Vienna is a city that combines with elegance both the imperial splendor and Europe’s most cosmopolitan modernity. A recommended key cultural destination for the Christmas season.The capital of world music since the 18th century due to the passion of the House of Habsburg and their court, offers every year an unavoidable date for music lovers, the New Year’s Day concert by Vienna’s Philharmonic in the stunning Musikverein. It is the most famous and popular concert in Austria’s capital and probably in the whole world.
The world’s best orchestra directors, like Zubin Mehta, Lorin Maazel, Herbert von Karajan, Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Muti or Carlos Kleiber have delighted year after year the attendants with Waltzes, Polkas and Marches with which the Strauss family conquered Europe in the 19th century. The Blue Danube by Johann Strauss II or the Radetzky March by Johann Strauss Sr. are a classic in the program that usually also includes some of the most celebrated opera compositions by Mozart.
An excellent choice to start the year, only available to a minority, since tickets for New Year’s Concert are sold out very quickly. This year’s lucky attendants will be delighted by Daniel Barenboim’s baton reminding imperial Vienna in the exclusive Musikverein.
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