Jugend- und Kulturzentrum, 39031 Josef Ferrari Str. 20
25.03.2025
19:30
BOZEN (Italy)
Stadttheater, 39100 Piazza Giuseppe Verdi 40
27.03.2025
20:00
SCHLANDERS (Italy)
Kulturhaus Karl Schönherr, 39028 Göflaner Straße 27b
29.03.2025
20:00
COLOGNE (Germany)
Globetrotter Köln, D-50667 Richmodstr. 10
TICKETS
01.04.2025
19:00
KUFSTEIN (Austria)
Kulturfabrik, 6330 Feldgasse 12
TICKETS
02.04.2025
19:00
INNSBRUCK(Austria)
Forum Rum, Rathausplatz 3, 6063 Rum
TICKETS
03.04.2025
19:00
BLUDENZ (Austria)
Stadtsaal, 6700 Untersteinstr. 6
TICKETS
04.04.2025
19:00
LANDECK (Austria)
Stadtsaal, 6500 Schentensteig 1a
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Awards

1st Place   |   ElMundo Adventure Festival 2019
Die Zügel der Freiheit – Eineinnhalb Jahre mit Pferden durch den kirgisischen Tian Shan
Judenburg (Austria) | elmundo-festival.at
Best Photography   |   Discovery Days Adventure Festival 2019
Die Zügel der Freiheit – Eineinnhalb Jahre mit Pferden durch den kirgisischen Tian Shan
Flims (Switzerland) | www.discovery-days.ch

Past Events

20.11.2024, Salzburg/Austria: Bergfilmfestival Salzburg
31.10.2024, Winklern/Austria: Hotel Tauernstern
27.10.2024, Dresden/Germany: Bilder der Erde, Filmtheater Schauburg
22.10.2024, Berlin/Germany: Globetrotter Gerlin
17.10.2024, Immenstadt/Germany: Gesichter der Erde, Kino Union-Filmtheater
11.10.2024, Munich/Germany: Globetrotter Munich
09.10.2024, Stattegg/Austria: Mehrzwecksaal Stattegg
19.04.2024, Kötschach-Mauthen/Austria: Rathaus, Großer Festsaal
18.04.2024, Lienz/Austria: Veranstaltungszentrum Kolping
12.04.2024, Klagenfurt/Austria: Gemeindezentrum St. Ruprecht
11.04.2024, Wolfsberg/Austria: KUSS/Kärntensaal
05.04.2024, Spittal/Drau, Austria: Großer Stadtsaal
04.04.2024, Villach/Austria: Rathaus Paracelsussaal
10.01.2024, Freiburg/Germany: Mundologia Freiburg, Bürgerhaus am Seepark
08.12.2023, Graz/Austria: Anderswo, Orpheum Graz
18.11.2023, Erlangen/Germany: Fernwehfestival 2023, Heinrich-Lades Halle
25.10.2023, Hermagor/Austria:Cueni Zahnmedizin: Vernissage “Wildes Kirgistan” und Ausstellung
18.11.2022, Hermagor/Austria: Rathaus Stadtsaal
13.11.2022, Darmstadt/Germany: Weitsicht Festival 2022, Darmstadtium
08.04.2022, Watschig/Austria: GHf Löffele
06.03.2022, Zürich/Switzerland: Volkshaus, Theatersaal
07.03.2022, Zürich/Switzerland: Technopark, Auditorium
08.03.2022, Winterthur/Switzerland: gate27
10.03.2022, Wetzikon/Switzerland: Aula Kantonsschule ZO
11.03.2022, Chur/Switzerland: Titthof
12.03.2022, Jona/Switzerland: Kreuz
13.03.2022, Rorschach/Switzerland: Würth Haus Rorschach
16.03.2022, Aarau/Switzerland: KUK – Saal 1
17.03.2022, Bern/Switzerland: Aula Freies Gymnasium
18.03.2022, Spiez/Switzerland: Lötschbergsaal
19.03.2022, Thun/Switzerland: Burgsaal
20.03.2022, Bern/Switzerland: Aula Freies Gymnasium
21.03.2022, Basel/Switzerland: Volkshaus
22.03.2022, Luzern/Switzerland: Verkehrshaus, Filmtheater
23.03.2022, Cham/Switzerland: Lorzensaal
25.03.2022, Solothurn/Switzerland: Landhaus
27.03.2022, Nottwil/Switzerland: Paraplegiker Zentrum