Overview
- Toni Maier, a 77-year-old trumpeter and composer, collapsed during the live folk music show Mei liabste Weis in Puch bei Weiz, prompting an immediate medical response.
- He told viewers that his implanted defibrillator had switched on as paramedics reached him on stage.
- Host Franz Posch later told the audience that Maier was in good hands and responsive.
- ORF Tirol’s director said Maier is stable and conscious after evaluation at the state hospital in Graz, and a return home is planned.
- ORF swapped the online recording for the general rehearsal, and tabloid reports of a suspected heart attack have not been confirmed by doctors.