Perhaps the most famous concert in the world is broadcast by television to an audience of millions in over 90 countries. Being there in Vienna on the day calls for a little luck because the tickets for each year's concert are drawn on the website of the Vienna Philharmonic due to the huge demand. Another potential option is Stephansplatz – one of the stops on the New Year’s Eve Trail – where there will be a live open-air broadcast. The live broadcast from the Vienna Music Society will also start at the Riesenradplatz in the Prater on January 1, 2024 from 11:15 am.

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Fascinating Strauss sounds

The New Year's Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic combines the best of the best: The joyful and lively, but at times also contemplative music program with works by the Strauss dynasty and their contemporaries ensures a good start to the fledgling year. The most Viennese music ever written is performed, from the waltz to the polka, interpreted with artistically value.

2024 program

• Karl Komzák: Erzherzog Albrecht-Marsch, op. 136
• Johann Strauss II.: Wiener Bonbons. Walzer, op. 307
• Johann Strauss II.: Figaro-Polka. Polka française, op. 320
• Josef Hellmesberger (Sohn): Für die ganze Welt. Walzer
• Eduard Strauss: Ohne Bremse. Polka schnell, op. 238
• Johann Strauss II.: Ouvertüre zur Operette “Waldmeister”
• Johann Strauss II.: Ischler Walzer. Nachgelassener Walzer Nr. 2
• Johann Strauss II.: Nachtigall-Polka, op. 222
• Eduard Strauss: Die Hochquelle. Polka mazur, op. 114
• Johann Strauss II.: Neue Pizzicato-Polka. op. 449
• Josef Hellmesberger (Sohn): Estudiantina-Polka aus dem Ballett “Die Perle von Iberien”
• Carl Michael Ziehrer: Wiener Bürger. Walzer, op. 419
• Anton Bruckner: Quadrille, WAB 121 (Orchestr. W. Dörner)
• Hans Christian Lumbye: Glædeligt Nytaar! Galopp
• Josef Strauss: Delirien. Walzer, op. 212

Dancing allowed

One of the highlights of the New Year’s Concert is the outstanding dance performances by the Vienna State Ballet. 

Something to look out for: The DVD of the “New Year’s Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic 2023” including the interval film and ballet scenes to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Vienna World’s Fair 1873.

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Musical ambassadors of Austria

The musicians play right at the top of the league of leading international orchestras - they are the Vienna Philharmonic. The conductors are also amongst the best in the world. The orchestra is conducted by somebody different every year. Guest conductors have included Mariss Jansons (2016), Gustavo Dudamel (2017), Riccardo Muti (2018 and 2021), Andris Nelsons (2020), Daniel Barenboim (2022), and Franz Welser-Möst (2023). At the stand in 2024: Christian Thielemann from Germany, an expert on Otto Wagner and the conductor of the New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic in 2019.

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In the temple of classical music

The New Year's Concert is held in the Musikverein, the center of classical music for music fans in Vienna. The Grand Hall is also called the Golden Hall. It is considered to be not only one of the most beautiful halls in the world, but also one of the best in terms of acoustics. For the New Year's Concert, the hall, which is built in the historical style based on the model of antiquity, is decorated with wonderful flower arrangements. Columns, caryatids and gable reliefs create the impression that a temple of music has been created here.

New Year's Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic

Annually on 1 January
Start: 11.15 am
Broadcast live on ORF2 and on Ö1 as well as in over 90 countries worldwide
Program, information: www.wienerphilharmoniker.at

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